89id=”0″> Luverne, Minn. id=”2″> January 31, 2012id=”3″> Alice Mae Kracht, age 89, of Luverne, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. She was born July 5, 1922, in Alvord, IA, to Al and Dena (Reusch) Veldkamp. She attended country school near Rock Valley, IA. id=”6″> Alice married Dick Kracht […]
98id=”0″> Mason City, Iowa id=”2″> January 28, 2012id=”3″> Olga Hickman, age 98 of Mason City, IA formerly of George, IA died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at the Muse-Norris Inpatient Hospice in Mason City, IA. id=”6″> Funeral service will take place at 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at the Jurrens Funeral Home in George, […]
Photo by Kristin Snellid=”0″> Carl Palsrock of Sibley was “Caught shopping local” at ACE Hardware in Rock Rapids Thursday by the Rock Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Palsrock received $25 in Chamber Bucks. The Chamber intends to catch someone shopping local once a month at a different store each time, so keep shopping local! Pictured is […]
speech competition resultsid=”0″> The Iowa High School Speech Association hosted district contest throughout the state Saturday, Jan. 21. Central Lyon and George-Little Rock teams competed in Okoboji. id=”0″> Large group is an opportunity for students to explore speaking and performing in a group or team setting. Categories include one-act, choral reading, readers’ theater, radio news […]
Lions’ McIntire, Grave, Geerdes individual conference championsid=”0″> SIOUX CENTER — When Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley finished the Siouxland Conference regular season with an unblemished 7-0 dual record they had to be favored to win the 2012 Siouxland Conference Wrestling Tournament title as well. id=”0″> It might seem like an eternity since eight member schools last competed for […]
Central Lyon doesn’t normally have one player that jumps off the statistical charts. Usually it’s about balance. But for one half on Tuesday, Jan. 24 they had a star — junior Lexi Ackerman. id=”0″> The gritty, hard-nosed Ackerman put on a show during the first half of the Lions’ Siouxland Conference game with rival West […]
Wildcats rally from six-point deficit to trip up rival Lionsid=”0″> Central Lyon was a little closer to earning a season split with rival West Lyon, but not close enough. id=”0″> Brandon Snyder scored a team-high 15 points for West Lyon, none bigger than the basket with 2.3 seconds remaining to be played, which downed Central […]
ROCK RAPIDS — East, Vander Woude, Grant and Co. P.C. released an audit report on the Central Lyon Community School District in Rock Rapids, Iowa. id=”0″> The district’s revenues totaled $8,634,338 for the year ended June 30, 2011, a 9.742 percent increase from the prior year. Revenues included $6,152,487 in local tax; charges for service […]
The Grand Midwest Property Auctionid=”0″> LARCHWOOD — 3,276 acres of farmland will be offered for sale in a public auction February 9th, 2012. Other properties in this auction will include several income, commercial, development and residential properties. The 128 properties in total, easily make the Grand Midwest Property Auction the largest property auction in Midwest […]
Jid=”0″>ordyn Rath was born 11 weeks early, weighing 3 ½ pounds. Nearly seven years later, she is loving and living life even though the hand life has dealt her is not ideal or easy. id=”1″> When she was born, Jordyn, daughter of Todd and Lori Rath of Rock Rapids, had bleeding on her brain along […]