Central Lyon CAPS program creates videos for Avera fitness trail Dominique Kooiker | Editor In the summer of 2023, Avera installed a fitness trail in Southside Park in Rock Rapids across the street from Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital and on the banks of the new pond. Avera wanted to provide an opportunity for the community […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor On Saturday, March 30, the Rock Rapids Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6960 hosted an Easter egg hunt for the children of the community. Island Park was filled with dozens of eggs hidden across the playground near the pool, and children of all ages and their families came out to hunt […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor For one Rock Rapids woman, April has a whole new meaning this year. April is Limb Loss Awareness Month, and Kari Jurrens of Rock Rapids now has a personal reason to spread awareness.Jurrens’ journey toward amputation began six years ago with a four-wheeler accident.“On April 4, 2018, I was driving our […]
Local roadracer discusses career Dominique Kooiker | Editor During the week, Sean Stettnichs of Rock Rapids is the director of human resources at MAIA Biotechnology based out of Chicago. On summer weekends, however, Stettnichs feels the need for speed, competing in motorcycle roadracing at tracks local and national.“I started roadracing when I was 24. I […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor In a world driven by deadlines and routines, some creative individuals find solace in creating passion projects. One such creative individual was Alan Huber of Rock Rapids. He kept his passion project, a book entitled “Titan Song,” a secret for many years, only revealing the book to his wife, Maria, when […]
Lady Lions to head back to The Well for the third straight season The Central Lyon girls’ basketball team celebrates a victory over Hinton during the Class 2A regional final on Wednesday, Feb. 21 punching their ticket to the state tournament. Read the full story in the sports section in this issue. Central Lyon will […]
“Community theatre is an opportunity to create ‘magic’ as Tom Gaspar once said and to invite the community into stories — from the realistic to the fantastical, to laugh and to cry, to celebrate and to remember.” – Jessica Van Roekel Dominique Kooiker | Editor As the sounds of “State Fair” echo through the Forster […]
Avera hospital hosts sock drive Dominique Kooiker | Editor As the Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital’s wound care clinic in Rock Rapids comes up on its one-year anniversary March 6, the wound care team wanted to do something to give back to the community.“We’re coming up on the year anniversary of the wound care center opening. […]
Central Lyon Elementary starts annual reading program Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff Intern Dominique Kooiker | Editor Each February, Central Lyon Elementary students participate in a reading program. This program rewards TK through fourth grade students for achieving certain reading goals throughout the month. The theme for this year’s reading program is How to […]
Dominique Kooiker | Editor The beginning of the year is often a time for change and transitions. One transition that’s happening is the transition of the role of Lyon County Economic Development director from Steve Simons to Jen Smit. Smit started as the new director Jan. 1 of this year. The pair worked in the […]