Category Archives: News

L-S honor rolls announced

The honor rolls for the 2015-16 second quarter and first semester at Lynnville-Sully School have been announced. * indicates 4.0 GPA Second Quarter High Honor Roll Sixth grade: Braden Alberts, Ryan Annee, Dakotah Bokhoven, Emily Coleman, Ellie Dunsbergen, *Joshua Hardenbrook, *Aliya James, *Sydney Jansen, Noah Johnson, Brooke Maston, *Joshua Hardenbrook, Owen Norrish, Mason Rodibaugh, *Lily Zylstra; Seventh grade:...
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Remember When – 1-28-16

40 years ago (1976) Mrs. Carl Henning was offering a gospel organ class teaching chords, transposing, registration, and arranging. Killduff Postmistress Harriet Eichner assumed the new duties of being the editor of “The Hawkeye Postmaster,” a monthly newsletter of the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters. Eichner had plans to do a school for editors...
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Press INKlings: We are not promised days without pain

I once had a journalism professor who said to write columns and news about what people are talking about. So, I suppose I could write about how all the media much bigger than your weekly newspaper are all hyped about next week’s first-in-the-nation caucuses here in Iowa. I could write about the attack ads that are...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1-28-16

The good ol’ Iowa winter is back with a vengeance. The snow-packed roads still cause wild memories. For years and years, I drove on these roads and didn’t think much about it. I can only say it was exciting. I drove an old tan Chevy Blazer that had only rear-wheel drive. It was worthless. It was the one that...
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Gas prices continue downward spiral

Gas prices continue to drop, which is good news for consumers. After dipping under the $1.70 per gallon of gas mark on Jan. 23, gas prices at both Key Cooperative and Casey’s in Sully dropped another two cents to $1.679 on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Gas was found as low as $1.51 per gallon in the...
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Business Appreciation Night

A snowy and cold evening didn’t stop 35 business people representing 27 businesses from attending the fifth annual Business Appreciation Night held at the half-time of the boys basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 19. The annual event invites representatives from businesses in the L-S School District and is sponsored by the school, represented by school board...
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Stage set for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses Monday

The 2016 Iowa Democratic and Republican Party Precinct Caucuses will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, all across Iowa. Caucus attendees will declare their Presidential preference, elect local party leadership, and discuss issues important to them. Local Jasper County Democratic Caucuses will be at Lynnville City Hall for residents of Elk Creek and...
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