Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Lyon County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 8:30 a.m. to hear a presentation from an ICAP (Iowa Communities Assurance Pool) representative, review the ongoing search for a county attorney and renew ISAC HIPAA Program participation.Sam Chase, a representative of ICAP, came to the meeting to present […]
Central Lyon updates facilities over break Dominique Kooiker | Editor As students prepare to return to the halls of Central Lyon on Friday, Aug. 23, they will find a few changes to the school campus.Most notably, the elementary and preschool playgrounds have received a refresh, complete with new playground equipment for each. Construction started in […]
Rock Rapids City Council updates ordinances, takes public commentsIsaac Yeager | Staff Writerisaac@ncppub.comThe Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, Aug. 12, at 5:45 p.m. to take public comments, approve an updated “public assistance administration” contract with Veenstra & Kimm Inc. and update two ordinances to align with state code.First came public comments. One citizen in […]
Rock Rapids teen reels in massive catfish Dominique Kooiker | Editor Early in the morning on Thursday, Aug. 8, Central Lyon sophomore Ethan Geerdes and a friend headed down to Island Park in Rock Rapids to do some fishing. Neither of the boys expected to encounter one of the biggest fish they’d ever seen in […]
Lyon County students attend REC Youth Tour Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern There are many different ways you can learn about history. For Jade Kruse and Breyona Bosch of Rock Rapids, that meant going on the Lyon REC 2024 Youth Tour for a week-long trip to Washington, D.C. The two representatives’ trip took […]
New restaurant opens in Rock Rapids Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Dominique Kooiker | Editor On July 31, Rock Rapids welcomed a new eating establishment to the community, County Seat Grill. A group from the community came together to purchase Vande’s Bar and Grill and transformed it into a new iteration for the […]
Rising Hope Counseling offers services in Rock Rapids Dominique Kooiker | Editor Processing grief can be one of the most difficult experiences in one’s life, but Danielle Raveling of Rising Hope Counseling in Rock Rapids aims to make the process a little easier to bear.“Everybody deals with grief differently. It presents itself differently in everybody. […]
Supporting our grieving community members Since 1956, Porter Funeral Home is Inwood has been supporting members of the community through the grieving and funeral processes. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Writer The loss of a loved one is an emotionally-challenging time for everyone. The process of planning the funeral can often add to the stress […]
Shane D. Johnson | Writer Philip De Koster of De Koster and De Koster Law of Hull knows first-hand how best to navigate opening up the discussion on end-of-life estate planning with the clients he sees on a daily basis.“One of the first steps we would take is to gather some basic information to determine […]
Rep. Randy Feenstra Iowa District 4At the end of July, our national debt officially topped $35 trillion. This development comes just seven months after our country surpassed $34 trillion in debt and less than a year since our national debt eclipsed $33 trillion last September. As a father of four, I firmly believe we have […]