Spring-like weather arriving early has all area golfers highly anticipating the start of the golf season at Diamond Trail Golf Club (DTGC) located in Lynnville. Over the winter months, the DTGC board of directors have made exciting new changes with the hiring of a new golf superintendent and pro shop manager.
Tyler Hasselbrink, a native of Grinnell...
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Donkey basketball entertains, raises over $2,300 for local libraries
Over 600 people looking for family fun and entertainment packed the L-S High School gym on Friday night, Feb. 24, for local teams to battle it out in a game of Donkey Basketball sponsored by Sully Night Out Committee. The laughs and smiles were contagious as brave community members attempted to stay atop of stubborn...
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From the Kitchen – Kendra Annee
This week’s featured cook, Kendra Annee, her husband Tim, and their son Ryan live in Galesburg, in a home that has been in her family for nearly three-quarters of a century and, understandably, holds many treasured family memories.
“The title of our home dates back to 1855, but we believe there was another house here before...
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Super Spellers: Vos will represent L-S at Iowa final of Scripps National Spelling Bee
Top spellers in fifth through eighth grade not only tested their spelling of a wide variety of words, but also broadened their knowledge of vocabulary during the annual spelling bee held Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Interested super spellers from each grade level participated. If multiple students from each grade were interested in competing, a class spelling bee...
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FFA Week: Transform… Purpose to Action
Every year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. The Lynnville-Sully FFA Chapter planned a variety of activities for the week-long celebration, Feb. 20-24. The FFA members were advocates for agricultural education and FFA and shared with their peers, teachers, and community what FFA is about and the impact it has on everyone every...
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Matthew Mintle takes eighth at state
Lynnville-Sully was represented by three wrestlers at AAU State Wrestling last weekend at Wells Fargo Arena.
Third-grader Matthew Mintle qualified at 60 pounds and won his first two matches Saturday, the second being an overtime thriller to make it to the quarterfinals. Matthew then lost 2-0 and had to win his next match to make the podium....
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HAWKS HEADING TO STATE
Six years since their last state tournament appearance, the Lynnville-Sully boys ran away with what had been a close game with Martensdale-St. Marys on Saturday to claim the Substate 6 Championship and a ticket to the state tournament.
“It was a great night to be a Hawk!” said L-S Coach Nick Harthoorn, who will take his...
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