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Get moving at the pond

Oct 24, 2023 | ,

Avera installs exercise equipment at Southside ParkDominique Kooiker | Staff Writer People visiting Southside Park in Rock Rapids may have noticed several stations along the west side of the trail around the pond. These stations are part of Avera’s fitness trail installed this summer.As part of its community health needs assessment, Avera Merrill Pioneer Community […]

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Buckman joins New Century Press as sports writer

Oct 24, 2023 | ,

Andrew Buckman, who recently graduated from Penn State University, has joined New Century Press as a sports writer for its Northwest Iowa publications. He will cover sports throughout the year for the West Lyon Herald, Sioux County Index-Reporter and Lyon County Reporter.Buckman hails from Alexandria, Virginia, a city just 10 minutes outside of Washington, D.C. […]

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Murder mystery with a twist

Oct 24, 2023 | ,

George-Little Rock to present ‘The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens’ Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer The stage in the George-Little Rock High School Auditorium has been transformed into a crime scene for the theater department’s production of “The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens,” directed by Brenda Sandbulte. This production will be presented Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, […]

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The Picky Pineapple Boutique opens storefront

Oct 24, 2023 |

Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Thursday, Oct. 19, The Picky Pineapple Boutique opened its storefront on Main Street in Rock Rapids. Denise Gacke, owner/operator of The Picky Pineapple Boutique, ran the boutique in her home throughout the summer, doing occasional sales. Now, she has moved her business downtown, and she will have the storefront […]

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Emma Chase of Rock Rapids named to BVU homecoming court

Oct 24, 2023 |

STORM LAKE, IOWA – Buena Vista University crowned its 2023 homecoming royalty during coronation Friday, Oct. 13. Nominated to the homecoming court was Emma Chase of Rock Rapids. Chase was also crowned homecoming royalty. She is pictured far right. (Information and photo submitted)

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Spreading a message of hope

Oct 17, 2023 | , ,

Rock Rapids woman teaches camps in Europe Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Traveling abroad to help others can be a transformative experience as one Rock Rapids woman discovered this past summer. Ava Brummel of Rock Rapids travelled to Europe June 28 to July 28 to help host English camps. She visited Austria, Hungary, the Czech […]

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Ministering close to home

Oct 17, 2023 | ,

Faith Baptist brings on associate pastor Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer At the beginning of August, Faith Baptist Church of Rock Rapids brought on a new associate pastor, Tanner Van Beek.Van Beek grew up in Rock Valley. He attended Drake University two years before transferring to Faith Baptist Bible College where he graduated in 2020 […]

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‘Whole new world’ comes to the stage

Oct 17, 2023 | ,

Central Lyon to present ‘Aladdin’Madalynn Van Der Weerd | Staff InternDominique Kooiker | Staff Writer At the end of October, the Foster Auditorium at Central Lyon is going to be transformed into the enchanted land of Agrabah as a cast of talented students performs Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” directed by Ann Langholdt and Rochelle Ebel.The fall […]

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Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc., starts food pantry

Oct 17, 2023 | ,

Dominique Kooiker Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comMid-Sioux Opportunity Inc. of Lyon County opened a food pantry in its Rock Rapids office at the end of September. This food pantry will help low-income individuals and families in Lyon County. From Oct. 1, 2022, to Oct. 1 of this year, Mid-Sioux has helped 1,473 individuals in Lyon County with all […]

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Triple View Drive-In hosts donation drive

Oct 17, 2023 |

Triple View Drive-In hosts donation driveDominique Kooiker | Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comTriple View Drive-In in Little Rock is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month of October, the restaurant is asking people to stop in to drop off hats and scarves in the pink buckets throughout the restaurant.“We came up with the idea to […]

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