Category Archives: Feature

Thursday, July 26, this year’s 428-mile, 46th Annual Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa came through the area – including overnight in Newton, Reasnor, pass-through town of Sully for breakfast (and lunch as it turned out), Lynnville, Searsboro, Montezuma, Deep River, Keswick, and overnight in Sigourney. RAGBRAI® has become the world’s oldest, largest, and...

Lynnville’s Heart of Worship opened the doors and welcomed hundreds of people into their church-turned-shopping center for the annual community outreach, Pay It Forward, held Friday and Saturday, July 27-28. People from across the state started lining up hours before the doors opened on Friday, eager to fill shopping bags with free clothes, shoes, and more...

The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed a total of 27 funnel clouds were reported across Iowa on Thursday, July 19, and the wake of destruction left from the paths of the five tornadoes that touched down is widespread and devastating. Emergency warnings and tornado sirens were prevalent Thursday afternoon, and many locals spent time taking cover...

Lynnville-Sully was well represented at the 2018 Iowa Character Awards dinner and program held in Altoona on Friday, July 20. Kevin Johnson, middle school language arts teacher, and the elementary school were both awarded Iowa Character Awards from The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center. Johnson received the 2018 Educator of Character Award, the same award...