Yearly Archives: 2020

The Lynnville-Sully Community School District held a virtual Return to Learn informational meeting open to the public on Monday, July 13, to present and discuss drafts of the school’s back-to-school plans. All Iowa schools were required to submit a Return to Learn plan to the Department of Education by July 1, indicating how they plan to...

ABOVE: The Lynnville-Sully softball team beat Tri-County, 17-1, on July 8 to finish SICL play undefeated and claim their second consecutive SICL title: Front row, left to right, Lily Zylstra, Megan Van Zante, Janelle Rozendaal, Cayler Noun Harder, Denali Conover, Aliya James, Mallory Loftus; second row, assistant coach Shelby Newell, Kaprice Wearmouth, Kaleah Ehresman, Caitlin...

Coffee Cup Cafe, Lynnville’s Smokin’ J’s BBQ give back to community service group

When concerns revolving around the global pandemic caused the Sully Lions Club to withdraw from their annual involvement in Sully’s Fourth of July celebration, two local businesses – Coffee Cup Cafe of Sully and Lynnville’s Smokin’ J’s BBQ – stepped up to fill...

ABOVE: Michelle and Dan Berns at the Arctic Circle in 2017. By LeAnn Hjelmeland “Where are they now?” is a Hometown Press column dedicated to catching up with people who have lived in or attended school in the Lynnville-Sully area. “Where are they now?” is also a great question to ask regarding Lynnville-Sully alumna Michelle (Sylvester) Berns and...

Above: Don’t these twins look innocent at their young age of six months? “They were a lot of work, but lots of fun,” said their mother in a newspaper article from 1988. “Their older sister, Lavonne, was lots of help...going to get diapers and giving them their bottles.” Local twins Karen Jansen and Ken Hackert — described...

July is here which means the heat has officially arrived. Is anyone else regretting the decision not to invest in a pool this year? Blake looked everywhere for a pool that two adults and one 13-pound baby could fit in, but unfortunately he didn’t have any luck. I guess next year we will have to...