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Local student observes Limb Difference Awareness Month Dominique Kooiker | Editor April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness month, and for one George-Little Rock Elementary student, the month holds special meaning. Finley Gerloff is a second-grade student at George-Little Rock and the...

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Living life with a ‘lucky fin’
Local student observes Limb Difference Awareness Month Dominique Kooiker | Editor April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness month, and for one George-Little Rock Elementary student, the month holds special meaning. Finley Gerloff is a second-grade student at George-Little Rock and the daughter of Kayla and BJ Gerloff.Finley was born five weeks early and […]
Providing care with a servant heart
NEW PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AT AVERA IN ROCK RAPIDS Haley Mader, PA-C, is the newest physician...
Little Seed Library
Seed sharing takes root at three local libraries Amy Lyon | Staff Writer There’s no doubt libraries offer a wide variety of resources and services, and now a new spring-related section has made its way to the libraries in George, Little Rock and Rock Rapids: the Little Seed Library.“The main goal of The Little Seed […]
Basket full of fun
READY, SET, GO! The 2- to 5-year-old kids take off running during the Easter egg hunt in Rock Rapids April 19. (Photo/Amy Lyon) THE HONORED ORGANIZERS Pictured are some of the members of the VFW Post 6960 who helped organize their annual Easter egg hunt in Rock Rapids on April 19. The group has been […]
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Lavonne Landman
100 Hull, Iowa April 14, 2025 Lavonne Landman, 100, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Monday, April 14, 2025, at Aspen Heights Senior Living in Hull.Funeral service was Thursday, April 17, at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull.Eleanor Lavonne Raak was born Dec, 9, 1924, to Jerry and Ruth (Te Stroete) Raak. […]
Phyllis Wagley
80 Rushmore, Minnesota April 12, 2025 Phyllis Faye Wagley, 80, of Rushmore, Minnesota, died Saturday, April 12, 2025, at Pipestone (Minnesota) County Hospice House from complications with Lewy Body Dementia. Funeral service was Tuesday, April 22, at Emmanuel First United Presyterian Church, Rushmore.Survivors include her husband, three children including Angela Wagley (Steve) of George, Iowa, four […]
Owen McDonagh
83Rock Rapids, IowaApril 8, 2025Owen McDonagh, 83, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at inpatient oncology on the Avera McKennan Hospital Campus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Riverview Cemetery, Rock Rapids.Owen Francis McDonagh was born Sept. 9, 1941, in Miles City, Montana, […]
Mary Van Roekel
88 Inwood, Iowa April 4, 2025 Mary Van Roekel, 88, of Inwood, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 4, 2025, at Fellowship Village in Inwood.Funeral service was Wednesday, April 9, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Inwood, with interment in Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Alvord, Iowa.Mary Louise Katt was born Jan. 20, 1937, near Inwood, daughter of Walter and […]
Nelvina Moser
79 Hull, Iowa April 11, 2025 Nelvina Moser, 79, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 11, 2025, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.Visitation will be Tuesday, April 15, from 5-7 p.m. with the family present at Bethel Reformed Church in Lester, Iowa. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, […]
Peter Kracht
59 Steen, Minnesota April 7, 2025 Peter Arlyn Kracht, 59, of Steen, Minnesota, died Monday, April 7, 2025, at Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage, Luverne, Minnesota. Funeral service was Friday, April 11, at Living Rock Church, Luverne, with interment in Riverview Cemetery, Rock Rapids, Iowa. Survivors include three children, one grandson, significant other and five siblings […]

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Community gathers for Rock Rapids Fire Department’s annual fundraiser
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Spring Egg Hunt Winner
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Living life with a ‘lucky fin’
Local student observes Limb Difference Awareness Month Dominique Kooiker | Editor April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness month, and for one George-Little Rock Elementary student, the month holds special meaning. Finley Gerloff is a second-grade student at George-Little Rock and the daughter of Kayla and BJ Gerloff.Finley was born five weeks early and […]
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IPSWA All-State football teamZach Lutmer named as team captain in Class 2A by the Iowa Print Sports Writers AssociationNathan Broek | Sports EditorMultiple Central Lyon/George-Little Rock football athletes were named to the Class 2A all-state football team following a meeting of the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association Sunday, Nov. 20.Named to the first team were […]
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