Dominique Kooiker | Staff WriterThe 19th annual Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital Benefit will take place Monday, June 26, at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. The event will begin with registration and a boxed lunch at 10:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. The event will conclude with a meal and awards at […]
Oaklyn Foundation to host poker runDominique Kooiker | Staff WriterOn Saturday, June 24, the Oaklyn Foundation Poker Run will take place at Riverview Barn near George. The funds raised through this event will go toward the Oaklyn Foundation’s mission of supporting families who are experiencing the loss of a child. This mission is close the […]
Brenda Vis named Citizen of the Year2023 ROCK RAPIDS CITIZEN OF THE YEARBrenda Vis was named the Rock Rapids 2023 Citizen of the Year April 6. She will lead the Heritage Days parade as parade marshal. Vis has provided healthcare to Rock Rapids and the surrounding communities 50 years. Pictured is Vis next to the […]
Rock Rapids girls compete in junior high rodeoNOT THEIR FIRST RODEOBrooklyn and Ashlyn Timmerman of Rock Rapids compete in Iowa Junior High Rodeo with their horses Modelo, Cooper and Gus. This past season, Ashlyn, who just completed eighth grade at Central Lyon, placed sixth in the state in pole bending and seventh in girls’ breakaway. […]
Rapids Theatre Preservation Society brings drops back to theaterBRINGING BACK THE BACKDROPSA group of volunteers from the Rapids Theatre Preservation Society moved two historic backdrops into the Rapids Theatre on Saturday, June 10. These drops were purchased by the River Valley Players while the theater sat vacant to save them from damage. Now the theater […]
CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM WITH BRICKSISU Extension hosted Monkey See, Monkey Do day camp Thursday, June 8. Kids in first through third grade learned about animal adaptations while building different animals and their ecosystems with Legos. Pictured is Easton Metzger with his Lego creation. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker)
Pictured: Aubrey Kirch (photo/Jessica Jensen)Jessica Jensen | Managing EditorAfter a hiatus at the Plum Creek Rodeo Association grounds near Larchwood, a barrel and pole racing series has returned. Josh Ohling of George has organized the series which is scheduled to run the second and fourth Fridays in June, July, August and September. While mother nature threatened […]
Wendell De Beer points to the name of a fallen comrade on the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was one of several visited by veterans on Midwest Honor Flight Mission 14. (Photos/Jessica Jensen)Jessica Jensen | Managing EditorNearly every veteran had a different military experience than other veterans and remembering their time in […]
This young girl gathers some flower’s nectar while playing like a bee as part of an activity during Mini Critters camp at Lake Pahoja Friday, June 2. She and her fellow campers brought the nectar back to buckets of the same color. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Staff WriterThe first day of a month-long camp for […]
Pictured are all of the prize winners during the Kids’ Fishing Day. Tristan Taylor | Staff WriterThe Lyon County Conservation Board hosted the annual Kiwanis Kid’s Fishing Day at Lake Pahoja Saturday, June 3. The event featured a fun day of family fishing for kids ages 4-16. Members of the Inwood Kiwanis Club were on hand, […]
