Yearly Archives: 2026

Tice recognized for good sportsmanship

Cory Tice is honored with the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa Farm Bureau’s outstanding sportsmanship award prior to Lynnville-Sully’s State Quarterfinals game on Wednesday, Mar. 4. He was presented with a certificate by Karina Romero, an IGHSAU student-athlete advisory committee member. Sportsmanship matters and is an emphasis of values that goes far beyond...
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Let the Madness begin! By Megan Pothoven

During the middle of March, ESPN will be on most of the time while Adam is keeping up with his NCAA brackets. We used to each do a bracket and keep score when we first dated and married. While Adam would put a lot of thought into the strategy of bracketology, I would typically choose...
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Hawks’ special 24-1 season comes to a close at State

photo by taylor photography The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team’s 24-1 season came to a close with a Quarterfinals loss in the Class 1A Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s State Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, Mar. 4: Front row, left to right, Brooke Harthoorn, Breah Lowry, Kate Harthoorn, Tatum Huyser, Aubrey Harthoorn, Emma Parkinson, Brynlee Farrell; back, assistant...
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Hawk alumni and fans reunite on the court

photo by sandy kuhlmann L-S community basketball game players included, front row from left, Joel Harthoorn (1997), Corey McCoy (2018), Reggie Hoegh (2003), Jay Mitchell (2001), Joel Vos (1997), Nick Harthoorn (2000), Jacob Van Manen (2010); second row, Matt Dunsbergen (1997), Kemper Lukehart (2018), Alex Van Rees (2007), Blaize Kuhlmann (2020), Jaron Vos (1998), Keegan DeWitt (2024),...
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Harthoorn honored as E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship recipient

Lynnville-Sully senior Kate Harthoorn, daughter of Nick and Amy Harthoorn of Sully, shined bright under the spotlight during Iowa Girls High School Athletic Association’s coverage of Girls State Basketball on Friday, Mar. 6. Harthoorn was interviewed on live TV by PBS host Paul Yeager and later that night, she was honored at center court during halftime of...
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Fred Schmidt, 92

Fred Schmidt, 92, of Lynnville and formerly of Sully, passed away Mar. 4, 2026, just six weeks after his beloved Helen. He was surrounded by his daughters, and they know the first face he saw clearly in many years was Jesus. Funeral services were at 11 a.m., Monday, Mar. 9, at Sully Community Church. Interment was...
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Kathryn Crawford, 96

Kathryn Crawford, 96, passed away Mar. 6, 2026. Celebration of Life Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, Mar. 20, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella. The Art Show begins following the service at Garden Chapel Funeral Home and lasts until 12:00 p.m. Memorials may be given to Marion County Humane Society. Kathryn Jean (Anway)...
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