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G-LR takes on conference meet

Lindsey Haken sprints during the 100-meter dash at the War Eagle Conference Meet in Hawarden. Haken went on to finish as G-LR’s lone conference champion, winning the 400-meter dash. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Cash Sandbulte runs the final leg of the 800-meter sprint medley relay for George-Little Rock. The Mustang boys tallied 48 points Monday, May 5, […]

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Girls win two events

Central Lyon Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field Boys slightly edge out counterpart’s point total in Sibley Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor Central Lyon boys 69.50Central Lyon girls 68SIBLEY – Finishing one spot and 1.5 points apart on their respective leaderboards, Central Lyon boys’ and girls’ track and field put out similar results Monday, May […]

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Here comes the bride

May 13, 2025 | , ,

GETTING INTO CHARACTER On Tuesday, May 6, Annika Springer and Jacob Van Aartsen practice getting into their roles during a rehearsal for the Central Lyon May Term play “Virgil’s Wedding.” The play will be presented Tuesday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. (Photo/Dominique Kooiker) Students at Central Lyon present May Term […]

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Imparting valuable lessons

May 13, 2025 | , ,

A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO TEACHING Kristi Donaker, third-grade teacher at George-Little Rock, is retiring after 33 years working at the school. Donaker started teaching at George-Little Rock in 1991, teaching as an elementary music teacher and the fifth- and sixth-grade language arts teacher her first three years. She then served as a fifth-grade teacher four […]

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Teaching the art of life

May 13, 2025 | , ,

George-Little Rock art teacher retires Dominique Kooiker | Editor Art isn’t the only thing Valecia West taught in her George-Little Rock classroom. She also hoped to pass on valuable life lessons to her students they can take through life even after she retires at the end of this school year. West was the George-Little Rock […]

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Obituaries

Mark Unekis

May 13, 2025 |

32 Sioux Falls, South Dakota May 4, 2025 Mark R. Unekis, 32, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, after a long-time struggle with mental illness. Services will be Friday, May 16, at Ransom Church, Sioux Falls. Visitation will be from 2-3:30 p.m. with family […]

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Elnora Boon

May 13, 2025 |

75 Sioux Falls, South Dakota May 18, 2025 Elnora Boon, 75, of Doon, Iowa, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service was Monday, May 12, at Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, with interment in Valley View Cemetery.Elnora Ann Stettnichs was born Nov. 16, 1949, in […]

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Merle Klinkenborg

May 13, 2025 |

66 Sioux Falls, South Dakota May 7, 2025 Merle Klinkenborg, 66, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls. Funeral service was Tuesday, May 13, at First Presbyterian Church, Sioux Falls, with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Merle was born July 9, 1958, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, […]

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Kathy Dinger

May 6, 2025 |

73 Wall, South Dakota April 26, 2025 Kathy Dinger, 73, of Wall, South Dakota, died Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Kadoka Nursing Home, Kadoka, South Dakota. Memorial visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, May 11, at Rush Funeral Chapel in Wall. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, at Nazareth Lutheran […]

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Faye Gort

May 6, 2025 |

102 Rock Valley, Iowa May 1, 2025 Faye Gort, 102, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Whispering Heights in Rock Valley.Visitation with the family present will be Thursday, May 8, from 10-11 a.m. at First Reformed Church, Rock Valley. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church, followed […]

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Ricky Rook

May 6, 2025 |

65 Rock Valley, Iowa April 22, 2025 Ricky Rook, 65, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Memorial service will be at 2p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley. Ricky “Rick” Bryan Rook was born Jan. 3,1960, to Wilbur and Tillie […]

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Here comes the bride

Here comes the bride

May 13, 2025

GETTING INTO CHARACTER On Tuesday, May 6, Annika Springer and Jacob Van Aartsen practice getting...

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