Yearly Archives: 2015

Janco Industries settles into new home, public open house September 25

Janco Industries settles into new home, public open house September 25
Janco Industries, Inc., manufacturer of Handy products, has a new place to call home. After more than 18 months of planning and hard work, the Sully-based company is happy to finally have all of its employees working together under the same roof. “In one word, [it feels] overwhelming,” said general manager and owner Joel Jansen, whose...
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Weideman, speaker at L-S alumni homecoming event September 26

Captain Craig Weideman, L-S Class of 1968, will be the featured speaker at the 2015 Homecoming Program sponsored by the Lynnville-Sully Community Educa-tion Foundation. The program is set for 8:30-9:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, in the L-S Middle School gym. [caption id="attachment_491148" align="alignright" width="220"]Captain Craig Weideman, L-S Class of 1968 Read more

L-S offense struggles at Tigerhawk homecoming

L-S offense struggles at Tigerhawk homecoming
Heading to Tigerhawk country Friday, Sept. 11, much cooler temps greeted the Lynnville-Sully football team at game time than the previous week. Colfax-Mingo was searching for a homecoming win, and out-played L-S, 40-15, in the Hawks’ first district game. “Friday night was a tough game against Colfax-Mingo,” said L-S Coach Mike Parkinson. “We knew they were a...
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Co-Line’s expansion approved as 15-year Mahaska County TIF area

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors approved adding Co-Line Welding, Inc. into a 15-year tax increment financing (TIF) area during the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The board received positive comments regarding the county's proposal to enter into a development agreement with The Welder’s Shield, LLC, and Co-Line. "Mahaska County Development Group (MCDG) supports this...
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Strong competition, new course challenge L-S CC runners

Strong competition, new course challenge L-S CC runners
Much nicer weather conditions than the week before provided an opportunity for quality races for the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team at Grinnell on Tuesday, Sept. 8. “When the body isn’t expending so much energy trying to keep you cool, you have more to put forth into racing,” said L-S Coach Darin Arkema. “Tonight’s course was similar to...
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Hawk VB wins fourth straight Twin Cedars Tourney, improves to 5-2

Hawk VB wins fourth straight Twin Cedars Tourney, improves to 5-2
Four wins in five matches made for a thrilling past week for the Lynnville-Sully varsity volleyball team – and the cherry on top was being named champions at the Twin Cedars Tournament for the fourth year in a row on Saturday. Hosting Keota on Thursday, Sept. 10, the Hawks lost the first set 25-20, had a...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/17/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/17/15
As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to this football season, there’s only one winner, and that would be Team Appetizers. Even though the big game was last week, there are two things you should know: A) If, for some odd chance you’re reading this and you’re not from Iowa, you haven’t seen a rivalry...
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