Tristan Taylor | Staff WriterThe Lyon County Conservation Foundation will be starting a new tradition this holiday season. “Christmas with Conservation” will encourage various businesses or families throughout the Lyon County area to sponsor and decorate a Christmas tree that will be displayed in the Lake Pahoja Nature Center.“We thought it be a fun way […]
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation presents over $1 million in competitive grantsDominique Kooiker | Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comOn Thursday, Nov. 9, local non-profit groups and organizations gathered at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort for the presentation of the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation’s competitive grant awards. The foundation is the non-profit license holder for Grand Falls and regularly […]
Keep Iowa Beautiful and Diamond Vogel announced the 2024 Paint Iowa Beautiful program is now accepting applications. The program provides free paint for a variety of community projects throughout Iowa. Diamond Vogel provides the paint, and Keep Iowa Beautiful administers the grants. “The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with […]
Mackenzie DeJong | Human Sciences Specialist, Family WellbeingIowa State University Extension and OutreachThe holiday season brings plenty of changes, festivities and time at home for children. How they handle it all is affected by their temperament.Temperament, originally studied by psychologists Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess, determines how individuals fall on a continuum for each of […]
Local veterans were recognized before each of the Iowa High School Athletic Association state football playoff games in the UNI-Dome Saturday, November 11. Pictured is Eldon Kruse of Rock Rapids being recognized before the Central Lyon/George-Little Rock versus Spirit Lake game. (Photo/Lisa Miller)
Iowa trappers can expect to find good numbers of furbearers statewide during the 2023-24 season, that began Nov. 4. “Our furbearer population is stable or trending up for most species, except for muskrats and gray fox,” said Vince Evelsizer, furbearer biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “Our muskrat population is good here […]
Central Lyon FFA member earns American DegreeDominique Kooiker | Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comCentral Lyon FFA member Jamie VandeWeerd has earned her American Degree, the highest degree FFA members can achieve. VandeWeerd attended the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, Nov. 4, to take part in the American Degree Ceremony.VandeWeerd is currently a junior animal science major […]
LEARNING PROFESSIONAL SKILLSThe Central Lyon Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) is a new program offered by the school this year. This semester-long program prepares students for future careers and teaches them business etiquette and skills they will need in the future when they are looking to enter the job force. Pictured left to right […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterOn Monday, Nov. 13, Kids Club will be hosting a Turkey Bingo Night in the Central Lyon High School commons at 6:30 p.m.“We’ll be playing bingo and, when you get a bingo, you win a turkey,” said Melia Towne, one of the event organizers.Cards are $10 to play all night. Drinks […]
