Fist Bumping Santa Santa gives a fist bump to one of the local children in Lester at this year’s Christmas in the Village celebration. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Flipping the Switch Family members of Charlie and Linda Metzger flip the switch at Lester’s Christmas in the...
Portable Learning The Lyon County Conservation Board recently acquired its own Starlab, a portable learning dome. This dome will be used for various programs beginning next year with astronomy lessons that take a look at the stars. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Space Up...
FIVE DOZEN BASKETS Two women check out one of the 60 baskets available in the silent auction at Kingdom Kids Daycare in Inwood Tuesday, Nov. 25. The fundraiser, which also included a free-will donation soup supper and bake sale, was held to raise money for the...
A HANDS-ON LOOK Naturalist Dayton Buntjer holds out turkey legs for a girl to feel Nov. 20 at Nature Tales at the Larchwood Public Library. (Photo/Amy Lyon) Nature Tales teaches kids about turkeys Amy Lyon | Staff Writer alyon@ncppub.com Children of all ages gathered...
After overcoming a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter, West Lyon won its second-straight state championship in football. See coverage of their road in the digital paper below. (Photo/Calif Poncy) Wildcats go back-to-back after thrilling OT win [fliph5...
SISTERS AND CO-OWNERSSisters Alma, left, and Dulce Dominguez Vargas pose inside their new restaurant, Fuego Azul, which opened Nov. 13 in Lester and offers a wide variety of Mexican cuisine and drinks. (Photo/Amy Lyon) MADE FROM SCRATCHDishes such as carne asada,...
Flute Section(Left to right) Hadley Kenyon, Evelyn Johnson, Meredith Moser and Claire Nelson play together as part of the West Lyon junior high band flute section. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) West Lyon hosts annual turkey supper concert Tristan Taylor | Editor...
Father-Daughter Embrace Student Eleanor Fluit embraces her dad and local veteran, Ethan Fluit, after the Veterans Day program at Inwood Christian School. All of the students got a chance to meet with the local veterans in attendance. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Local...
GRASSLEY VISITS ROCK RAPIDS Senator Chuck Grassley visited the Rock Rapids Kiwanis Club during the group’s weekly meeting at Rock Rapids Pizza Ranch on Thursday, Nov. 13, as part of his annual 99-county tour. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) Dominique Kooiker | Writer...
Soup and Sandwiches West Lyon FFA members, Mason Knobloch and Colt Metzger, serving soup to hungry community members at their annual soup supper. Proceeds from the night will go toward their class’ agritourism trip next summer. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor |...
Easton DeJong (13) and Jaxton DeJong (12) celebrating after a brother-to-brother trick play resulted in a touchdown. (Photo/Calif Poncy) Calif Poncy | Sports Writer cponcy@ncppub.com For the first time all season, a game involving the West Lyon Wildcats was in the...
The Pinnacle of FFAEthan Van Regenmorter was recently honored with the FFA American Degree, the highest honor an FFA member can receive nationally. Van Regenmorter was honored during the FFA National Convention Saturday, Nov. 1. (Photo/Submitted) Tristan Taylor |...
2025 Election Recap Tristan Taylor | Editor ttaylor@ncppub.com On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters across the county made their way to the polls to decide on local positions of city council, mayor and school board. Even with some hotly-contested races in Lyon...
Packing Up Anthony Thorne grabs books off the shelf at the Inwood Public Library to pack away in boxes. He and his mother were a part of the crowd helping move the library this past week to its temporary location. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Inwood Kiwanis Club president,...
Coffee with Conservation County naturalist, Dayton Buntjer, hosting October’s Coffee with Conservation program at the Lyon County Nature Center. This month she discussed the different owls and bats native to Iowa. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Close Inspection This model of...
A thank you Pictured is the Veterans Day program hosted at West Lyon Community School last year. Elementary students hold up signs with “thank you” written on them to the veterans in attendance. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Area schools to host Veterans Day programs Tristan...
Across The Field A local farmer outside of Larchwood makes his way across his field to finish up the last of this season’s harvest. Leah Ten Napel, field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, estimated the soybean harvest is nearly complete,...
Halftime Guest Members of the Larchwood City Council, Ned Hodgson and Lauren Steers, were present at halftime of West Lyon’s home football game Friday, Oct. 10, along with the Turf Tank Two robot. The Turf Tank is a robot field painter the city of Larchwood and school...
A Canine with Canines County naturalist, Dayton Buntjer, shows off a wolf skull and its teeth to kids at Larchwood Public Library. The theme of her Nature Tales program this month was all about the teeth of different animals, and how they’re different from ours....
KEEPING A TRADITION ALIVE From left to right, Aspyn Schreurs, Bristol Schreurs and Alexis Schleis serve food to farmers during West Lyon FFA’s annual Feed the Farmer event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. (Photo/Amy Lyon) West Lyon FFA members provide farmers’...