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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FOR THE LOVE OF TEA Jessica Loeschen, left, and Carlie Doeden stand in front of to-go teas in their new business LyCo Nutrition. Out of love for the product of loaded teas and protein shakes, they began Osco Nutrition in Sibley in March 2024 and officially opened LyCo Nutrition in Rock Rapids Sept. 4. Hours […]
Reporter, Herald welcome new staff writer Dominique Kooiker | Editor New Century Press is welcoming Amy Lyon, a new staff writer to the Lyon County Reporter and West Lyon Herald. Lyon’s first day was Sept. 3.Lyon was born and raised in Rock Rapids and graduated from Central Lyon. She previously taught high school Spanish at […]
The Central Lyon homecoming king and queen for 2024 will be crowned tonight, Wednesday Sept. 18. Coronation activities begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym and include introduction of the fall athletic teams and Hall of Fame inductions with emcees Eva Kock, Liam Vander Zee and Molly Konechne. Members of the homecoming court […]
