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Further improvements to Lake Pahoja Nature Center

Oct 10, 2023 |

Tristan Taylor | Staff WriterThose driving by Lake Pahoja in the past two weeks may have noticed crews hard at work outside of the Nature Center. Starting work Monday, Sept. 25, De Jong Construction out of Hull, Iowa, has been busy laying concrete over the existing road from the Nature Center to the county blacktop.A […]

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Central Lyon Eras celebrated at homecoming

Oct 3, 2023 | ,

Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Central Lyon Eras was the theme of the week for homecoming 2023. Students, faculty and staff participated in a variety of dress-up days, contests, activities and more.During coronation Wednesday, Sept. 27, Reece Vander Zee and Desta Hoogendoorn were crowned homecoming king and queen. Captains and leaders of the football, volleyball, […]

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Central Lyon inducts former coaches into athletic hall of fame

Oct 3, 2023 | ,

Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer During homecoming coronation activities Wednesday, Sept. 27, two former Central Lyon coaches were inducted into the Central Lyon Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2006 state championship football team was also inducted into the Team Hall of Fame. Jason Engleman, Hall of Fame committee member, introduced the newest members.Bruce Eckenrod“Bruce is […]

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Getting up close with the opera

Oct 3, 2023 | ,

PERFORMING WITH A PROFESSIONAL OPERA TROUPEOn Sept. 22, Central Lyon graduate Sami Ebel and 29 other students performed Puccini’s “La Boheme” with the Teatro Lirico D’Europa, a traveling world-class opera company, on the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings, South Dakota. The students had 16 hours of rehearsal time across three weeks to learn […]

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Preparing for every situation

Oct 3, 2023 | ,

Rock Rapids Fire Department trains for grain engulfment Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Rock Rapids Fire Department participated in a grain entrapment drill at Cooperative Farmers Elevator in Rock Rapids.“The purpose of this drill is to make the fire department more aware of what’s going on with grain safety. We […]

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Central Lyon middle school band wins competition

Oct 3, 2023 |

Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 29, the Central Lyon Middle School Marching Band competed in the Watchdog Marching Festival in Beresford, South Dakota. Twenty-eight marching bands participated in the festival, totaling over 1,500 students. The band performed Paul Lavender’s “Socorro.” The Lions competed in a division of five middle school bands, taking […]

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Grain drive to raise funds for Doon community center

Oct 3, 2023 |

Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterIn order to help fundraising efforts for the Doon community center project, Friends of Doon and Community Center Steering Committee are putting together a grain drive.The estimated building cost for the new community center in Doon is around $3.2 million. Fundraising efforts to date have raised $2,322,561 with $1,500,000 of that […]

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Seizing the chance to study abroad

Sep 26, 2023 | ,

Central Lyon graduate studies in Spain Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer When Farrah Lewis went on a high school Spanish trip to London, Paris and Rome with Señora Peggy Payne-Groves, former Spanish teacher at Central Lyon, Lewis knew she wanted to travel abroad again. She seized the opportunity to study abroad in Spain during this […]

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Mini-grants fund updates at Island Park

Sep 26, 2023 | ,

Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer At the end of August, a barren concrete pad that was once the floor of a garage near the west entrance to Island Park in Rock Rapids that was moved due to flooding in 2014 underwent a transformation. The Rock Rapids Area Development Foundation and Rock Rapids Municipal Utilities received […]

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Preserving local stories

Sep 26, 2023 | ,

Lyon County Historical Society hosts annual meetingDominique Kooiker | Staff WriterOn Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Lyon County Historical Society hosted its annual meeting and banquet at First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids. Historical society members and guests enjoyed a pasta bar catered by Shari’s Kitchen before a report from Lyon County Historical Society president, Jordan […]

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