The Lynnville-Sully girls golf team opened up the 2025 season at Diamond Trail Golf Course in Lynnville on Thursday, Apr. 3. The Hawks finished with a fourth-place team score of 234 behind Pella (187), PCM (203), and Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (216). Pella golfer Harper Phillips earned medalist honors with a low score of 42.
“I am very happy with...
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Kari (Suiter) Robbins, 47
Kari (Suiter) Robbins, 47, of Dacula, GA, passed away Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2025, after a long battle with Stage 4 breast cancer that metastasized to her brain two years ago. Kari lived each day with joy and faith knowing she would be healed here on earth or when she met Jesus her Lord and Savior...
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Appreciation for students’ artistic talent spans generations at the Lynnville-Sully Art Show

Former rural Searsboro resident Theda Fopma receives a personalized tour of the L-S Art Show courtesy of her fourth-grade great-granddaughter, Reagan Fopma. Theda and fellow residents of St. Francis Manor, Seeland Park, and Hammond Center were special guests of the art show Monday afternoon, Mar. 31.
Lynnville-Sully’s annual art show – deemed by locals as the best...
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Arabella by Kate opens stylish new salon building

Katelyn Doane, owner of Arabella by Kate, started seeing clients in her new salon Mar. 18.
East Street in Lynnville has seen quite the transformation with the addition of a new 2,200 square foot building owned by Bryce and Katelyn Doane. Since February of 2015, Katelyn, owner of the salon Arabella by Kate, has offered services...
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Burn ban lifted in Jasper County
Recent rain showers not only helped the grass to green up in the past week, it also allowed state officials to lift the burn ban. The burn ban for Jasper County was lifted as requested by Jasper County Emergency Management Agency by the State Fire Marshal’s Office on Monday, Mar. 31. The ban had been...
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Fikse’s Fixings by Chad Fikse

Time-Saving yet tasty recipes
Although I like cooking from scratch, I am not opposed to taking the occasional shortcut in a recipe. Homemade lasagna is wonderful, and when I have the time, it truly is worth the effort. However, prepping the ingredients and assembling all of the layers is not only time consuming, it’s also...
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Lynnville-Sully boys of fall ready to grind it out on the gridiron

A group of 13 incoming freshmen will make up the Hawks’ biggest class in 2025: From left, Layne Chancellor, Eli Vander Leest, Henry Sharp, Hudson Squires, Carsen Kottenstette, Jasper Manatt, Brock Simbro, Bentlee Vos, Asher Schechinger, Bryson Hardeman, Dawson Brummel; Jaxson Merten; and not pictured, Kyler Rozendaal.
A strong commitment to the Lynnville-Sully football program was...
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