Anything with MetalZach Garland, owner of The Iron Guy, has been running his business in Alvord for the last three years, doing welding projects for people across the West Lyon area and beyond. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor For much of his adult life,...
Buzzing inMembers of the West Lyon FCCLA competing at the Knowledge Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama. From left to right: Savannah Van Beek, Emersyn Rentschler, Meg Lapka, Alyssa Hoogestraat and Jacob Morgan. (Photo/Submitted Kristin Rockhill) Tristan Taylor | Editor...
Tristan Taylor Dominique Kooiker | Editor New Century Press is welcoming a familiar face as the new editor of the West Lyon Herald, former staff writer Tristan Taylor. Taylor grew up in Truman, Minnesota, where he graduated from Martin Luther High School. He attained...
American Degree RecipientsJesse Wulf and Nathan Knapp, former members of West Lyon FFA, received their American Degrees for years of hard work in FFA. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer After years of hard work and dedication, two former FFA students...
Trivia ChampionsThe top-two teams of the ThinkFast Interactive program at West Lyon. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Dancing SpiritJoshua Nelson busts a move and does the worm to impress the audience during a dance competition. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) High EnergyAlan Weiner,...
Thanking those who served Lanny Meendering is greeted and thanked by a student at Inwood Christian School after the Veterans Day program Friday, November 10. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer Schools in the West Lyon area celebrated Veterans Day...
Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer As the end of the year draws closer, the first semester of this school year is nearing its end alongside it. At this point in the school year, many college freshmen are finally settling into their school life and finding a place after the...
Devoted to CommunityTim Lugovoy, owner and operator of Devoted Pest Control, hopes to become a familiar part of the community through his pest control business. The Exterminator Crusader, the superhero mascot for Devoted Pest Control. (Photo/Submitted Tim Lugovoy)...
BRINGING IN THE HARVESTFarmers just south of Rock Rapids work to complete their bean harvest. According to Leah Ten Napel, field agronomist for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, overall bean yields have been good for the amount of moisture received, and...
Parade of HomesTosha Van’t Hof runs the Larchwood Community Group’s Parade of Homes booth. Five different homes were on display this year, with proceeds going toward future city events, such as Christmas Lane on Main. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff...
USING HER STORY TO HELP OTHERSBecky Roemen of Larchwood was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2022. She went through surgery and 25 rounds of radiation and has been clear since March. Roemen is a physician assistant at Sanford Clinic in Rock Rapids, and she...
No place she’d rather beDave Ranschau, Ella Campeau and Becky Ranschau stand in their corn field one mile north of West Lyon Community School. Campeau drives every year from Washington state to help her nephew with harvest. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor |...
Homecoming RoyaltyPictured are members of West Lyon’s 2023 homecoming court. Front row, left to right: Landon Pottebaum, king Anderson Trejo, queen Jana Ter Wee and Evy Knoblock. Back row, left to right: Carter Ver Meer, Trevor Ciesielski, Ryker Metzger, Lillie...
Ready for fallThe collection of pumpkins, gourds and squash at Van Grouw Acres inside of their remodeled barn. It is used as both a storefront and a place to host events. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer In 2019, Jessica Van Grouw and her family...
Dan Meers, mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs, holds up the head to his mascot outfit for K.C. Wolf. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer West Lyon Community School had its annual ABC Awards Monday, Sept. 11, for its junior and senior high students. The...
COACHING UP HIS 300TH WINWest Lyon head football coach Jay Rozeboom calls out instructions to his defense from the sidelines during a non-district football game against Lawton-Bronson Friday, Sept. 1. The Wildcats defeated the Eagles 53-12 to earn coach Rozeboom his...
Hall of Fame InducteeJim Zangger (right) was inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame on August 19 at the Iowa Aviation Museum in Greenfield, Iowa. President of the Iowa Aviation Museum, Greg Schildberg (left), officially welcomed Zangger into the Hall of...
Members of the West Lyon football team welcomed fellow students back to school, giving high fives as they went by. Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer The sounds of laughter and chatter filled the building as the 2023-2024 school year began for West Lyon Community School...
NOT EVEN A QUEEN WAS SPAREDMiss Lester, Ella Leuthold, right, and one of the Little Miss Lester representatives, Vivian Myrlie, left, are in the line of fire of a water cannon during the Lester Days parade Saturday, Aug. 19. (Photo/Jessica Jensen) Population and...
Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer Lester has always been home to Linda Kellenberger, one of this year’s parade marshals for Lester Days. She grew up on a farm outside of town and graduated from West Lyon. It was there she met her now late husband, Verlyn, through her...