Braxton Samuel
Jake and Kelsi Bowman of Baxter are excited to announce the birth of their son, Braxton Samuel, born Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. He weighed 7 pounds 14.6 ounces and measured 20 inches long. His sister is Berkley, age 2 1/2.
Grandparents are Tim and Marsha Vanden Hoek of Lynnville and Ron and Nancy Bowman of...
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Record-breaking $32,500 raised for SCS
A face-painted Noelle Van Zante, daughter of Landon and Jana Van Zante of Sully, proudly holds the jar of gummy worms she won.
Keith and Darlene Struik browse the Food & Fun Night auction items.
Food & Fun Night attendees of all ages enjoy the meal Saturday night in the SCS gym.
Oliver Lundgren is all smiles after winning a huge container of...
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L-S ranks as ‘High-Performing’ at all levels
The Iowa Department of Education released new results of the Iowa School Performance Profiles, and Lynnville-Sully ranks at the top for the high school, middle school, and elementary levels.
Lynnville-Sully was given a “High Performing” rating at the high school, middle school, and elementary levels, a feat that required a score of 60.61-66.30. Of Iowa’s public...
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Iowa holds first-in-the-nation caucuses Monday
All eyes were on Iowa Monday night, Feb. 3, as the state held the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Iowans gathered at various locations in over 1,600 precincts to discuss and vote on the candidates in the first major contest of the United States presidential primary season.
At the time Hometown Press went to print, Iowa Democratic Party officials...
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Zegers gains solid reputation, lifelong friends in the service
A few weeks ago, Bill Zegers of Newton was working on an antique John Deere tractor for a customer from Maryland, which isn’t very unusual in itself until you realize that Zegers is 93 years old. His reputation of skill and knowledge of John Deere equipment has spread far and wide, due to being a...
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Jones joins forces with Trail Missions, raises $20,000 to drill wells in Zambia
ABOVE: Julie Jones is surrounded by excited children who greeted her as soon as she arrived at their village on the day Trail Missions came to drill a well and provide access to life-saving clean water for their village.
Imagine a village where the people are literally starving, the only water available is likely to make...
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From The Kitchen: Conversation Hearts
You know, I’m talking about conversation hearts – those hard little sugar hearts of assorted colors you find around Valentine’s Day in a teensy little box, with each heart sporting a cute little saying of affection in pink “ink” for its recipient. These candies have been around since at least the early 1900s, first produced...
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