Bringing in the harvest
Harvest Time in Lyon County Hay bales dot this field north of Inwood waiting to be picked up. Those driving down the highway will see a majority of fields next to the blacktop already harvested. According to the USDA crop progress report, the corn harvest is 45% completed and soybean harvest is 87% completed for the Northwest District. (Photo/Tristan...
Learning the rules
Laws to live by Tait Anderson, State Conservation Officer, gives a presentation over the state hunting laws during a Hunter Education Field Day. In teaching the laws to the young...
Follow the yellow brick road
The Great and Powerful Oz | Scarecrow (Cooper Carolan), Tinman (Jackson Doorneweerd) and Dorothy (Kiann Blomgren) check on the Cowardly Lion (Colt Metzger), who has fainted after...
Current News
Current News
Lyon County GOP hosts meet-and-greet for candidates
DISCUSSING STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS On Saturday, Oct. 19 the Lyon County Republican Party hosted a...
Inwood City Council preparing to work with engineers for flood mitigation, may levy new tax
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Inwood City Council met Monday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. to discuss...
From grief to gratitude
FULFILLING HIS WISHMarlene and Daniel Boon began their application for a Century Farm Award in...
Learning to be a leader
Greenhands Eighteen West Lyon freshman students participated in the Greenhand Fire Up event in...
Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to a Letter to the Editor in the paper last week. In the letter the...
Letter to the Editor
My name is Mark Dorhout and I am currently on my twentieth year as a deputy sheriff with the Lyon...
Letter to the Editor
Dear readers in Lyon County,If you care about the position of law enforcement in Lyon County, you...
Letter to the Editor
Citizens of Lyon County,I am writing today in support of Sheriff Vander Stoep for Lyon County...
Letter to the Editor
To the Citizens of Lyon County,I am a man who stands on his convictions. I’ve never been swayed by...
Letter to the Editor
To the Lyon County residents,My name is Kyle Lems, and I am proud to have been born and raised in...
Letter to the Editor
To my fellow Lyon County residents,I am writing to express my strong support for our sheriff,...
Letter to the Editor
To Whom It May Concern,This is a letter regarding Stewart Vander Stoep, the current serving...
Obituaries
Linda Mews
77 Inwood, Iowa October 16, 2024 Linda Mews, 77, of Inwood, Iowa, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at Fellowship Village of Inwood. Funeral service will be Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Inwood, with interment in Richland Cemetery, Inwood. Linda Sue...
Don Ovre
78 Larchwood, Iowa October 14, 2024 Don Ovre, 78, died unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at his home. Visitation was Monday, Oct. 21, at Anderson Funeral Home, Canton, South Dakota. Don was born Nov. 23, 1945, in Canton to John and Mary (Pullman) Ovre. He attended...
Donald De Jager
87 Rock Valley, Iowa October 8, 2024 Donald De Jager, 87, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at Whispering Heights in Rock Valley.Funeral service was Friday, Oct. 11, at Calvin Christian Reformed Church with interment in Valley View Cemetery, Rock...
Katherine Woelber
81 George, Iowa October 4, 2024 Katherine Woelber, 81, of George, Iowa, passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in George. Funeral service was Tuesday, Oct. 8, at United Presbyterian Church, Boyden, Iowa, with interment in Sheridan Township...
Peter Vande Stroet
84 Rock Valley, Iowa October 5, 2024 Peter “Pete” Vande Stroet, 84, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, at RiverView Ridge Senior Living in Rock Valley. Funeral service was Thursday, Oct. 10, at First Reformed Church, Rock Valley, with interment in Valley...
Gertrude Vande Stouwe
91 Rock Valley, Iowa October 10, 2024 Gertrude Vande Stouwe, 91, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Avera Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Porter Funeral Home,...
Eileen Veenis
90 Canton, South Dakota September 24, 2024 Eileen Veenis, 90, of Canton, South Dakota, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Sanford Canton-Inwood Hospital. A celebration of life was Saturday, Sept. 28, at Anderson Funeral Home, Canton. Eileen Mae Kock was born Jan. 9,...
Dennis Burgers
64 Hull, Iowa September 26, 2024 Dennis Burgers, 64, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Sheldon, Iowa. Memorial service was Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Hull Protestant Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hillside Cemetery, Doon, Iowa. Dennis Gene was...
Sports
’Cats swept by Dutch
West Lyon senior Annie Metzger (12) aims to split two Sioux Center blockers Thursday, Oct. 17, in Inwood. The Warriors defeated the Wildcats 3-0 in the final regular-season matchup for the home side. (Photo/Dan Wolfswinkel) West Lyon Volleyball Tight, pivotal first...
Girls all set PBs
Junior Emersyn Rentschler runs at the Unity Christian cross country meet Friday, Oct. 18. In a speak peak of her team's Class 2A state-qualifier, the younger Rentschler took 23rd place. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Sophomore Chloe David leads a small pack of runners Friday,...
West Lyon JVR Football finishes with one last win
By Sophia Niemeyer On Monday, October 14 the West Lyon JVR Football team traveled to Sioux Center for their last game of the season, defeating the Warriors 36-20.In the beginning of the game, the Warriors were able to move the ball and took a big play away from the...
JV finishes their season strong with a win
By Kyndra Gramstad The junior varsity football team finished off their season heading down to Sioux Center to take on the Warriors. They took home a 36-14 win.The offense put in the work early to be up 22-7 at the half. They capitalized on big defensive stops and were...
JVR Volleyball team takes a loss against Rock Valley
By Malison Rentschler The JVR volleyball team traveled to Rock Valley on Thursday, October 10 where they took a loss against the Nighthawks. The scores for the night consisted of 19-21 in the first set, 21-11 in the second, and 9-15 in the third set.Coach Kylie...
JV Volleyball battles the Rockets
By Kayla Jenson On Thursday, October 10th the Junior Varsity volleyball team traveled their way over to the Rockets home in Rock Valley. Here they dealt with some hardship as they fell to the Rockets in two sets.Unfortunately the ladies were out scored in the first...
JV Wildcats coming to a close
By Zoe Kellenberger On Tuesday, October 15, the JV Volleyball team traveled down to Orange City to go up against MOC-Floyd Valley for their last away game of the season. They lost 0-2 with scores of 6-21 and 16-21.MOC is a very well-constructed team that plays hard...
Wildcat Cross Country runners finish their season with a lot to be proud of
By Olivia Feucht On Tuesday, October 15th the JH Cross Country runners ran at the siouxland conference meet at Boyden-Hull.Going into the night Coach Grace Boeke challenged her runners and said, “I wanted everyone to end the season feeling like they ran their best...