Rachel Alma Thiessen, 80, of Warren, IN, passed away at 6:05 a.m. on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born in Charlotte, NC, on Saturday, July 25, 1942, to Llew and Alma (Orr) Cordle. June 17, 1967, she married Willis D. Thiessen who preceded her in...
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Marilyn Hovda, 70
Marilyn Hovda, 70, of Sully, died July 9, 2023. Private family grave-side service was 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 12, at Bethany Cemetery, Sully, followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m. at Sully Community Church. Memorials have been designated for Many Hands For Haiti, 709 Main Street, Pella.
Marilyn Sue Hovda was born Oct. 10, 1952,...
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Graham Russell
Nick and Jamie Pfeiffer of Waterloo are the parents of a son, Graham Russell, born Sunday, June 25, 2023. He weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and measured 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Jeannie Pfeiffer of Council Bluffs and Duane and Sherry Harthoorn on Lynnville.
Great-grandparents are Carroll and Norma Harthoorn of Sully....
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Diamond Trail Golf Club’s Par 3 Partee draws patriotic crowd to ‘one of Iowa’s best-kept secrets’
Shawn Huyser, Diamond Trail Golf Club’s board president, and Kyle Van Rees, past board president, dressed the patriotic part at the Par 3 Partee Tournament in Lynnville on Sunday, July 2. Van Rees donned the stars and stripes from head to toe!
Less than a week after receiving statewide coverage as a feature on WOI-TV Local...
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Lynnville-Sully Hawks are back-to-back SICL Conference Champs
The L-S Hawks are: Front, Jaiden Richards, Kendric Johnson, Ethan Dunsbergen, Gavin Olea, Connor Deal, Landyn Fisk; middle, Lannon Montgomery, CJ Nikkel, Blake Van Wyk, Caleb Rea, Conner Maston, Reese Dunsbergen, Bryce Richards, Lucas Sieck, Corder Noun Harder, Wyatt Mathis; back, coaches Stacey and Scott Alberts, Samuel Philby, Jack Bowlin, Carson Maston, Terran Gosselink, Karter Smead, Davis Utech,...
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Carnival, drawings, petting zoo conclude Lynnville Library Reading Program
June 29 was a special day at Lynnville Library as it was the last day of Summer Reading 2023 with grand prize drawings, a petting and feeding zoo, reading of stories, barrel rides, carnival games, face painting, and much more. Weather caused the event to close down an hour early at 11 a.m., but by...
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‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates
Celebrating July!
July is officially in full swing! Did you start the month off with some great Independence Day food? How much red and blue Jell-O did you eat? In our home, Independence Day is just the kick off to a month full of celebrations.
Our town will host its annual Deep River Fun Days this weekend,...
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