Myron Keith Huyser passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Dec. 18, 2024, at Paula J. Baber Hospice House in Fort Dodge with his wife of 68 years, Nancy, by his side.
Myron was born at home Feb. 17, 1932, on the family farm near Sully, to Gerritt and Anna Marie (DeJong) Huyser. He was baptized Apr. 10,...
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Blakely Mae
Brenden and Makenna Six of Sioux Center are the parents of their first child, a baby girl, Blakely Mae Six, born at 7:33 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Derek and Cassie Van Dyke of Pella, Curt and Candice Vos of Sully, and Ted and Samantha...
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Marion Grace
Andy and Jamie Dunsbergen of New Sharon are the parents of a daughter, Marion Grace, born Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. She weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces. Her brothers are Christian, 9, and Ellington, 8; and her sisters are Siara, 5, and Gloria, 3.
Grandparents are Dennis and Lisa Dunsbergen of Sully and Melinda Wright of Newton.
Great-grandparents...
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Holiday Sharing Tree program serves local families
Afternoon preschool students at Diamond Trail Children’s Center sit next to the gifts they helped purchase for Sharing Tree families at Lynnville’s First State Bank location: left to right, Sophia Rybkowski, Cam Jansen, Nash Tompkins, Landon Day, Beau Johnson, Judson McNaul, Diederik Hoksbergen, and not pictured Dawson Nikkel.
For several years, the Sharing Tree program has...
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Saturday traffic accident claims Jill Van Dyke, 51
The Lynnville-Sully community was saddened by the news of a two-vehicle head-on collision that claimed the life of long-time area resident Jill Van Dyke and injured her husband Gerry Van Dyke. According to the Iowa State Patrol report, shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, a two-vehicle traffic accident occurred just south of I-80...
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Icy weather cancels Saturday holiday events
Marcia Rodibaugh of rural Lynnville snapped this picture of a cardinal perched on an icy branch.
Several weekend events were cancelled, including Lynnville’s Christmas Celebration, and area businesses opened late or remained closed on Saturday, Dec. 14, due to freezing rain that started falling late Friday night and continued into Saturday. Although temperatures rose slightly on...
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Daughter of Lynnville-Sully graduate receives All-American honors
Olivia Betz, youngest daughter of Brian and Gabrielle Betz, received All-American honors in the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Cross-Country Championships held on Dec. 14 at Shelbyville, IN. Her father, Brian, graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1986. Her grandfather, Randall (Kay) Betz was the superintendent at Lynn-ville-Sully from 1981 to 1995 and...
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