LEARNING TO SING IN HARMONY Central Lyon jazz choir members (left to right) Lillian Jorth, Amber Langholdt, Levi Nebelsick, Levi Altena and Rylan Maxwell perform with a group of younger students at the Central Lyon High School Christmas Concert. The jazz choir’s competitive season starts in February at Shake the Lakes competition at Spirit Lake […]
George Public Library hosts Oreo tasting Amy Lyon | Staff Writer What year were Oreos created? How many Oreos are made each year? And how many Oreo fans pull apart an Oreo before eating it? These were some of the trivia questions George Public Library director Kayla Gerloff asked during an Oreo tasting event that […]
Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Head Start and the Child Development Center are recruiting 3- and 4-year-old children for the 2025-2026 school year.Head Start centers are located in Akron, Cherokee, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Orange City, Rock Valley, Rock Rapids and Sioux Center. There is a Child Development Center located in Hawarden.Head Start provides children with education activities […]
Kids Ice Fishing Day 2025 Tristan Taylor | WriterDespite a chilly afternoon, plenty of families came out to Lake Pahoja on Saturday, January 18, to participate in the annual Kids Fishing Day. Tents were scattered across the lake as kids and adults alike sat and waited for their first bites of the day.The event was […]
Iowa Total Care is a care organization that provides healthcare services and Iowa state-sponsored health insurance plans. Recently the group’s marketing team awarded literacy kits to a small number of providers, and the Avera clinics in George and Rock Rapids were selected as two recipients. In order to help advance literacy and reading programs, each […]
CL/G-LR wrestling cheerleaders presented the officials who oversaw the Siouxland Conference Girls Wrestling Tournament with a gift in honor of Officials Appreciation Week for winter sports, which was recognized from Sunday, Jan. 12 to Saturday, Jan. 18. (Photo/Lily Jurrens)Officials at the basketball game Friday night were presented with a gift by the water girls in […]
Central Lyon School Board Amy Lyon | Staff Writer The Central Lyon School Board had its first regular meeting of 2025 at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 to provide updates on financial items, recognize community members, present on Child Care Career grant, consider setting a public hearing for the sale of the old bus barn […]
Rock Rapids City Council Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, Jan. 13, at 5:45 p.m. to hear from one of the deputies on the state of the sheriff’s department’s service in Rock Rapids, renew the city’s RIDES contract, which allows RIDES to operate in town and consider a contract […]
Robin Opsahl | Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering her Condition of the State message last Tuesday, said the state needs to take action on disaster recovery in the wake of 2024 floods and tornadoes, in addition to laying out policies she said can help address Iowa’s workforce shortages in child care and […]
Lyon County Board of Supervisors Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Lyon County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 8:30 a.m. to hear from Cindy Harpenau, a representative of Mid-Sioux Opportunity (a nonprofit dedicated to fighting poverty in northwest Iowa), talk with Melissa Stillson, director of Health Services of Lyon County, and deliberate […]