Yearly Archives: 2020

Hawk girls off to hot start with 5-0 record

Hawk girls off to hot start with 5-0 record
The Lynnville-Sully softball girls are off to a hot start to the season, going 5-0 in opening week while outscoring their opponents 52-12. West Marshall Just one night after soundly defeating English Valleys in the season opener, the sixth-ranked Hawk girls traveled to West Marshall on Tuesday, June 16. L-S came out on top with a solid...
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Three conference wins for L-S boys in opening week

Three conference wins for L-S boys in opening week
The L-S boys are off to a solid 3-2 start to the season and are 3-0 in the conference after week one of the 2020 season. West Marshall After opening the season with a “W” on Monday night, the L-S baseball team was back in action the next night at West Marshall. The Hawks led until the...
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PC Sports Shorts

PC Sports Shorts
ABOVE: Blake Veenstra gives Coach Marcus Van Zee, son of Doug and Elly Van Zee of Lynnville, an elbow as he rounds third after hitting a homerun against Pella SOFTBALL The PC softball team came out on top twice in a doubleheader against Pella High on Wednesday, June 17. PC won game one, 9-4, with help from...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers June 25, 2020

Nothing much is happening lately. I just got home from Grinnell. I happened to think of things that had happened out on the highway. I was 17 years old when I was driving a tandem rock truck. I had 15 tons of rock on when the front wheel broke off, and I went upside down...
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Mary Sommar, 90

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary E. Sommar, 90, and Paul Sommar, 97, will be Saturday, June 27, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Melcher-Dallas. Interment will be at the Sacred Heart Cemetery following the service. The service may also be viewed on the Pierschbacher Funeral Home Facebook page beginning at...
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Paul J. Sommar, 97

Paul Sommar, 97, of Melcher-Dallas, passed away at Knoxville Area Community Hospital on Apr. 14, 2020. A private family service was held Saturday, Apr. 18. Burial was at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Melcher-Dallas. Paul was born July 25, 1922, to Edward and Elizabeth (Ripperger) Sommar at the family farm east of Bauer. He was united in...
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Heart of Worship hosts June Easter event

Heart of Worship hosts June Easter event

An “Easter Egg Hunt” sign with an arrow directing vehicles with kids to Lynnville Old Settlers Park is not what you expect to see in June. However, due to COVID-19 postponing original plans slated for Apr. 11, Lynnville Heart of Worship held a modified Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, June 13. It’s also not often in June...

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