Yearly Archives: 2020

Harvest underway in central Iowa

Harvest underway in central Iowa
Chad Conover, with his son Tyler in the buddy seat, calibrates his combine for the start of the 2020 harvest in a rural Sully bean field.   Sunshine and warmth after a week of cool and wet weather dried up area fields enough to allow farmers to fire up the combines for their inaugural passes of the...
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Lynnville-Sully High School students, staff transition to virtual learning

Lynnville-Sully High School students, staff transition to virtual learning
Lynnville-Sully Community School District announced on Monday evening, Sept. 21, all high school students would transition to virtual learning the next day on Tuesday, Sept. 22, due to a large number of students quarantined for exposure to COVID-19. On Monday morning, Sept. 21, 38% of the high school student population had already been sent home due...
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Farm to Table by Julie Van Manen

Farm to Table by Julie Van Manen
Kennedy helps us load up the pumpkins during our 2020 harvest of the giant orange globes. We wrapped up sweet corn harvest and went right into harvesting pumpkins and a few gourds. Next year, I’ll have two little helpers during pumpkin harvest as Kennedy will be a big sister soon! My harvest menu consists of quick...
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Superintendent Ehresman resigns at Monday’s school board meeting

The Lynnville-Sully School Board met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, in the high school library. Present were board members Dave Foster, Amanda Jones, Jer Schnell, Gerry Van Dyke, and Tammy Vos, superintendent Shane Ehresman, preK-8 principal Teri Bowlin, high school principal Aaron Shipley, and board secretary Karla De Cook. Guest...
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Hawk netters suffer second SICL loss, go 2-2 at tourney

Hawk netters suffer second SICL loss, go 2-2 at tourney
Libero Aliya James, and L-S junior, passes the ball with seniors Denali Conover and Cally Gibbs (#2) looking on in the Montezuma match.   The Lynnville-Sully volleyball girls dropped their second straight match last Thursday, Sept. 17, after playing their rivals from the east, the Montezuma Bravettes. The Hawks had dropped a close match with North Mahaska...
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Sully Lions host Ryder Cup for 20th year

Sully Lions host Ryder Cup for 20th year
Championship flight winners are Trent Lindeman (left) and Drew Van Rees.   The Ryder Cup Golf Tournament sponsored by the Sully Lions was held Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Diamond Trail Golf Course in Lynnville. This was the 20th year for the tournament. Twenty-four golf-ers teed off and played 18 holes of golf using the Best Ball,...
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