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Jasper County expands EMS services with additional paramedics, new ambulance

Jasper County expands EMS services with additional paramedics, new ambulance
Throughout Iowa, emergency response teams are a vital component of keeping people in our communities safe and providing immediate, adequate care. Our local communities of Lynnville, Searsboro, and Sully are blessed with a strong spirit of volunteerism in our local fire departments and emergency management services, but Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has worked hard to...
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Diamond Trail Fitness Center launches 100-Mile Fitness Challenge

Diamond Trail Fitness Center launches 100-Mile Fitness Challenge
The Diamond Trail Fitness Center is launching a free 100-Mile Fitness Challenge, and the community is invited to get active and involved. DTFC manager Tashia Ehresman will kick off the seven-week challenge on Feb. 13. The challenge is to serve as an encouragement to get people to move every day by walking or running a...
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All the snacks just in time for GAME DAY!

All the snacks just in time for GAME DAY!
By Megan Pothoven Being that I know virtually nothing about football, the only things I enjoy about the Super Bowl are the food, the commercials, and getting together with friends. My husband could watch college football all day long but doesn’t watch NFL too often, so I am not familiar with the teams or the season. Below...
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L-S girls gut it out against Baxter for coach Hulsing’s 600th win

L-S girls gut it out against Baxter for coach Hulsing’s 600th win
Lynnville-Sully’s girls basketball team only had one game on the schedule last week, but they made it a memorable one on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4. The Hawks led most of the game before losing the lead in the fourth quarter. Not giving in, L-S came from behind in the final minute against a quality Baxter...
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Hawks reign as SICL Conference Champs, look ahead to the postseason

Hawks reign as SICL Conference Champs, look ahead to the postseason
The Lynnville-Sully Hawks, 2022-23 SICL Conference Champs are: Front row from left, Coach Jacob Van Manen, Hendrick Lowry, Lucas Sieck, Keegan DeWitt, Blake Van Wyk, Kale Ehresman, Corder Noun Harder, coach Kevin Van Maanen; standing in back, coach Kurt Harthoorn, Dawson James, Mitchell Miller, Klayton Van Dyke, head coach Nick Harthoorn, Conner Maston, Preston Rodibaugh, Carson Maston, coach...
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Elliott goes 3-2 at IGHSAU’s first state wrestling tourney   

Elliott goes 3-2 at IGHSAU’s first state wrestling tourney   
Lynnville-Sully senior Elizabeth Elliott, competing for the Newton Cardinals, has been part of an historical season of girls wrestling in Iowa. Elliott earned a trip to the IGHSAU’s first-ever sanctioned state wrestling meet held Feb. 2-3, at Coralville’s Xtream Arena. At state in front of a sellout crowd at Xtream Arena and wrestling at 100 pounds,...
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Henry Lee Nunnikhoven, 85

Henry Lee Nunnikhoven was born Feb. 8, 1937, to Abe and Anna (Van Dusseldorp) Nunnik-hoven. He passed away Jan. 31, 2023, at the Comfort House in Pella at the age of 85 years. Funeral service was at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Trinity Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. Memorials...
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