On the road to the championships Members of West Lyon’s WL Jazz hold up their first place trophy from the NWIBA Jazz District competition. After an astounding season, they will be competing at the Iowa Jazz Championships on April 2 in hopes of a third straight state...
Risk and Consequences Lyon County Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep teaching the DARE program to one of the sixth-grade classes at West Lyon. With a curriculum based around good decision making, this week’s lesson was about taking risks and the consequences of our...
PUPUSAS CITY OPENS IN ROCK RAPIDS Joel, Josue and Esmeralda Santos of Lester opened their new restaurant, Pupusas City, in Rock Rapids Friday, March 15. The restaurant serves a variety of dishes from El Salvador, including the national dish, pupusas, the restaurant’s...
Pictured are a selection of water color paintings from West Lyon’s painting class featured at the art show. They are of many different celebrities (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor West Lyon hosted an art show on the evening of Friday, March 15. The show...
An afternoon of bingo A Bingo for Conservation event was held on March 16 by the Lyon County Conservation Foundation. Pictured is Jared Ageson calling numbers as the crowd eagerly awaits a bingo. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor The Lyon County...
Lyon County Emergency Management, Lyon County Dispatch, Lyon County Fire Departments, Lyon County Sheriff, Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD), National Weather Service (NWS), and Iowa Emergency Management Association (IEMA) have...
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar series continues Tuesday, April 2, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. The program will help Holstein breeders understand the muscle weakness genetic defect in Holstein calves.Dr. Chad...
DES MOINES, IA - Keep Iowa Beautiful invites Iowans to join the Great American Cleanup and an estimated 3 million volunteers across the nation by removing litter from public spaces during Pick-Up Iowa from March 11th, 2024 through July 31st, 2024.Pick-Up Iowa, a Keep...
ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Slaughter cow prices are driven by the price of 90 percent lean beef trimmings (90s), which posted a price of $317.36/cwt the first week of March. This is a record high price for 90s in data back to 1978 and undoubtedly an all-time record weekly...
By Evy Knoblock On December 16, 2005 the world was blessed with a sweet little girl named Lauryn Kay Martin. More famously known as Lo, Lo Beans, Laurie Bell, and Laurie Pompsk. She was welcomed home by her parents Todd and Sandy Martin and acted as the perfect little...
By Lauryn Martin Evy Elaine Knoblock was born on May 26, 2005 to her parents Mitch and Amy Knoblock. She is proud to be a middle child, having an older sister Hayley, who she really looks up to, as well as a younger brother Jerrence - or JJ - who is definitely her...
By Andrea Kampmann On Saturday, March 9th, the West Lyon Individual Speech Group traveled to Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll, Iowa for the State Individual Speech Contest. West Lyon brought 21 entries to the state competition.The kids preformed great and the...
By Amber Rose The March students of the month have been announced! That are Angie Knapp (Academics), Jacob Snyders (Arts), Tessa Boysen (Service), Gage Blauwet (Sportsmanship), and Robbyn Feucht (Vocational).Angie is a hard-working student in all of her courses. She...
By Evy Knoblock Read Across America originated in 1998 as a week-long event promoted by the National Education Association (NEA). Its goal was to motivate children and teens to read through events, partnerships, and reading resources that are about everyone, for...
Boys Basketball Carson Hoogeveen All-Conference (Siouxland) | First TeamIGCA All-Substate (Class 2A) | Substate 1IPSWA All-State (Class 2A) | Second Team Trevor Ciesielski All-Conference (Siouxland) | First TeamIGCA All-Substate (Class 2A) | Substate 1 Easton Jacobson...
Why northwest Iowa fosters a unique environment for the most unadulterated form of athletics Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter There is no purer level of athletics than high school sports.From the often small but packed environments to the passion supporters bring,...
(StatePoint) When choosing what kind of plants to put down in your yard, you likely focus on the what and the where. After all, a beautiful plant in a prime location enhances curb appeal and even bragging rights.You may pay less attention though to understanding your...
Community SupportKy Lynott sports a Larchwood Diamonds shirt sent in by the team to show their support as he undergoes chemotherapy treatments. (Photo/Submitted Mindi Skiles) Together as a family Ky Lynott with his parents Shayna Skiles and Kade Lynott. The three are...
Building a Farm Marilyn Lopez and Emery Bruggeman build with Legos during this month’s Clover Kids meeting. They worked with everyone else to make one large farm scene. (Photo/Submitted Laura Beyenhof) Learning about all about animals Levi Twedt shows off his...
Tristan Taylor | Editor The city of Inwood’s Fire Department will be hosting a new program this month in conjunction with the American Red Cross. The Sound the Alarm campaign aims to get free smoke alarms to households that do not currently have one installed inside,...