By Nix Meemken Hayden Alan Mulder was born to Mardi and Randy Mulder on the 18th of January, 2006. Mulder, as he is sometimes known, has 2 siblings, the first of which is his 18 year-old twin brother Mason. His second sibling his younger sister Sadie who’s currently...
The February Students of the Month are pictured above. Front row: Lyla Ortiz, Cade Moulton. Back row: Evy Knoblock, Cole Balster, and Johannah Boote. The Sanford Students of the Quarter are Carson Meyer and Shaylyn Van Veldhuizen. By Andrea Kampmann The West Lyon...
Jazz I performs at the Encore concert. The Junior High Jazz Band performs at the annual Encore concert. By Patrick Halma On February 27th the West Lyon High School and Junior High Jazz Bands and Choir performed their yearly home concert to display their talents for...
By Tessa Boysen On Saturday, February 24 the West Lyon Individual Speech Group headed on over to MOC for District Ratings. West Lyon had a total of 29 entries with 17 students performing. 22 of those entries qualified for state and got all 1 ratings.The individual...
DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced tips for avoiding tax or IRS scams during the 2024 tax filing season.Common tax scams include:Email Phishing Scams: Email messages claiming to be someone from the IRS, Treasury Department, or a tax preparer...
SHELDON, IA – Northwest Iowa Community College (NCC) proudly announces its position as one of the top 4 finalists in the prestigious Tomorrow’s Tech 2023 School of the Year Contest, sponsored by O’Reilly Auto Parts and WIX Filters. While NCC did not clinch the top...
National Cheerleading Week March 1-7 West Lyon Wrestling CheerleadersFront row, left to right: Luca Knoblock, Mattie Eliason, Talula Serck. Back row, left to right: Emersyn Rentschler, Kendra Van Regenmorter, Katie Steen. (Photo/Submitted) The 2023 West Lyon Football...
(StatePoint) From baseball cards and sports equipment to postcards and photographs, is that “junk” in your attic or basement dusty treasure or just dusty? We’ve all heard of families getting rich from the sale of rare memorabilia they found when spring cleaning.A...
A TRIP TO THE MOON Amy Lyon as fair singer Emily Arden and Blake Lyon as Wayne Frake share an embrace during River Valley Players’ production of “State Fair.” (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE YOU AND ME Allison Van Aartsen as Melissa Frake and Terry Van...
Class Dog Show West Lyon’s Small Animal Care class hosted a dog show to demonstrate the students’ knowledge on various breeds. The students pose with their “dogs.” Front row - Ricardo Avila-Castelan, Hayden Mulder, Madilyn Cornell, Ashley Roemen. Back row - Isaiah...
Leaders in CTE The officers for West Lyon’s SkillsUSA chapter have been spreading awareness for Career and Technical Education throughout the month of February. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Back Row Left to Right - Cole Balster, Jana Ter Wee, Sydnee Kammrad, Cadence...
Learning from the earth Blood Run expert and geologist George Shurr giving a presentation on the area. He was the main speaker during Coffee with Conservation at the nature center Tuesday, Feb. 20. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor Lyon County...
The West Lyon Wildlife and Fisheries class participated in “Christmas with Conservation,” at the Lyon County Nature Center. They sponsored a tree that was decorated with the theme “Merry Fishmas.” FFA members Hayven Hollingshead, Emma Evans, Ellen Roemen, Luca...
By Evy Knoblock Trevor Paul Ciesielski, famously known as Trev, Trev Jel, Trev Jelly, and TC Island, was born on August 23, 2005. His parents Kyle and Leanne were blessed with Trevor as their firstborn son. Later on Trevor became an older brother and welcomed home...
By Tobias Stensland In the morning of October 20th, 2006 Kasen Alexander Hopp was brought into this world by his parents Angela Reckert (43) and Jacob Hopp (39). You can often hear Kason be called Hoppinator, and Hopp. He has 3 half siblings Jack (8), Ben (6), his...
By Breanna Faber Shaylyn Nicole Van Veldhuizen, better known as Shay, was brought into the world August 26, 2005 to her family which consists of her parents Jeffrey and Stacia Van Veldhuizen. Her parents are her biggest role models because she has always looked up to...
By Andrea Kampmann On the peaceful spring night of May 18, 2006, Johannah Lyn Boote was welcomed home by her parents, Lance and Leah. She was also welcomed by her older siblings Paige (26), Tanner (23), and Chloe (20). A few years later she gained two more brothers,...
(StatePoint) Taking the SAT or ACT exam is the culmination of months of test-specific preparation, and in truth, years of schooling. While knowing that can feel like a lot of pressure, there are steps you can take the night before the exam to calm your nerves and...
By Mattie Eliason In the past week, the West Lyon Jazz Band participated in NWIBA Jazz Districts in LeMars. Out of 300 points, the Wildcats scored a 267! As a 2A band, they took first in their class and beat all the other 1A and 4A bands, along with most of the 3A...
By Patrick Halma On Thursday, February 15th the West Lyon Jazz Band performed at UNI for the UNI Jazz Festival.Over the past few years the West Lyon Jazz Band has begun to be seen as top contender at all band competitions, and at UNI they did not come up short by any...
