Volunteer of the Year Rob Horstman (left) was presented the 2024 Outstanding Community Service Award by Paul Kippley (right) at the Inwood Community Fair. Horstman is pastor at First Reformed Church and volunteers at multiple organizations throughout Inwood....
Lauryn Martin Landon Pottebaum Tristan Taylor | Editor Seniors of West Lyon High School will soon be saying goodbye to their school. The commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, May 11, at 4 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Senior speakers for this year’s...
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids celebrated its five-year anniversary Wednesday, May 1 with an open house. During the open house, Craig Hohn, CEO and hospital administrator, presented a speech celebrating the hospital’s...
Fifth-grade students, Hadley Ageson and Weston Kroger, playing the clarinet with the fifth-grade band. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor On Thursday, May 2, the West Lyon Music Department hosted its Spring Concert for middle school and junior high...
CITY OF INWOOD A representative from the City of Inwood received a mini grant to be used for picnic tables. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) INWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE Representatives from Inwood Fire and Rescue received a mini grant to be used for SCBA tanks. (Photo/Dominique...
By Andrea Kampmann On April 23, 2005 Marilyn and Darin welcomed Landon Dean Pottebaum into their lives. He was also welcomed home by his 4 older siblings: Alicia, Kailtlyn, Cody, and Ethan. Landon proudly says that his role models are his parents; they’ve had many...
by Tobias Stensland On the 29th day of June in the year 2006, Barak Rinkenberger was brought onto this planet by his parents Isaac and Melissa. He has six other siblings, Rebekah who is 22, Noah aged 20, Caleb and Joshua who are now 14, along with Julia who’s 11, and...
By Tessa Boysen On Thursday, April 25 the West Lyon Junior High Track and Field teams headed to Sibley. The team competed against Okoboji, Harris Lake Park, Sibley-Ocheyedan, HMS, and Sioux Central. They didn’t get an overall ranking of the whole track meet, but they...
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Mass Media class will run a 5-week series featuring the poems of Mrs. Bahnson’s fourth grade class. The fifth week of poems are below. Wrestling (List Poem)By Kendall FlierWrestlingPinsWrestling...
Herndon, VA — West Lyon FCCLA was selected to receive the 2024 national first-place high school FACTS (Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety) Award from Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).FACTS is a national peer-to-peer education program...
To Whom it May Concern,I’ve enjoyed knowing Brian Hilt for nearly 20 years, we originally met as coworkers and have maintained a friendship as life took us in different directions. In this time I have watched Brian grow as a husband and father while raising a...
Dakota Van Grouw performing with her classmates at Inwood Christian School’s Spring Program April 22. In her class’s first song, each student held a sign for one of the 12 disciples of Jesus. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) K-K-Kazoo Students of Inwood Christian School...
Going Mobile Brienna Bruggeman, owner of Freedom Brew in Larchwood, stands next to her new espresso cart. She plans to bring it to events throughout Lyon County, as well as other private catered events. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor Larchwood’s local...
Scholarships available through Granite’s SHINE outreach group Tristan Taylor | Editor The Granite Threshing Bee’s women’s outreach group, SHINE, is now accepting applications for two separate scholarships. The scholarships being offered are both $1,000, and are for...
Sioux Center, IA – Farmers Co-op Society, a cornerstone of support for local farmers since its founding in 1907, recently announced the successful groundbreaking ceremony for its newest venture, Member’s Cut, which took place April 24.Member’s Cut will showcase...
Dominique Kooiker | Editor In an effort to continue to further increase its quality of care, Avera Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital is starting a Patient Family Advisory Council. The mission statement of this new council states: “In efforts to offer the highest...
Isaac Yeager | Staff Intern The Inwood City Council met on the evening of Monday, April 8, to discuss matters of infrastructure, event planning and local government.May 3 is Kiwanis clean-up day for Inwood. They will be helping residents dispose of larger refuse like...
By Tessa Boysen Carter DeWayne Kruse was born December 13, 2005 to his family of his dad, Deric (46), his mother, Erica (45), and sister Brooklyn (19).While attending West Lyon Carter was involved in SkillsUSA for three years and several shop classes such as Welding,...
By Sam Feikema Donnovan Axel Avila-Castelan, also known as Don, was born October 10, 2005. His family includes his mom Virginia, his dad Ricardo, and his brother Ricardo Jr. who is 16. Donovan’s role model is his dad. He always encouraged Donnovan to try new things...
By Amber Rose On Monday April 22, the junior high track and field team competed in its first track meet against eight teams at Boyden Hall. The girls came in second place with 119 points and the boys came in first with 176 points.The track team certainly had a great...