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The Storm of the Decade

Jun 25, 2024 | , , , ,

Heavy rain leads to flooding in Lyon County Tristan Taylor | Editor Dominique Kooiker | Editor This past week, Lyon County and its surrounding areas have been hit with near constant rain from Monday, June 17 to Friday, June 21. This comes almost exactly a decade after a similar storm hit the area in 2014.With […]

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Going international with LEGO League

Jun 25, 2024 | , ,

Central Lyon middle school team competes in Massachusetts Dominique Kooiker | Editor It’s not every day a group of middle school students from northwest Iowa is able to attend an event that showcases the work of other students from around the world, but that’s exactly what happened for one lucky robotics team from Central Lyon […]

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A passion for helping others

Jun 25, 2024 | , ,

Avera welcomes KaraLynn Kuhn, PA-C Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Dominique Kooiker | Editor Helping others is a calling, one KaraLynn Kuhn, PA-C, heard loud and clear and decided to follow and dedicate her life to. Kuhn is a new provider at Avera Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids.Kuhn is originally from […]

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Growing in the circus garden

Jun 25, 2024 | ,

Ready, Set, GROW! 4-H garden club Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Each summer, the Lyon County Demonstration Garden at the Lyon County Fairgrounds comes to life with a variety of plants. This garden helps teach kids about how to grow plants and where their food comes from.The theme for the garden club this […]

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Learning About Bees at the Library

Jun 25, 2024 | ,

Declan Bouwman looks at the bees during a special presentation from a beekeeper. On Tuesday, June 18, the library in Rock Rapids hosted a reading program for the summer. The library had a speaker come in and teach the kids about bees and how beekeepers take care of bees. (Photo/Madalynn Van Der Weerd)

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School board prepares for state truancy bill

Jun 25, 2024 | ,

Isaac Yeager | Staff Intern The Central Lyon School Board met Monday, June 10, to discuss new state legislation regarding student absences, delays on bus barn construction, matters of employment and resignation, the purchase of a robot painter and other yearly recurring matters.The State of Iowa has passed legislation that will crack down on student […]

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Learning about the earth

Jun 25, 2024 | ,

Brand new collection Treasure Hunter campers show off the rock boxes they had painted. After learning about the different types of rocks, they filled their boxes with different rocks around the Lake Pahoja area. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Hunting for treasure During the Treasure Hunter camp at Lake Pahoja, campers went on a hunt to find different […]

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‘Moana Jr.’ cast shows community how far they’ll go

Jun 18, 2024 | , ,

THEY’RE SO SHINYJohnalin Schipper, Carter Greve and Juliette Johnson sing about how shiny they are as the monster crab Tamatoa in the River Valley Players Junior production of “Moana Jr.” The River Valley Players Junior company presented this show June 12-14 at the Forster Auditorium in Rock Rapids. The show featured over 70 kids from […]

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