Sully City Council met at Sully Community Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 13, and via Zoom for the public. Present were mayor Gordon Yarrington, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, councilmembers Jeff Burkett, Josh Foster, Wes Van Wyk, Teryl Ver Ploeg, and Jon Van Wyk. Guests were Judy Zegers and Margaret Vander Weerdt and later...
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L-S SB wins second straight SICL title, finishes regular season
ABOVE: Junior Megan Van Zante makes a great diving catch on an infield fly ball hit by BCLUW.
The Lynnville-Sully softball squad wrapped up SICL Conference competition last week and finished the year undefeated in the SICL to earn the title of conference champion.
The No. 4-ranked Hawks trounced the Tri-County Trojans, 17-1, in four innings on...
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Hawk BB finishes second in SICL, wins first district game
ABOVE: Junior Blake Rea gets ready for a tag out at third against Twin Cedars on Saturday.
The Lynnville-Sully baseball team finished the regular season last week with a conference game against Tri-County. The Hawks topped the Trojans, 8-4, on the road Wednesday, July 8, to place second in the SICL this season.
The L-S boys were...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers July 16, 2020
Not too much going on lately. I spend most of my days out in the garden battling weeds and animals.
I once again got no peas or green beans. Rabbits ate the whole crop.
I’ve been thinking about lying out there with a pellet gun. But I know I would fall asleep.
If something startled me and I...
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Stella Meulpolder, 97
Stella Meulpolder, 97, died July 8, 2020. Funeral services were held Monday, July 13, at Garden Chapel Fu-neral Home in Pella. Memorials may be given to Heartland Reformed Church.
Stella Jacoba Meulpolder was born Dec. 10, 1922, to Benjamin and Marie (Schep) Rozendaal on the family farm north of Sully.
Stella attended country school through eighth grade...
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Cam Edward
Tyler and Ryanne Jansen of Searsboro are the parents of a son, Cam Edward, born June 26, 2020. He weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. His sister is Hinley age 4, and his brother is Archer age 3.
Grandparents are Randy and Sandy Naaktgeboren of Knoxville, Sam Briseno of Des Moines, and Joel and Deann Jansen of...
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Evangeline Rae
Scott and Kaylee Thornhill of St. Charles, MO, are the proud parents of a daughter, Evangeline Rae, born July 10, 2020. She weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces. She is welcomed home by her brother, Elliot age 3.
Grandparents are Dwight and Jerilyn Van Wheelden of Lynnville and Jeff and Dana Thornhill of St. Peters, MO.
Great-grandparents are...
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