Dominique Kooiker | Editor Friday, Aug. 21 marked the first day of the 2024-2025 school year at Central Lyon. It might have been a little cloudy as students entered the building, but they were greeted with sunny smiles from teachers, staff and friends to start off the first day of the new school year.Once inside […]
Family business toprovide more options for community
Pixel Six Graphics opens in Rock Rapids Dominique Kooiker | Editor This month, Rock Rapids will welcome a new shop to the business district: Pixel Six Graphics. Pixel Six is a family-run sign shop and apparel printing business alongside a retail space for selling items they design and anything else they find a need for […]
Making the most of fair week
Dominique Kooiker | Editor Even though the flood at the end of June meant the Lyon County Fair could not safely be hosted on the fairgrounds in Rock Rapids this year, the fair board and the community alike were determined to gather together as a community and to give 4-H and FFA exhibitors a chance […]
Bringing Smiles after the storm
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, […]
A different approach to Freedom Days
RAISING THE FLAG The American Legion started the abbreviated events of Freedom Days in George with a flag-raising ceremony and the national anthem Saturday, July 6. (Photo/Madalynn Van Der Weerd) HAVING FUN ON THE RUNA group of runners passes Locker Pond during the Freedom Days Fun Run/Walk Saturday, July 6. (Photo/Madalynn Van Der Weerd)The George […]
The Storm of the Decade
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 […]
Building for a good cause
Trying Out the Equipment On Wednesday, May 22, Maverick Horstman tries out the walking planks and platforms he helped build as part of the Central Lyon May Term shop class. This equipment was donated to Kids Club in Rock Rapids. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) More Than a Spot to Sit Hattie Engel tries out one of the […]
Flavors of El Salvador come to Rock Rapids
Pupusas City restaurant open for business Dominique Kooiker | Editor When Josue Santos and his family moved to Lester from El Salvador in 2016, they brought with them the flavors of their El Salvadorian culture. Now, Santos and his parents, Joel and Esmeralda, are bringing flavors from El Salvador to Rock Rapids in their new […]
Back 2 Back 2 Back
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 […]
Every ‘sole’ deserves a sock
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. […]