BROTHERLY BONDING Members of Alvord Fire and Rescue enjoy time together making pancakes for their annual pancake feed March 8. From left to right, Glen Meyer, Lance Van Roekel, Ross DeJager, Dylan Teunissen and Damon Knobloch. (Photo/Amy Lyon) Alvord Fire and Rescue...
Beholding the Bird’s Nest Kale and Jett Meyer look in awe at a bird’s nest during this month’s Nature Tots program at the Larchwood Public Library. The theme of the month was learning about birds. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Nature Tots program returns Tristan Taylor |...
Colt Metzger | FFA Officer at Large On Feb. 10, officers of the West Lyon FFA chapter attended CTE Day in Des Moines. Armed with the knowledge of their FFA chapter proceedings, meetings and classes, they rose bright and early that morning to educate the public. Inside...
WL Dominates Substate Final, Will be second seed in Des Moines West Lyon boys’ basketball poses for a team photo Saturday, March 1, after qualifying for the Class 2A state tournament in Des Moines. After multiple years of losing their substate final, the Wildcats...
Stoking the Flames Nahla Romero, Allanah Bruggeman and Chyles Meendering huddle around their fire and they try to keep it going with the help of Kyle Ciesielski (left). (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Conservation hosts winter survival day Tristan Taylor | Editor Fifth-grade...
A Welcome Introduction Dayton Buntjer, recently hired-naturalist with Lyon County Conservation, led the monthly Coffee with Conservation program to introduce herself to the community and share her plans for the coming months. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) First Coffee with...
STEP IN TIME | The cast of River Valley Players’ “Mary Poppins” poses after singing “Step in Time.” “Mary Poppins” was presented in the Forster Auditorium in Rock Rapids Feb. 28 and March 1 and 2. Gracia Poppinga stepped in for Maggie McCarthy in this picture....
Tristan Taylor | Editor The Inwood Kiwanis Club met at its regular time Wednesday, Feb. 26, with a meeting starting at 12:30 p.m. After a hymn and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, the secretary’s and treasury’s reports were given from previous meetings. As part of...
Jessa Haahr | Club Reporter The Country Kids 4-H Club met Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Inwood Community Center. The meeting was called to order by Kendra Van Regenmorter. There were 25 members present.After the business meeting, Jayne and Rhonda from Primrose Market in...
Safety Statistics As part of her safe driving project with FCCLA, student Chloe Klarenbeek partnered with Freedom Brew in Larchwood to offer discounts to every wearing their seatbelt. She designed these stickers with safe driving facts to go on every cup handed out....
Peek into the Past An aerial view of Inwood taken from the north with Highway 18 in the background. This photo would have been taken sometime between 1969 and 1974, but the exact date was not listed. The photograph features the original Inwood pool, which was built in...
By Opal Niemeyer Carson Paul Meyer also known as Smalls, was born on the 8th day of a chilly November in 2006 to his parents Wes and Dawn Meyer. He was also welcomed into the world by his two older brothers Logan and Jaxon. Carson’s role models are his dad and his...
by Opal Niemeyer Tayton Roger Knobloch was born to his parents Derek and Connie Knobloch on April 19, 2006. His older brother Talin Knobloch also welcomed Tayton home, completing their family of four. Tayton’s role model is his father. Tayton says, “He is always going...
By Malison Rentschler Tyra Brook Roemen was born on May 28, 2006 to her loving parents Jennifer and Ryan, and her older sister, Claire (22). A couple years later, Tyra’s younger sister, Ashley (16) was born, followed by their younger brother, John (14). Tyra would...
By Kyndra Gramstad On Saturday, February 22, eight West Lyon students had the distinct honor of traveling to Ames, IA to perform at the All-State Large Group Speech Festival.All state is the highest honor any speech student can receive. The Large Group season begins...
By Kayla Jenson This year in the winter concert there were 4 bands that played. The 5th grade band, 6th grade band, the junior high band, and the high school symphonic band. Throughout the night there were a total of 14 songs played from these 4 groups.The 5th grade...
By Sophia Niemeyer The West Lyon Jazz Choir traveled to Spirit Lake to compete at the Shake the Lakes contest on Friday, February 20. At this competition, their first of the season, the choir received second place out of nine other groups in 2A and fifth place...
By Olivia Feucht On February 20th the West Lyon Jazz Band traveled to the University of Northern Iowa to compete at the UNI Tall Corn Festival. Director Jade Bolin commented that, “We faced a lot of bands that we normally do not see as it is mostly schools from...
Tristan Taylor | Editor On Saturday, March 1, students from West Lyon Community School competed in the district individual speech competition in Okoboji. Fifteen students competed in 11 different categories, many competing in more than one. And congratulations to the...
Basketball Left to Right: Ava Vandyke, Kaitlynn Beldin, Maddy Cornell, Bristol Schreurs, Zoe Kellenberger, and Marlene Duenas (Photo Submitted) Football Olivia Metzger,Luca Knoblock,Kendra Vanregenmorter, Jaci Stubbe, Zoe Kellenberger, and Emersyn Rentschler...
