Yearly Archives: 2025

Hawks, Eagles fall short on the road to State

Hawks, Eagles fall short on the road to State
Incredible effort and gutsy performances may have fallen short of grabbing a win, but they certainly did not fall short in the hearts and minds of Hawks and Eagles fans. The Lynnville-Sully boys and girls basketball teams as well as the Pella Christian boys basketball team saw their seasons come to a close last week...
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Mark your calendar! Bingo Family-friendly fun Friday

Mark your calendar! Bingo Family-friendly fun Friday
The Lynnville Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a Bingo and Walking Taco Dinner Night on Friday, Mar. 7, at the Lynnville Fire Station. The event will serve as a fundraiser for Lynnville’s 150th Anniversary Celebration that will be held in June. The freewill donation Walking Taco Dinner starts at 5 p.m. Games of Bingo...
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Fikse’s Fixings-A TV dinner meal…but better!

Fikse’s Fixings-A TV dinner meal…but better!
I recall loving TV dinners as a child. It might have been the novelty of having a segmented tray, although that rarely kept the vegetables from finding their way into everything and made getting gravy on the mashed potatoes tricky. Perhaps it was the opportunity for each family member to have a meal of their...
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Fourth-quarter L-S rally falls short at substate

Fourth-quarter L-S rally falls short at substate
Kate Harthoorn drives to the basket against a Gladbrook-Reinbeck defender who was glued to her side the entire night. It was a tale of two halves for the No. 11-ranked Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team who took on No. 8-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the Class 1A Region 8 Substate game at Nevada High School on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The...
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Hawks push District Championship game to the wire

Hawks push District Championship game to the wire
Hendrick Lowry pushes the ball down the court after swiping it from the Tigers in the District Championship game. The senior finished with two points, two steals, and two assists in his final basketball game. Shown running down the court with Lowry is junior Sawyer Veldhuizen. A gutsy performance by the Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team kept...
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Three Little Hawk wrestlers make podium at AAU Kids State

Three Little Hawk wrestlers make podium at AAU Kids State
L-S fourth-grader Logan Wilcox (third from right) proudly stands on the podium after placing third at the AAU Kids State on Sunday, Mar. 2. Ten Little Hawks competed with the best wrestlers from across Iowa at the 2025 AAU Kids State last weekend. The event for grades 3-8 took place at Wells Fargo Arena in Des...
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Maxwell Ryan

Justin and Janelle Geiger of Williamsburg are the parents of a baby boy, Maxwell Ryan, born Feb. 18, 2025. He weighed 7 pounds 12.5 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. His brother is Rhys, age 2. Grandparents are Byron and Carla Vander Molen of Lynnville and Willard and Judy Geiger of Homestead. Great-grandparents are Marinella Van Hal...
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