For over 50 years, local organizations have benefitted from the generosity of friends of the Lynnville community through the Lynnville United Fund, originally the Lynnville Community Chest. This year, the Lynnville Chamber is partnering with Keep Iowa Beautiful to form the Hometown Pride Lynnville United Fund to kick off the 2017 campaign.
The Hometown Pride Lynnville...
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Senior golfer drops 40 strokes in opener
The L-S girls golf team came away from Thursday night’s meet with a lot of success on the course. Despite the fact the team only had three golfers due to illness, they played far and away better than they did last year.
The girls faced off against Pella on their home course at Lynnville’s Diamond Trail...
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Sully Community Locker announces plans to rebuild
Jared and Stacey Nikkel were on a family vacation in Minnesota when they received a fateful phone call on Sunday morning, Oct. 16, 2016, that would change the course of their daily lives. The Nikkels’ business and sole provider of income, Sully Community Locker located at 407 7th Avenue in Sully, was on fire. With their...
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School budget approved, L-S teachers present opening salary proposal
The Lynnville-Sully School Board held a budget hearing at 7 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 3, in the high school library. School board members Tim Dunsbergen, Tammy Vos, Jer Schnell, and Steph Young were present. Others present included board secretary Karla DeCook, preK-8 principal Teri Bowlin, superintendent Shane Ehresman, Rita Maston, Lisa Foster, Joel Vos, and...
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Hawk baseball takes a swing at spring ball
The Hawk baseball team is trying something new this year by signing up for a spring baseball league.
Games were supposed to begin Mar. 23, but were cancelled due to rain making the field wet. On Saturday, Apr. 1, the Hawks split against AGWSR, falling 10-2 in the first game and pulling off a 4-3 win...
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Pastor’s Pen: The Persistence of Prayer
By Pastor Tim Morgan, Kellogg-Pleasant View United Methodist Churches
The world is constantly encouraging us to be ourselves. However, the Bible says nothing of the sort. On the contrary, it constantly tells us to be Christ; to be conformed to His image (Romans 8:29), which is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). Then, when...
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Terpstra PHC celebrates 40 years of servicing, supplying
New Year’s Day 1977 marked a big day in the life of Lynnville resident Wilbur Terpstra. It’s the day he decided to take the plunge and open his own business – Terpstra Plumbing Heating & Electric.
“I’d been working at the Farm and Home Store for about 12 years and decided it was time to leave...
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