Monthly Archives: January 2021

New Year’s Resolutions 2021

New Year’s Resolutions 2021
By Deb Johnson Another January, another declaration of New Year’s Resolutions. By now, I’m guessing you’ve already taken the leftover Christmas sweets to work where they hopefully have been devoured, or you put them in baggies and stashed them in the bottom of the deep freeze, where you can pull some out the next time you...
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Lynnville City Council holds first meeting of 2021

­               The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Jan 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Pro Tem Bev Van Maanen called the meeting to order in Mayor Roy James' absence. Councilmembers present were Kevin Arment, Terry Fraker, Hugh Carney, and Mark Newberg, city maintenance director Nick Arthur, and guests...
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Sully Community Center flooring, painting project underway

Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, at Sully Community Center. Present were councilmembers Jeff Burkett, Josh Foster, Jon Van Wyk, Wes Van Wyk, Teryl Ver Ploeg, mayor Gordon Yarrington, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, and public works director Jeremy Behun. Guests were Jeff Vander Molen and Margaret Vander...
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Girls BB outlasts BP, gets easy victory over Tri-County

Girls BB outlasts BP, gets easy victory over Tri-County
Junior Natalie Nikkel battles hard for possession of the ball in last Friday's home game against Tri-County.    The second half of the season got rolling last week for the Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team with a pair of victories to start 2021. BELLE PLAINE By Lily Zylstra On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the girls traveled to Belle Plaine and left with a...
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Hawk boys start out 2021 with two conference wins

Hawk boys start out 2021 with two conference wins
Freshman Corder Noun Harder (far left) reaches for the ball, playing defense against Tri-County with juniors Mason Rodibaugh (#24) and Ryan Annee.   Starting out 2021 on a good note, the Lynnville-Sully boys earned two wins in two games last week. The Hawks defeated Belle Plaine on the road on Tuesday and Tri-County at home on Friday....
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Hawks go 0-2 at home, Mathis is 220-pound champ at NM

Hawks go 0-2 at home, Mathis is 220-pound champ at NM
The Lynnville-Sully grapplers were back on the mats for the first varsity competitions of the new year last week. The Hawks went 0-2 at their home triangular meet on Thursday and finished the week at the North Mahaska Invitational, where senior Lane Mathis earned first place. HOME TRIANGULAR The Hawks were short-handed while hosting a triangular with HLV...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Jan. 14, 2021

The holidays are over, not much exciting going on right now. I will have to dig into the past to find anything worth writing about and that won’t be worth reading. I’m too uneducated, lazy, and stupid to write some of this nonsense every week. But I have done a few unusual things in my life. They mostly...
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