Pictured are some highlights of West Lyon SkillsUSA members competing in skill competitions during the SkillsUSA Iowa Championships on the DMACC Ankeny campus April 27-28. The West Lyon SkillsUSA chapter sent a number of students to compete in skill contests...
A NEW OFFICE SPACEThe ISU Extension and Outreach Office of Lyon County has moved into the office space on the top floor of Frontier Bank in Rock Rapids. The Extension Office hosted an open house Thursday, May 4, to introduce the public to its new office space....
BOXES AND BOXES OF DONATIONSThe elementary TAG (Talented And Gifted) students at West Lyon pose with boxes of food and hygiene products that were donated for the Stuff the Bus project. The items were taken to the Inwood and Larchwood food banks. (Photo/Submitted)...
Spring field work underway in Lyon County Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor A familiar sight — tractors and planters in the fields — has returned across the state in the last few weeks. With several dry days last week, farmers were able to start or resume planting and...
Three West Lyon seniors prepare for their duties as SkillsUSA Iowa officers HIGHER STANDINGThe West Lyon SkillsUSA chapter continues to grow and find successes. Three members are also helping lead other chapters by serving as state officers while holding their chapter...
TECHNIQUE REQUIRED TO GET THE GOOD STUFFRenna Grevengoed and Cambrie Henrichs roll their ice cream cups between their hands to soften them up a bit before eating. The treat was part of a field trip for Inwood Christian School preschool students to Stensland Family...
WHAT’S INSIDE?Alisha Roozenboom shows the kindergarteners what the inside of the blue drop-off box looks like outside of the post office. The Inwood Christian School students visited the post office for a field trip Wednesday, April 26. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan...
Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer Inwood’s annual metals and appliances spring clean-up day is happening Friday, May 5. This one-day event is sponsored by the Inwood Kiwanis Club. Starting at 7:30 a.m., members of Kiwanis will be going door-to-door collecting the metals...
The future workforce of Iowa, including career and technical education students from high schools and postsecondary programs across the state, competed in skill competitions for medals, scholarships and industry awards during the SkillsUSA Iowa championships on the...
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation awards 50 mini grants GRANITE THRESHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONA $3,000 mini grant presented to the Granite Threshermen’s Association will be used for Berdahl-Rolvaag House improvements. Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Members of the Lyon...
West Lyon graduate wraps up year of serving as Iowa FFA Reporter PASSION FOR FFA AND LEADERSHIPRachel Teunissen, a 2022 graduate of West Lyon High School and Alvord native, concluded a year of serving on the Iowa FFA officer team. She is pictured at the conclusion of...
New way to download coming to the local library FIND A GOOD READ ONLINE THROUGH THE LOCAL LIBRARYThe Larchwood Public Library offers a free online app for patrons with a library card to download e-books and audiobooks. The online platform used by libraries is changing...
POTENTIAL LOCATIONA committee in Alvord is considering the site of the former Alvord Fire Station as a location for a possible new community center in the center of the community. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer Over concerns kids in the...
Service project gets boost with a Community Outreach Grant Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer The West Lyon Education Association recently received two Community Outreach grants, each totaling $500, from the Iowa State Education Association. Second-grade teacher, Heidi...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Lyon County has a long history of serving county residents with agricultural and natural resources, community and economic development, family and food, and 4-H youth development programs. Although this service will not be...
LYON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARDED GRANTLyon County Economic Development was recently awarded a grant from Dakota Business Finance after two loans were dispersed to businesses in Lyon County. Pictured from left to right are Steve Simons, Lyon County Economic...
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Health Services of Lyon County will be hosting a Health and Wellness Fair in the Forster Community Center in Rock Rapids Saturday, April 29, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Several healthcare entities and other partners and providers will be...
Several members of the West Lyon FFA chapter attended the 95th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in Ames April 16-18. Students had the opportunity to participate in workshops, listen to speakers and visit the career fair as well as take in some entertainment and network...
PERFECTLY POSEDSam Meester lifts his prom date, Ella Leuthold, into the air during the prom grand march Saturday, April 15. Tristan Taylor | Staff Writer The annual prom grand march at West Lyon High School Saturday, April 15, gave friends and family an opportunity to...
HANDS-ON LEARNING IN ACTIONEvan Mogler shows off a piece of metal that had been used to practice welding skills in fabrication classes at West Lyon to Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg during his visit to West Lyon Thursday, April 13. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff...
