The question that Capital One inquires in their advertisements, What’s in your wallet is what my pastor has been asking for the past several weeks. They are asking for different reasons, but it still makes a person stop and think. id=”0″> What do you see when you open your wallet?id=”1″> Do you see credit cards […]
59id=”0″> Larchwood, Iowa id=”2″> February 17, 2012id=”3″> Ken Darwood Waltner left our home here on earth to take his place in heaven on February 17, 2012 following a noble two-year battle with brain cancer. id=”6″> Ken was born on July 24th, 1952 and was raised near Freeman, SD. Ken was baptized in 1969 at Salem […]
80id=”0″> Luverne, Minn. id=”2″> February 15, 2012id=”3″> Gerrit Van Aartsen was born to Henry and Jenny (Roelofs) Van Aartsen on May 20, 1931 in Matlock, Iowa. They lived near Hull Iowa and moved in 1942 to Rock Rapids. His father died in 1944. Gerrit attended country school near Hull and Rock Rapids. He graduated from […]
90id=”0″> Canton, S.D. id=”2″> February 13, 2012id=”3″> June Miller, age 90, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at Fellowship Village of Inwood, IA. Funeral services will be at 2 PM Saturday, Feb. 18, at Canton Lutheran Church, with burial at Forest Hill Cemetery near Canton. Visitation will be Friday from 2 – 8 PM at […]
76id=”0″> Grand Rapids, Mich. id=”2″> February 10, 2012id=”3″> Johan (Joe) William DeBoer of Grand Rapids, Mich. passed away Friday, Feb. 10, at the age of 76. He died from congestive heart failure at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. id=”6″> Joe was born May 24, 1935 in Rock Rapids, Iowa, the son of John & […]
91id=”0″> Luverne, Minn. id=”2″> February 11, 2012id=”3″> Evelyn Dean Postma, daughter of Fred and Eva (Van Oort) Wilts, was born January 9, 1925, in George, Iowa. She attended school in Lyon and O’Brien Counties as her family lived in George, Sheldon and Archer during her school years. On November 21, 1947, she was united in […]
Central Lyon’s Ross Ackerman scored a game-high 20 points in the Lions’ last home game (Senior Night) and Siouxland Conference boys basketball with George-Little Rock on Feb. 7. But more importantly, he wasn’t in foul trouble, something the 6-foot-7 senior has been plagued by recently. id=”0″> His presence on the floor for an entire game […]
For some high school girls basketball teams, a 19-win season would be cause for celebration. id=”0″> Central Lyon isn’t one of those schools. id=”1″> The Lions took their first step in what they hope is a deep run in tournament play with a 47-36 Class 1A regional first-round victory over George-Little Rock on Feb. 9. […]
Preview of CL Wrestling pictures – Click on the Blue Button CHEROKEE – Central Lyon/George-Little Rock took five wrestlers to the Class 2A districts, but advanced only three onto the state tournament, including a pair of first-time qualifiers, freshman Colby McIntire at 113 pounds and sophomore Brent Klingenberg at 145 pounds. Also making his second […]
speech competition resultsid=”0″> The Iowa High School Speech Association hosted the district large group speech competition on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Spencer. There were three judges for each performance at state. The numbers in parentheses indicate those scores. id=”0″> Central Lyon’s results are as follows: id=”1″> Varsity One Act: id=”2″>“Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” I rating (1,1,1) […]