United Methodist Church packs meals for Honduras Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Wednesday, Sept. 20, members of Rock Rapids United Methodist Church met at the Forster Community Center to pack meals for Then Feed Just One. Sixty-one volunteers attended the event.Then Feed Just One is a mobile food packing program based in LeMars. This […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterEach week, Paulette DeWeerd makes an informational post for the Rapids Chiropractic Facebook page about various topics pertaining to children and pregnancies. Recently, she wanted to make a couple posts about seat belt safety for pregnant women and car seat safety for kids.DeWeerd called Health Services of Lyon County and the […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Many volunteers do their work quietly in the background, never asking for or receiving recognition for their faithful service. When Dustin Rodger joined ATLAS of Lyon County, he saw the work the volunteers were quietly doing to keep the many programs and the store running, and he decided to nominate […]
Rock Rapids City Council discusses traffic concernsDominique Kooiker |Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comThe Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, Sept. 11 to discuss traffic concerns on Highway 75 and also near Central Lyon.The first topic the council discussed was an update on the discussion from the Aug. 28 meeting about traffic control on Highway 75 in the southwest […]
Rock Rapids native helps create song cycle Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer The work of late Minnesota poet Bill Holm has touched many lives in the Midwest and across the world. Now, even more people will be able to experience his masterpiece, “Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death,” through a new song cycle created […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing EditorCentral Lyon High School will observe homecoming 2023 September 25-29 with the theme, “Central Lyon Eras.”Homecoming activities include themed dress-up days. Monday is Golf Day. Tuesday is Barbenheimer Day or pink versus black attire. On Wednesday, students will dress according to their class color for Decade Day. Seniors will observe the […]
Triple View Drive-In opens for business Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 8, the Triple View Drive-In of Little Rock opened its doors to the public. The drive-in is now open for ice cream until they close for the winter months, and they will reopen with a full menu in the spring.Mark Gross […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer This fall, new programming will be coming to the ATLAS Ministry Center in Rock Rapids. The Rock Rapids branch of Siouxland Youth For Christ has partnered with ATLAS to run an after-school program. Youth For Christ will be hosting a town hall meeting at the ATLAS Ministry Center Sunday, Sept. […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterOn Tuesday, Sept. 12, Hope Haven clients hosted their first community coffee hour at the ATLAS Ministry Center in Rock Rapids. Each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.-noon, clients from Hope Haven will serve coffee and treats, play games and visit with anyone who wants to stop in for a free […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Central Lyon seventh and eighth grade band performed at the King Turkey Day Festival in Worthington, Minnesota. The band performed “Socorro,” an original marching band composition by Paul Lavender, while marching through the parade.“There were five high school bands competing, so it was fun for […]
