On Friday, Dec. 27, at 8:30 p.m., the Iowa State Patrol investigated a fatal accident at the intersection of 180th Street and Ashley Avenue north of Klondike.Jenner Nicholas Johnson, 21, of Inwood was traveling west on 180th Street, approaching a curve at the...
Senator Chuck Grassley was sworn in as President pro tempore of the Senate on Friday, January 3. The President pro tempore is a constitutional office customarily bestowed on the longest serving member of the Senate majority party. As President pro tempore, Grassley is...
DES MOINES - Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird congratulated Deputy Mason Langenhorst on graduating from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in a ceremony in Johnston Friday, Dec. 13. The graduation ceremony was attended by family, friends and law enforcement officials...
Former President Jimmy Carter passed away on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff until sunset on January 28, 2025.Governor Reynolds released this statement is the wake of Carter’s...
RUSTIC OAK BRANDS AT RIGHT: The Van Bochove family owns and operates Rustic Oak Brands Coffee and Boutique in Inwood. They opened the boutique portion of the store Nov. 29 and hope to have the coffee shop running soon. From left to right, Rayna, Angie, Brad and Tori...
BESTOWING HIS WORKSHarlan Van Voorst holds up one of his pieces of art that he made and gave to Lyon County Conservation after they redesigned their logo. The Van Voorsts love to support local nature centers, and Harlan’s two donations Oct. 7 were just a small token...
FORTY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep of Doon retired from his career of 40 years in law enforcement. He worked at the Sioux Center Police Department for a year and a half, from July 1984 to October 1985. In 1985, Vander...
SECOND PLACE | Kel Faber (Photo/Submitted) THIRD PLACE | Marlo Arp (Photo/Submitted) FIRST PLACE | Cody and Ashley Van Dieren (Photo/Submitted) Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Inwood Kiwanis has been sponsoring the annual Christmas Lighting Contest to make the streets of...
Happy New Year!Thank you for coming along with this little section over the past month. I truly hope you’ve enjoyed my strange little talent, and that I’ve maybe even stumped a few of you! I will be spending the next 11 months coming up with even more insane, yet...
Cami Koons | Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last week the state’s first human case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.According to a press release from the department, the individual is a commercial poultry...
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Inwood City Council met Thursday, Dec. 19, to discuss the appraisal process in the ongoing insurance battle with Iowa Communities Assurance Pool, enforcement of the stop sign at the intersection of highways 18 and 182 and the ongoing...
June 25 - On Tuesday, June 25, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig visited the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Rock Rapids to witness the damage. The 2024 Lyon County Fair could not be hosted at the fairgrounds, instead taking place at the Osceola County Fairgrounds in...
Remembering Those We Lost in 2024 December 2023Leon Fluit, 63, Inwood, IA, December 20.George Bonnema, 74, Luverne, MN, December 26.Harrietta Niemeyer, 76, Sioux Center, IA, December 27.Lana Jansma-Broek, 59, Sioux Falls, SD, December 27.MarJean Sauer-Stanley, 87,...
Randy Feenstra On Wednesday, Dec. 18, President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delivered yet another blow to the American auto industry and affordability for our families. The EPA announced that it granted California permission to phase out the sale of...
Community Brought Together Alumni and members of the West Lyon community joined together with the current students to sing the Hallelujah Chorus at the holiday choir concert. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) West Lyon performs at annual holiday choir concert Tristan Taylor |...
Make-Believe Alaina and Natalie Moser make their way into a beaver dam at the Lyon County Nature Center during this year’s last Nature Tots session. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Nature Tots teaches beavers Tristan Taylor | Editor On Wednesday, Dec. 18, the Lyon County...
Shining and Bright Granite’s implement building was dressed in lights and decorations as part of the annual Christmas Drive, along with the rest of the Threshing Bee grounds. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) All Aboard! The Granite Threshing Bee grounds were decorated for the...
Tristan Taylor | Editor Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Josh Werre | Graphic Designer Happy holidays and merry Christmas from New Century Press and West Lyon Herald! In celebration of our Christmas edition, a few members of our staff here at the Herald have shared their own...
Dear readers,I can’t believe we’re already here at the last batch of movies. It’s been a lovely time coming up with these and I thank you for coming along on this ride with me.But before we go any further, let’s reveal the answer to last week’s column:The Christmas...
By Kyndra Gramstad Gage Henry Blauwet, also known as Squishy, entered into this world on a hot, summer day on August 1st, 2006. He was welcomed by his parents Jesse and Katie Blauwet. Once Gage was born, he stole the show from his older brother Kael. But his position...