Future Home of Performing Arts Inside of the new West Lyon auditorium. It is currently on track to be completely enclosed by winter time, with heating being installed on the ceiling above. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Building it Up The new bus barn being built to the west...
The Magic of Cast Iron Matt Jurgens, resource naturalist with Osceola County Conservation, led this month’s Coffee with Conservation at the Lyon County Nature Center. He presented on Dutch ovens and the history of cast iron. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Ring the Dinner Bell...
A Thriving Lake Though the first frosts can be seen across Lake Pahoja, 150 new walleyes have been stocked into the lake to be caught in the coming years. One hundred of them of have been given tags, which can be reported at 712-753-2033 or lyonccb@lyoncountyia.com....
Ridge Kramer (6) and Carson Meyer (5) hold up West Lyon’s state championship banner Friday, Nov. 22, at the UNI-Dome. On their way to securing their program’s sixth Iowa-wide title in football, the undefeated Wildcats blew out Spirit Lake 42-7 in the championship...
Food and FunMembers of the community enjoy a turkey dinner as part of the annual West Lyon Band Turkey Supper Concert this past Tuesday evening. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Getting in the Spirit Trombone players Erica Meenering and Cody Snyders donned Santa hats along with...
A Dream Come True Devorah Fennema takes a close look at Lottie the axolotl during this month’s Nature Tales program. With axolotls as the theme, she happily came wearing a shirt covered in drawings of the different axolotl types. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Nature center...
A Crowd of Thank You’s The elementary students of West Lyon singing “Veterans March” during their Veterans Day Program. The students previously designed signs in appreciation of veterans, which they vigorously waved during their song. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) 10 Years...
PARTNERS IN THE HUNT Eric Harrold shows off his red-tailed hawk named Whiskey with his German Shorthaired Pointer dog named Daisey at his side. Harrold has been a falconer 35 years and presented on his experience with falconry at the Lake Pahoja Nature Center...
COMMUNITY AND PARENTAL SUPPORT Lori and Jerry Rens were in charge of the bidding numbers handed out to people at the FFA soup supper and auction Thursday night. Funds earned from the auction will go toward future agritourism trips taken by FFA students. (Photo/Tristan...
THE LAND BEFORE THE LAKE Pictured is the original land of what would later become Lake Pahoja. Through the mid-1960s, the Lyon County Conservation Board bought 232 acres of land from six different landowners at a cost of $60,181.53. This land was for the Pioneer...
BRINGING SHAPES AND DINOSAURS TOGETHER West Lyon third grader Yoselyn Lopez smiles as she holds up her sticker picture creation. She creatively cut out shapes of clouds from hearts to complete her dinosaur art during one of the activities at Clover Kids Nov. 7...
Recap of this year’s election results Tristan Taylor | Editor Election Day, Nov. 5, saw over a million Iowans join their fellow Americans at the polls to decide the direction both this state and country will go in the next years. As of press deadline, the votes in...
New owners on the block Sisters Carissa and Caitlin Fluit are two of the newest business owners on Main Street Inwood with Back on the Rack. This consignment store hopes to bring modest clothing and cheaper prices, as well as foster a family-friendly zone for people...
HONORED FOR HIS SERVICE Clarence Stubbe of George poses with his Atomic Veterans Service Certificate and Medal for his service in an atomic war zone during World War II. During World War II, Stubbe was stationed in Japan after the Japanese surrendered Aug. 15, 1945....
Kohen Rockhill, Jacob Morgan, Alyssa Hoogestraat and another FCCLA member enjoy their time in Anaheim, California. Morgan and Hoogestraat along with Emersyn Rentschler traveled to a weekend Fall Leadership Institute for FCCLA from October 24-27. There they attended...
SINGING TO THE BALCONY Madalyn Van Roekel delivers a solo during the High School Treble Choir’s performance at the Fall Choir Concert. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor West Lyon Community School hosted it’s Fall Choir Con-cert on Tuesday, October 22. The...
TO PET A SNAKE Emily Ostrander (right) shows Piglet the corn snake to several of the attendees at this month’s Coffee with Conservation. With the theme “Nature’s Unhuggables,” it was a perfect time to meet the animals we tend to stay far away from. (Photo/Tristan...
FEELING FURS Emily Ostrander holds out an opossum fur for a group of 3- to 5-year-old kids to feel. The children learned about nocturnal animals at the first session of Nature Tots, which took place Wednesday, Oct. 23. (Photo/Amy Lyon) Preschoolers learn about...
General elections will be Tuesday, November 5 Amy Lyon | Staff Writer With November just around the corner comes Election Day. As voters prepare, they can find information on the Elections and Voting tab on the Lyon County Auditor’s website...
Harvest Time in Lyon County Hay bales dot this field north of Inwood waiting to be picked up. Those driving down the highway will see a majority of fields next to the blacktop already harvested. According to the USDA crop progress report, the corn harvest is 45%...