Celebrating becoming a family
ADOPTION MADE OFFICIAL On Sept. 25, the Raymond family poses happily outside of the Lyon County Courthouse after the adoption of their oldest three children (Jephte, Loveson and Wishla) was made official. Kayla and Webert Raymond of Rock Rapids adopted the children from Haiti, where they have been...
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Central Lyon student competes in International Space Station Design Competition Madalynn Van Der...
Shopping small first
SHOP SMALL ON PINK FRIDAY Representatives of Rock Rapids’ small businesses encourage the community...
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Celebrating becoming a family
ADOPTION MADE OFFICIAL On Sept. 25, the Raymond family poses happily outside of the Lyon County...
Launching into space
Central Lyon student competes in International Space Station Design Competition Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Adelinne Ditsworth is a senior at Central Lyon and competed in the International Space Station Design Competition in Florida the last week of July. The competition is an industry-simulation game where students split into companies to design a […]
Shopping small first
SHOP SMALL ON PINK FRIDAY Representatives of Rock Rapids’ small businesses encourage the community to shop small first on Pink Friday, Nov. 22. Participating businesses will have exclusive deals and in-store discounts, and some chamber gift certificates will be given away throughout the day. Pink Friday, a spin on Black Friday that encourages shoppers to […]
Building brains with shapes and dinosaurs
TANGRAMS From left to right, Central Lyon second and second graders Olivia Van Westen, Regan Rosenboom and Ryder Stettnichs work together on a tangram. They had to arrange all seven shapes onto a paper with a dinosaur design as part of the first Clover Kids meeting Nov. 13. (Photo/Amy Lyon) ACTION LEADER Central Lyon second […]
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Darlene Wollman
91 Sioux Falls, South Dakota November 8, 2024Darlene Ramona Herrboldt Wollman, 91, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls. Memorial service was Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at Zion Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, with interment in the state veterans’ cemetery, Sioux Falls.Survivors include three children including […]
Shannon Groeneweg
ShannonGroeneweg32Sioux Falls, South DakotaNovember 9, 2024Shannon Groeneweg, 32, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.Funeral services were Thursday, Nov. 14, at Miller Southside Chapel, Sioux Falls.Shannon Rose Peters was born Dec. 26, 1991, in Wagner, South Dakota. At an early age, she moved to […]
Vernon Freese
84 Worthington, Minnesota November 14, 2024 Vernon Freese, 84, of Worthington, Minnesota, passed away Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at South Shore Care Center in Worthington. Funeral service was Tuesday, Nov. 19, at American Reformed Church, Worthington, with interment in Holman Township Cemetery, Sibley, Iowa. Vernon Ray Freese was born Aug. 22, 1940, near Little Rock, Iowa, […]
Joan Post
76 Doon, Iowa November 11, 2024 Joan Post, 76, of Doon, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly at her home Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Funeral service was Friday, Nov. 15, at Doon United Reformed Church with interment in Hillside Cemetery, Doon. Joan Faye Van Maanen was born Aug. 11, 1948, in Sioux Center, Iowa, to Edward and […]
Emma Winterfeld-Van Dyke
95 George, Iowa November 6, 2024 Emma Winterfeld-Van Dyke, 95, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in George, Iowa.Funeral Service was Monday, Nov. 11, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Rock Valley, Iowa, with interment Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley. Emma Delores Mouw was born Oct. 25, 1929, at Sioux Center, Iowa, […]
Edna Jongerius
89 Sioux Falls, SD October 31, 2024 Edna Jongerius, 89, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls. Public visitation will be Friday, Nov. 22, from 4-6 p.m. with family present at First Reformed Church, Rock Rapids. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at […]
Launching into space
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Celebrating becoming a family
ADOPTION MADE OFFICIAL On Sept. 25, the Raymond family poses happily outside of the Lyon County Courthouse after the adoption of their oldest three children (Jephte, Loveson and Wishla) was made official. Kayla and Webert Raymond of Rock Rapids adopted the children...
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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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ADOPTION MADE OFFICIAL On Sept. 25, the Raymond family poses happily outside of the Lyon County Courthouse after the adoption of their oldest three children (Jephte, Loveson and Wishla) was made official. Kayla and Webert Raymond of Rock Rapids adopted the children...
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