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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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Jim Ver Meer, 84

Jim Ver Meer, 84, of Pella, passed away Jan. 31, 2023. Funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. at Second Reformed Church in  Pella. Memorials have been designated for Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Written by Jim Ver Meer: Jim (James Edward) was born Apr. 3, 1938, to Jacob A. and Alyce (Zylstra) Ver...
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Shawna Maasdam, 50

Shawna Maasdam, 50, of Sully, bravely fought cancer for a year and a half and passed away at the Comfort House in Pella on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, at Sully First Reformed Church and private committal service at Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Hospice...
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