SERVING HER COMMUNITYGirl Scout Ella Van Meeteren of George is part of Troop 40078. Van Meeteren’s troop does many community service activities, like making Valentines to deliver to a local nursing home. Van Meeteren and her troop have been selling Girl Scout cookies to raise funds to support their troop activities. Girl Scouts also learn […]
STUDENT-BUILT FROM THE GROUND UPStudent teacher Eric Van Veldhuizen and Central Lyon junior Derek Leuthold mix some mud to cover screws in the drywall at the industrial technology house. Students began construction on this house in the fall of 2021, and they have done all the work themselves with guidance from their industrial technology teacher, […]
Lions roar to jukebox hits at show choir contestABOVE LEFT: The Central Lyon Middle School show choir competed in the Emmetsburg Extravaganza Invitational on Friday, March 3 and came home with the first-place trophy. ABOVE RIGHT: Maggie McCarthy performs a solo in the piece, “I will Survive”. McCarthy received an Outstanding Soloist Award. AT RIGHT: […]
LIONS WELL REPRESENTED IN LEGO LEAGUE CONTESTFour teams of Central Lyon students competed in the South Dakota State First Lego League Championships on Saturday, March 4. Pictured are most of the members of all of the teams which includes the Cyber Lyons of Rock Rapids and Team Mighty Lions, Team ROARbotics and Team RoboLions from […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterDuring the month of December 2022, Modern Gas of Rock Rapids conducted its fifth-annual December donation campaign. Modern Gas donated one-half cent ($0.005) for every gallon of propane sold during the month of December to five locally-run non-profits across the tri-state area. During December, Modern Gas delivered 829,578 gallons of propane […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterOn Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, Central Lyon Robotics competed at the state robotics championships in Coralville. Team members include Eli Jansma, Quinn Master, Alex Erickson and Aiden Allen. Central Lyon’s Team 7841 qualified for state by finishing 10th in the Western Iowa Super Qualifier in Omaha Feb. 4. There was a […]
GONE WITH THE SNOWThe city crew in George works to clear the snow piled downtown, left, and a county motor grader operator, right, clears a snow drift from a county blacktop near George on Thursday, February 23. (Photos/Jessica Jensen)Lyon County road crews deal with latest stormDominique Kooiker | Staff WriterWith all of the snow Lyon […]
Central Lyon has first eLearning snow daysDominique Kooiker | Staff WriterWith snow falling and the wind blowing, many students celebrated this past week when their schools called a snow day. Despite not being able to hold in-person classes on these snow days, Central Lyon has found a way to keep kids on track with their […]
Charlie the Elf, played by Carter Greve, accidentally reveals that Buddy the Elf, played by Brandon Lenderink, is not an elf but a human.Jessica Jensen | Managing EditorThe iconic movie, “Elf”, was brought to the stage in Forster Auditorium last weekend, Feb. 24-26, in River Valley Players’ most recent production, “Elf the Musical”. The cast and […]
GEORGE-LITTLE ROCK ALL-STATE NOMINEESABOVE: Three groups from George-Little Rock were nominated to perform at the large group all-state speech festival Saturday, Feb. 18, in Ames. Front row, left to right, are Roya Amirhamzeh, Elise Sandbeck and Sydney Bender. Back row, left to right, are William Hellenga, Brandon Van Briesen, Matt Helkenn, Tyler Greve, Jude Betz […]
