Yearly Archives: 2020

Dunsbergen takes second at sectionals to advance

Dunsbergen takes second at sectionals to advance
After a two-event week that included sectionals, just one Hawk is keeping the season alive for the Lynnville-Sully grapplers. Fresh-man Reese Dunsbergen finished the week with a second-place finish at sectionals to advance to districts this Saturday. BGM MEET The Lynnville-Sully wrestling team wrapped up the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at BGM. The Hawks came away...
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County Supervisor Talsma joins Lynnville Council meeting

  The Lynnville City Council met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with all council- members present as well as city clerk Bev Arthur and guests Dale Flander, Bob Vande Krol, Gene Braaksma, Brandon Talsma, and Faye Brand. A public hearing...
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Sully City Council meeting

Rebid saves Sully $167,000   In his comments near the end of the Sully City Council meeting held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, Sully Mayor Gordon Yarrington expressed how pleased he is with the great news that rebidding the sewer project now saved the city $167,000 instead of taking a bid received last summer. No one...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Feb. 13, 2020

My boss at the Hometown Press (Margaret the Magnificent, I like to call her), calls me names that are not nearly that pleasant. She gives me advice that I don’t always follow. She tells me to get on one subject and stay with it. I’m not going to do that today. I’m going to talk about different people. It...
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Ernie Engbers, 90

Ernie Engbers, 90, of Sun City, AZ, and formerly of Pella, died Feb. 3, 2020. Visitation with the family present was Feb. 11 at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. Ernest Glen, the son of Arie and Gertrude (Bensink) Engbers, Sr., was born Aug. 2, 1931, in Pella. July 10,...
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Blane Neal

Don and Hollie Nunnikhoven of Sully are the parents of a son, Blane Neal, born at 1:29 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. He weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 20.25 inches long. His sisters are Zoey, 6, and HarLee, 3. Grandparents are Neal and Kim Van Roekel of Montezuma and Denise Horman of Sully. Great-grandparents...
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Lucy Carolyn

Aaron and Amber Van Wyk of Monroe are the parents of a daughter, Lucy Carolyn, born Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. She weighed 10 pounds and measured 22 inches long. Her brother is Lane Michael, 20 months. Grandparents are Troy and Caren Knight of Monroe and Verlan and June Van Wyk of Sully. Great grandparents are Donald and...
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