Tristan Taylor | Editor Every year, members of FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) take part in a STAR project of their own designs. These STAR projects stand for Students Taking Action with Recognition and can take many shapes. This year, one...
Lessons in Nature Naturalist Emily Ostrander reads “The Salamander Room” during Nature Tales at the Larchwood Public Library. Her lesson for the day was to leave nature where it is. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Larchwood Public Library hosts monthly conservation program...
The Lyon County Conservation Foundation hosted a “Wok on the Wildside” pasta bar for a free-will donation Thursday, Feb. 29, at the Forster Community Center in Rock Rapids. Participants could pick their own sauce, toppings and noodles for their pasta and watch while...
WAYNE – Your voice matters. Wayne State College invites community members to freely express important and not so important ideas at World Speech Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, March 15, at the Hoffbauer Plaza, located on the south side of Wayne State’s Student...
By Amber Rose Christian Tyler Dreke also known as Drako, was born on August 10th, 2006 to his mother Megan Dreke. Two years later his brother Trace Dreke (15) was born.During his high school years, Christian has spent most of his time working hard at the Trackside Tow...
By Breanna Faber Mason Ray Mulder, sometimes known as Mulds, and his brother Hayden were born on January 18, 2006 to his loving parents Mardi and Randy. Seven years later, Mason’s little sister Sadie was brought into their little family. Mason has been known to be...
By Nix Meemken Hayden Alan Mulder was born to Mardi and Randy Mulder on the 18th of January, 2006. Mulder, as he is sometimes known, has 2 siblings, the first of which is his 18 year-old twin brother Mason. His second sibling his younger sister Sadie who’s currently...
The February Students of the Month are pictured above. Front row: Lyla Ortiz, Cade Moulton. Back row: Evy Knoblock, Cole Balster, and Johannah Boote. The Sanford Students of the Quarter are Carson Meyer and Shaylyn Van Veldhuizen. By Andrea Kampmann The West Lyon...
Jazz I performs at the Encore concert. The Junior High Jazz Band performs at the annual Encore concert. By Patrick Halma On February 27th the West Lyon High School and Junior High Jazz Bands and Choir performed their yearly home concert to display their talents for...
By Tessa Boysen On Saturday, February 24 the West Lyon Individual Speech Group headed on over to MOC for District Ratings. West Lyon had a total of 29 entries with 17 students performing. 22 of those entries qualified for state and got all 1 ratings.The individual...
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced tips for avoiding tax or IRS scams during the 2024 tax filing season.Common tax scams include:Email Phishing Scams: Email messages claiming to be someone from the IRS, Treasury Department, or a tax preparer...
SHELDON, IA – Northwest Iowa Community College (NCC) proudly announces its position as one of the top 4 finalists in the prestigious Tomorrow’s Tech 2023 School of the Year Contest, sponsored by O’Reilly Auto Parts and WIX Filters. While NCC did not clinch the top...
National Cheerleading Week March 1-7 West Lyon Wrestling CheerleadersFront row, left to right: Luca Knoblock, Mattie Eliason, Talula Serck. Back row, left to right: Emersyn Rentschler, Kendra Van Regenmorter, Katie Steen. (Photo/Submitted) The 2023 West Lyon Football...
(StatePoint) From baseball cards and sports equipment to postcards and photographs, is that “junk” in your attic or basement dusty treasure or just dusty? We’ve all heard of families getting rich from the sale of rare memorabilia they found when spring cleaning.A...
A TRIP TO THE MOON Amy Lyon as fair singer Emily Arden and Blake Lyon as Wayne Frake share an embrace during River Valley Players’ production of “State Fair.” (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE YOU AND ME Allison Van Aartsen as Melissa Frake and Terry Van...
Class Dog Show West Lyon’s Small Animal Care class hosted a dog show to demonstrate the students’ knowledge on various breeds. The students pose with their “dogs.” Front row - Ricardo Avila-Castelan, Hayden Mulder, Madilyn Cornell, Ashley Roemen. Back row - Isaiah...
Leaders in CTE The officers for West Lyon’s SkillsUSA chapter have been spreading awareness for Career and Technical Education throughout the month of February. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Back Row Left to Right - Cole Balster, Jana Ter Wee, Sydnee Kammrad, Cadence...
Learning from the earth Blood Run expert and geologist George Shurr giving a presentation on the area. He was the main speaker during Coffee with Conservation at the nature center Tuesday, Feb. 20. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor Lyon County...
The West Lyon Wildlife and Fisheries class participated in “Christmas with Conservation,” at the Lyon County Nature Center. They sponsored a tree that was decorated with the theme “Merry Fishmas.” FFA members Hayven Hollingshead, Emma Evans, Ellen Roemen, Luca...
By Evy Knoblock Trevor Paul Ciesielski, famously known as Trev, Trev Jel, Trev Jelly, and TC Island, was born on August 23, 2005. His parents Kyle and Leanne were blessed with Trevor as their firstborn son. Later on Trevor became an older brother and welcomed home...