Celebrating Doon Days 2024 Dominique Kooiker | Editor The hot temperatures couldn’t stifle the spirit of celebration in Doon for its annual town festivities.Doon Days 2024 officially kicked off Friday, July 19, with an outdoor movie night followed by a poker run Saturday, July 20. A community worship service was hosted at the city park […]
2024 MISS LYON COUNTY COURT On Monday, July 22, Jade Kruse of Rock Rapids was crowned Miss Lyon County 2024. Pictured are the contestants for 2024 Miss Lyon County. Left to right, Aubree Boender, Miss Doon; Shaylyn Van Veldhuizen, Miss Alvord; Wyleigh Steenhoven, first runner up and Miss Little Rock; Jade Kruse, 2024 Miss Lyon […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor On Monday, July 22, the Lyon County Fair Board presented the 2024 Friend of the Fair award during the Miss Lyon County Pageant at the Forster Community Center in Rock Rapids. This year’s Friend of the Fair is Sharon DeBoer, prior owner of Country Boutique.DeBoer and her sisters all loved the […]
The fourth annual Friends of Blood Run 5K trail run/walk was Saturday, July 20, with 34 participants at the Blood Run National Historic Landmark west of Granite. The 2024 trail run/walk was sponsored by the Friends of Blood Run group and funded by a Lyon County Riverboat Foundation mini-grant.Friends of Blood Run 2024 5K top […]
Tristan Taylor | Writer On Wednesday, July 24, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig made a visit to the Lyon County Fair while it was being held at the Osceola County Fairgrounds. Naig came before the Beef Pen of 3 show and met with fair board members.Naig spoke to the audience gathered and thanked them […]
Letter to the Editor As is well known, the expression “elephant-in-the-room” references something everyone sees very clearly but no one dares to openly talk about.Now, as things are slowly drying up from the recent flood in Rock Rapids, there is a huge elephant in the room which, we all hope, will quietly disappear. But that […]
Kids Club hosts vehicle show Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Usually during fair week, Kids Club of Rock Rapids brings the daycare kids to the Lyon County Fairgrounds but, due to flooding, many traditional fair events were either cancelled or moved to the Osceola County Fairgrounds.To still give daycare kids some excitement during […]
Citizens call for action, compassion and communication at Rock Rapids City Council meetingIsaac Yeager | Staff Writerisaac@ncppub.comThe Rock Rapids City Council met Tuesday, July 23, at 5:45 p.m. to take a number of public comments and make a donation to Rock Rapids Kids Club.First, a representative of the American Red Cross came to speak to […]
CREATING A CAST OF CHARACTERS Linda Silvey of Rock Rapids poses with her newest character, Shirley, on Main Street Monday, July 15. Silvey has been creating these mannequins to bring a little bit of joy to people after the June flood. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) Dominique Kooiker | Editor Over the course of the past few weeks, […]
Rock Rapids woman offers farrier services Dominique Kooiker | Editor Lilly Henry of Rock Rapids is a hardworking farm girl with a passion for animals. During her high school career, Henry served as FFA president, ending her term when she graduated this May. Now, Henry is applying her industrious nature to a new venture: LH […]