90id=”0″> Luverne, Minn. id=”2″> May 24, 2012id=”3″> Gordon Helgeson, age 90 of Luverne, MN, formerly of Beaver Creek, MN passed away peacefully with his family by his side, Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, MN. id=”6″> Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, May 29th at Palisades Lutheran Church near […]
60id=”0″> Tyler, Minn. id=”2″> May 22, 2012id=”3″> Dennis LeRoy Wietzema was born July 30, 1951 to Sievert and Alida (Hassebroek) Wietzema in Sheldon, Iowa. He attended Little Rock High School. He served his country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and returned to Minneapolis, Minnesota after his honorable discharge. He worked in […]
92id=”0″>id=”0″> Los Angeles, Calif.id=”2″>id=”2″> Dec. 1, 2011id=”4″>id=”4″> Evelyn Loger, 92, of Los Angeles, Calif., died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. id=”6″>id=”6″> Memorial services were Sunday, May 20, at Christ Lutheran Church, Alvord, with interment in the church cemetery. id=”7″>id=”7″> Evelyn Ahders was born May 4, 1919, in Alvord, the daughter of Hank and Mary (Lutzen) Ahders. […]
Negotiations were underway this week 63 years ago for the purchase of the old Kaiser-Frazer garage on Marshall Street in Rock Rapids for use as a veterans’ club and meeting room. The men negotiating for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post were Jim Kudrle and the late Hugo Ross Jr. and Bob Bendinger. id=”0″> Jim […]
record-setting performancesid=”0″> As the middle school track season winds down, Central Lyon athletes are peaking. They provided setting performances over their last two meets, May 8 (West Lyon) and May 11 (Rock Valley), that has supported that claim. id=”0″> Central Lyon swept the team titles in the West Lyon meet with the girls tallying 173 […]
2012 State Track & Field id=”0″>Central Lyon girls 16th, G-LR gals finish 23rdid=”1″> Jeff T. Benson id=”0″>|id=”1″> Sports Editor, jbenson@ncppub.comid=”3″> DES MOINES — Just because the individuals and teams from Central Lyon, George-Little Rock and West Lyon were dressed for success in their flashy, fluorescent colored T-shirts. All that bling wasn’t enough to elevate any […]
Jeff T. Benson id=”0″>|id=”1″> Sports Editor, jbenson@ncppub.comid=”3″> LAKE PARK — A year ago, playing on his home course in Rock Rapids, Central Lyon’s Luke DeJong missed by three strokes to advance to districts. This year, the junior utilized an excellent short game in windy conditions and extremely fast greens to make it through the Class […]
Jeff T. Benson id=”0″>|id=”1″> Sports Editor id=”3″> jbenson@ncppub.comid=”4″> SIOUX FALLS, SD — The University of Sioux Falls Relays is one of the newest track and field competitions that showcases the talents of high school and collegiate competitors from the region. id=”7″> Completed in 2010, the Lillibridge Track & Field Complex hosted the first ever event […]
Jeff Gacke named to id=”0″> All-GPAC second teamid=”1″> SIOUX CITY — Morningside College, under first-year baseball coach Brian Drent, posted a 37-21 record for its fourth 30-win season in the last five years. A good portion of the success experienced by the Mustangs came while playing in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), where the […]
B-H/RV girls repeat, Sioux Center boys’ two-year reign as meet champion endsid=”0″> Jeff T. Benson id=”0″>|id=”1″> Sports Editor, jbenson@ncppub.comid=”3″> INWOOD — In the annual running of the West Lyon Booster Club Relays, the host Wildcat boys ended Sioux Center’s two-year reign as champion, while the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls team successfully defended its team title May […]