Yearly Archives: 2026

Turkeys and tip-toeing through the Tulips By Megan Pothoven

Turkeys and tip-toeing through the Tulips By Megan Pothoven
We are not much of Tulip Time goers, despite our Dutch heritage, but that did not hold us from visiting the tulips a few weeks prior to the festival. The kids’ favorite part was, of course, the Jaarsma cookie they got to munch on as we strolled through central park. I know one of the highlights...
Read more

History rewritten as both L-S teams claim SICL conference titles

History rewritten as both L-S teams claim SICL conference titles
What is better than winning the SICL Conference title on your home track? Both teams accomplishing the feat! The Lynnville-Sully boys and girls track teams are SICL champions after dominating the SICL Conference Meet on Tuesday, May 5: Front row, from left, Emma Parkinson, Morgan Hay, Tatum Huyser, Brilynn Tice; second row, Addison Van Soelen, Trinity Owen,...
Read more

Hawks smash personal, school bests in final regular-season meet

Hawks smash personal, school bests in final regular-season meet
Emma Parkinson takes the baton from Kate Harthoorn in the distance medley that finished in second place. Parkinson dug deep and had a tremendous kick in the home stretch to pass competitors for silver. Just two nights after both Lynnville-Sully teams won the SICL conference championship, the teams were back on the track for Newton’s Cardinal...
Read more

Conference golf in the books

It was a beautiful day to golf 18 holes for the Lynnville-Sully girls golf team on Monday, May 11, for the 2026 SICL Conference Tournament held at Oskaloosa Golf in Oskaloosa. The Hawks came in 10th with 494 team points. BGM (363), North Mahaska (395), and Montezuma (414) claimed the top- three team finishes at the...
Read more

Marian Hood, 85

Marian Hood, 85, passed away May 7, 2026, at The Cottages in Pella. Funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pella. Burial will take place at a later date in Calvary Cemetery in Pocahontas. Memorials may be given to Hospice of Pella. Marian Frances Hood, daughter of...
Read more

Joe Johnson, 45

Joseph Justin Johnson, 45, of Iowa City, passed away Jan. 2, 2026. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 16, followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m., both at Agency Community Church, Agency. Joe was a Lynnville-Sully graduate with the Class of 1999. Among survivors are his parents Dave and Jodi Johnson of Lynnville,...
Read more

Mother’s Day photo contest winner announced

Mother’s Day photo contest winner announced
Winner: Amy Opensky with her mom, Alma Terpstra Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 10, and to celebrate, we encouraged our Facebook followers to share photos of themselves with their kids or photos of their own wonderful moms. All of the photos on this page were put into a random drawing for a La Rose Marie...
Read more
Copyright 2025 Hometown Press. Sully, Iowa 50251
2013-2020 Award-Winning Newspaper by the INA

Top