Jason Hommes | Staff Writer Lyon County has a new designated mental health provider. The county was previously part of Northwest Iowa Care Connections (one of several mental health regions across the state) but the Lyon County board of supervisors voted to join the Sioux Rivers Region last fall and, as of July 1, its […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Central Lyon elementary principal, Steve Harman, is again leading a team of teachers in using the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program throughout the school day. The district implemented the program last year and hopes to build on it in the 2019-2020 school year. To help with that process, Harman […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor The mortar and pestle stickers that greet customers at the door of Corner Rexall Drugs in Rock Rapids will soon be removed. Prescriptions filled beyond the swinging doors behind the long counter will be transferred to another pharmacy. Jim Roemen is set to retire and will close Corner Rexall Drugs […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Peace Lutheran Church pastor set to retire Open house retirement coffee planned Aug. 18 Pastor Mark Hansen didn’t embark on a career path to be a minister. As pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in Rock Rapids, he also didn’t plan to retire or leave the congregation until he was 70 […]
Jason Hommes | Staff Writer One of the more alarming trends in the United States in recent years has been the increase in opioid overdose deaths. The “opioid crisis,” as this trend has been called, has escalated in recent years, with more than 47,000 people dying as a result of opioid-related overdoses in 2017, compared […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor As Ashley Boer of Rock Rapids wrapped up her second year at Morningside College in Sioux City, she knew she wanted to get some hands-on experience to complement what she had learned in the classroom. The 2017 Central Lyon graduate is pursuing a double major in advertising and marketing with […]
Jason Hommes | Staff Writer Doon Days featured a special event this year, thanks to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway company. BNSF brought in a special train Saturday, July 27, and took more than 400 community members on a ride from Doon to Garretson, South Dakota, and then back to Doon. Andy Williams, a […]
2019 lyon county fair Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor The 2019 Lyon County Fair wrapped up Thursday, July 25 after four days of exhibits, livestock shows, business and service vendor deals, food and more. New and familiar events drew crowds of people including the activities in the Round Barn and Robbie Pflunder’s stunt bike show. […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Griffin Engelkes was known for his fast moves on his Strider bike, a small bicycle with no pedals powered only by his quick feet; the same feet that preferred a pair of Croc shoes over tennis shoes. “Griffin loved to ride his Strider bike. A lot of times we’d go […]
Jason Hommes | Staff Writer Little Rock fifth grader Cade Groen has known how to ride a dirt bike longer than he’s known how to ride a regular bicycle. And no, that sentence isn’t a typo. But Cade doesn’t just ride dirt bikes — he rides them really well. His parents’ basement is proof of […]