DGR Engineering has recently been honored by receiving three important awards. The first two awards are associated with the company’s performance in several key metrics important to the consulting engineering industry, and the other award confirms the company as a Top Workplace.For the eleventh consecutive year, DGR Engineering has been selected for PSMJ Resources, Inc.’s […]
My name is Robert McMillen. I have been a Deputy Sheriff in Ida County for 15 years. I have been teaching DARE for nine years. I met Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep through DARE and the yearly DARE conferences. Stewart has taught DARE for 28 years and takes pride in the program. Stewart believes in the […]
Joshua Haiar | Iowa Capital Dispatch A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline through five states, including Iowa, says the project would be good for the environment.The claim is based on the heat-trapping carbon dioxide emitted by ethanol plants that would be captured, transported by the pipeline and stored underground in North Dakota.“This […]
Amy Lyon | Staff Writer When Dave and Mary Fields moved to their current residence 21 years ago, they never had intentions of starting an apple orchard. Fast-forward to present day, however, and they have 100 apple trees and counting in what they named Arlington Orchard.This name had no special meaning for the Fields but […]
FOR THE LOVE OF TEA Jessica Loeschen, left, and Carlie Doeden stand in front of to-go teas in their new business LyCo Nutrition. Out of love for the product of loaded teas and protein shakes, they began Osco Nutrition in Sibley in March 2024 and officially opened LyCo Nutrition in Rock Rapids Sept. 4. Hours […]
Reporter, Herald welcome new staff writer Dominique Kooiker | Editor New Century Press is welcoming Amy Lyon, a new staff writer to the Lyon County Reporter and West Lyon Herald. Lyon’s first day was Sept. 3.Lyon was born and raised in Rock Rapids and graduated from Central Lyon. She previously taught high school Spanish at […]
The Central Lyon homecoming king and queen for 2024 will be crowned tonight, Wednesday Sept. 18. Coronation activities begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym and include introduction of the fall athletic teams and Hall of Fame inductions with emcees Eva Kock, Liam Vander Zee and Molly Konechne. Members of the homecoming court […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor During the past week, Julie Boekhout’s second grade class read “The William Hoy Story” by Nancy Churnin, a biography about a deaf boy who changed how the game of baseball was played. The boy in the story used sign language to communicate with his friends, family, coaches and teammates.In addition to […]
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, Sept. 9, at 5:45 p.m. to discuss grant applications, discuss flood recovery updates and a grant awarded from the state to build 19 homes over three years, take public comments regarding possible mitigation and a long-term recovery group between Lyon and Sioux counties, […]
FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS AND COMMUNITY Lori Poppinga, the new Rock Rapids Public Library director, stands next to a shelf of new library books. Poppinga became the library director Aug. 26. She hopes the library will be a vibrant place for events and activities and that people will find great books and a sense […]