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Apple’licious

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Apple’liciousStudents experience apples in different ways at George Public LibraryAmy Lyon | Staff Writeralyon@ncppub.comThe fall season yields many festive foods, and on Wednesday, Sept. 18, youngsters at George Public Library learned about one of them: apples. In a program called “Apple’licious,” led by Laura Beyenhof of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, students experienced […]

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Clover Kids registration opens Sept. 25

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Registration for Lyon County’s 2024-25 Clover Kids program opens Sept. 25. Clover Kids is an Iowa Youth Development program provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Lyon County. Youth participants explore science, technology, healthy living, citizenship, leadership, communication, and creative arts. Youth are also given opportunities to strengthen their motor skills, make friends […]

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Students present project plan to school board, bus barn construction wrapping up

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Central Lyon School Board met Monday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m. to congratulate students, hear a presentation from shop students about their plans for building a house for hands-on experience, review the district’s own ongoing construction projects and discuss regular business of finance and employment.First, the school board congratulated […]

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Board of Supervisors discuss roadwork

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Lyon County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 8:30 a.m. to renew police protection contracts for Little Rock and Lester, discuss working with the Help CUT Flooding Program and talk to Lyon County Engineer Daryl Albertson about his department’s ongoing road and bridge work.The board voted to […]

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Farm Safety Week

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Q & A with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What’s the history behind Farm Safety Week?A: Since World War II, National Farm Safety Week is observed in September to boost public awareness before the harvest season gets fully underway. It’s one of the most dangerous times of year in farming. President Franklin Roosevelt called America’s […]

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American farmers need a five-year Farm Bill

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

Randy Feenstra | District Representative After years of inflation, high interest rates, increased energy costs, trade uncertainty and bureaucratic red tape, the outlook for the farm economy is bleak. U.S. farmers and producers continue to face drops in farm income, regulations like WOTUS still pose the threat of punitive and costly fines and inflation has […]

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DGR Engineering recipient of three awards

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

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 […]

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Letter to the Editor

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

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 […]

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Pipeline won’t capture all carbon emitted by ethanol plants

Sep 24, 2024 | ,

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 […]

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Ripe harvest and rich history

Sep 17, 2024 | , , ,

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 […]

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