Yearly Archives: 2020

After years of indecision and lack of resolution, 25 mph signs have been approved and installed by the City of Sully and Jasper County Board of Supervisors on the road on the south side of Lynnville-Sully School in Sully. Since the school is actually located in the county and not in the city, both jurisdictions...

Belting out tunes in small town Iowa bars and saloons sparked an interest that evolved into a Sully man’s trip to record a song in Nashville, TN, the heart of country music. For most of his life, Jad Van Der Zyl of Sully never would have labeled himself as a singer of any kind. For 40...

The Hometown Press received two awards from the Iowa Newspaper Foundation at the annual Iowa Newspaper Association Convention held in Des Moines this past weekend. Deb Johnson received the second-place award in best series category for her veteran salute articles published in this newspaper once a month. Jessica Maston is also named on the award certificate...

Joel and Liz Harthoorn are quite possibly living their busiest – but most blessed – lives to date. The parents of five kids under the age of six certainly have their hands full, but as they would tell you, the fullness in their hearts doesn’t even compare. Liz, aka Mrs. Harthoorn among the community’s preschool-age children,...

The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team dropped its last two conference games of the season last week. HLV On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Hawks traveled to HLV. L-S got off to a rough start, which resulted in a 65-53 loss. The Hawks got behind early in the first quarter, 22-12.They fought hard in the second quarter, but were still...