Thinking about the future
Working on the Farm Chet Mogler and Janae Metzger talking with several West Lyon students about careers with Mogler Farms during this year’s Lyon County Career Exploration Day. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) A Career with Animals West Lyon students Joeli Van Beek and Kiersten Knueven watch as a snake slithers up Knueven’s arm at Lyon County Career Exploration Day...
Inwood Kiwanis hosts West Lyon principals
Tristan Taylor | Editor ttaylor@ncppub.com On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the Inwood Kiwanis Club met for its bi-weekly meeting. As part of this week’s meeting, Kiwanis welcomed Jerod...
A new chapter
MILLER BECOMES NEW OWNER OF NEW CENTURY PRESS Lisa Miller, formerly chief operating officer of New Century Press, became the company’s owner as of January 1, 2026....
Current News
Current News
West Lyon Community School District Board names Terry Bruinsma next district superintendent
Terry Bruinsma will serve as the next superintendent of the West Lyon Community School District,...
Trump starts midterms campaign tour in Iowa, focusing on economy instead of immigration
Robin Opsahl | Iowa Capital Dispatch iowacapitaldispatch.com President Donald Trump touted plans...
Wildcats excel at Spencer Speech Contest
By Katelyn Berentschot On Saturday, January 24, 23 West Lyon students and 4 coaches–Miranda...
JH Boys Wrestling season starts strong at George and BHRV
By Katelyn Berentschot On Thursday, January 22, and Monday, January 26, the West Lyon JH Boys...
Wildcat Junior Varsity Girls Basketball Team defeated by Patriots
By Eliana Kooi This past Monday, January 26th, the Junior Varsity Girls Basketball team made their...
JVR Wildcats cook Boyden Hull Comets
By Alyssa Hoogestraat On Tuesday, January 27, the West Lyon JVR boys basketball team played Boyden...
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball win at Hills
By Eliana Kooi This past Monday, January 26th, the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Team played...
Evan Edward Hildring
By Eliana Kooi Born on June 18, 2007, Evan was welcomed into this world by his parents Nick and...
Emery Louise Koch
By Alyssa Hoogestraat On June 17th, 2007, the world was blessed with a ray of sunshine, Emery...
Ryan Randal Bahnson
By Savannah Smith On a cold fall night of November 27th 2007, Ryan decided to join the world. Ryan...
Kayla Marie Knoblock
By Nevaeh Van Dyke Kayla Marie Knoblock was born January 9th, 2008, to loving parents Trent and...
The link between stress and cancer
Adults have an issue with stress. According to a survey from the American Psychological...
Obituaries
Roger Joachim
78 Larchwood, Iowa January 16, 2026 Roger Joachim, 78, of Larchwood, IA, passed away Friday, January 16, 2026, in Apache Junction, AZ. Memorial mass was Saturday January 31, 2026, at The Church of St. Mary in Larchwood, IA, with Monsignor Kenneth A. Seifried as...
Ruth Serck
89 Rock Valley, Iowa January 27, 2026 Ruth (Hauser) Serck, 89, a long-time resident of Rock Valley, died Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at Arbor Springs, a Dementia Specific Skilled Nursing Facility, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Ruth had been a resident there since November...
Robert Kramer
88 Larchwood, Iowa January 23, 2026 Robert “Bob” Paul Kramer, 88, of Larchwood, Iowa, passed away peacefully at his home Friday, January 23, 2026. Bob was born January 31, 1937, in Hudson, South Dakota, to Paul and Bert (Schettler) Kramer. He was raised in Larchwood...
Charlotte Espeland
77 January 27, 2026 Charlotte “Char” Espeland, 77, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, January 27, 2026. A Celebration of Life will begin at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 4, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, rural Inwood, IA. Visitation with family present will be...
Merlin Halma
75 Inwood, Iowa December 28, 2025 Merlin Halma, 75, of Inwood, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center in Canton, South Dakota. Funeral services were Wednesday, Dec. 31, at First Reformed Church of Inwood with Rick Rozeboom...
Harriet Hanenburg
88 Sioux City, Iowa December 25, 2025 Harriet Hanenburg, 88, of Sioux City, Iowa, formerly Edgerton, Minnesota and Inwood, Iowa, passed away Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A celebration of life...
Merlin Halma
75 Inwood, Iowa January 28, 2025 Merlin Halma, 75, of Inwood, Iowa, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2025, at Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center in Canton, South Dakota. Funeral services were Wednesday, Dec. 31, at First Reformed Church of Inwood with Rick Rozeboom...
Harriet Hanenburg
88 Sioux City, Iowa December 25, 2025 Harriet Lorraine Hanenburg, 88, of Sioux City, Iowa, formerly Edgerton, Minnesota, and Inwood, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation with the family present...
Sports
JH Boys Wrestling season starts strong at George and BHRV
By Katelyn Berentschot On Thursday, January 22, and Monday, January 26, the West Lyon JH Boys Wrestling team traveled to George on the 22nd and Rock Valley on the 26th. In George, 14 wrestlers attended which were, Alex Leuthold, Braxton Van Zee, Eli Erpenbach, Eli...
Wildcat Junior Varsity Girls Basketball Team defeated by Patriots
By Eliana Kooi This past Monday, January 26th, the Junior Varsity Girls Basketball team made their way to Hills, Minnesota, to play against the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots. It was the Wildcats’ first game back in action after a week off. Though they battled hard, the...
JVR Wildcats cook Boyden Hull Comets
By Alyssa Hoogestraat On Tuesday, January 27, the West Lyon JVR boys basketball team played Boyden Hull at home. The Wildcats came out on top with the score 58-25. Boyden Hull started out strong with a 9-2 run, but West Lyon settled in and put some pressure on the...
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball win at Hills
By Eliana Kooi This past Monday, January 26th, the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Team played against the Patriots in Hills, Minnesota. Winning 53-48, they started the game off huge. The Wildcats came out shooting well and did not allow the other team many easy...
The rapid coaching rise of Rock Rapids’ Pete Menage, new ISU safeties’ coach
Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com Life has a funny way of bringing people back to where it all started. For Pete Menage, nothing could be truer. In just seven years of coaching, Menage has been at five different schools, from Pullman, Washington, to...
West Lyon girls’ basketball goes 3-0, defeats No. 11 Sioux Center
Taya Christie has been a monster on the glass for West Lyon this year, including a 13-rebound game against Hills-Beaver Creek last week. She takes on 2 Boyden-Hull defenders to go up for a shot. (Photo/Lily Jurrens) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com Coming...
DeJong helps Wildcats to win over Hills-Beaver Creek
Jaxton DeJong has carved out a key role for himself with West Lyon this season, averaging the fifth-most points on the team. (Photo/Lily Jurrens) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com With the season winding down, playing close games is as important as ever....
Kerkvliet, Dreke and Bahnson get wins at Siouxland Conference Tournament
Ryan Bahnson, winner of more than 150 matches, continued his excellence last week, finishing first at the Siouxland Conference Tournament and the Parker Invite. (Photo/Lily Jurrens) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com The season is winding down and that...