Merril Barnhart, 97, of Portland, OR, and formerly of Searsboro, died Sun-day, Apr. 21, 2019, in Portland.
A visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, May 3, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the Searsboro...
Justin and Heather Negen of Hull welcomed a baby girl on Apr. 13, 2019. Her name is Sutton Lee. She weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces and measured 22.5 inches long. Proud big sisters are Addison, 6, and Sadie, 3.
Grandparents are Denny and Kris Vos of Sully and Leon and Melanie...
The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education during the Apr. 22 meeting approved the hiring of Aaron Shipley, current L-S High School special education teacher, for the high school principal position.
Shipley will fill the position currently held by Shane Wheeler,...
Tyson Vander Linden, Lynnville-Sully senior and son of Jason and Amber Vander Linden of Lynnville, will again be representing the Hawks at the blue oval during the 2019 Drake Relays Apr. 24-27.
Vander Linden qualified in the 100-m dash and 400-m hurdles. He will compete on Friday, Apr. 26, with preliminaries in the 100-m...
A beautiful, sunny day on Saturday, Apr. 20, drew hundreds of children and their families to area Easter egg hunts.
Volunteer organizers of the annual Reasnor egg hunt kicked off their festivities Saturday morning with a 10 a.m. hunt. Long-time Easter egg hunt coordinator Luann Steenhoek handed over the reins of the annual...
Editor’s Note: April is designated as National Donate Life Month. Enjoy this third story in a three-part series where we highlight people within our community who have been given the gift of life through organ donation.
Last week, Roger Jansen celebrated his 25th transplantiversary. A quarter of a century after being given a...
Just as farmers are planting the first seeds of the 2019 growing season, gardeners are busy putting the early season seeds in the freshly tilled soil. Many schools across the country are adopting the new trend of growing a school garden. In addition to teaching gardening skills using the hands-on approach for teaching science and math, gardening also provides...
