
Sowing the Seeds
Spring field work continues across Lyon County Dominique Kooiker | Editor Tractors and farm machinery once again dot the landscape of Lyon County as farmers return to the fields for spring planting. With several rainy days during the last week of April, farmers were able to get back out in the...

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

Imparting valuable lessons
A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO TEACHING Kristi Donaker, third-grade teacher at George-Little Rock, is...
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Sowing the Seeds
Spring field work continues across Lyon County Dominique Kooiker | Editor Tractors and farm...
Here comes the bride
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 […]
Imparting valuable lessons
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 […]
Teaching the art of life
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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Mark Unekis
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 […]
Elnora Boon
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 […]
Merle Klinkenborg
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, […]
Kathy Dinger
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 […]
Faye Gort
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 […]
Ricky Rook
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 […]

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

George-Little Rock Class of 2025 prepares for graduation
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George Recreation Trail to host annual Freedom Days Fun Run and Walk
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Spring field work continues across Lyon County Dominique Kooiker | Editor Tractors and farm machinery once again dot the landscape of Lyon County as farmers return to the fields for spring planting. With several rainy days during the last week of April, farmers were...
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IPSWA All-State football teamZach Lutmer named as team captain in Class 2A by the Iowa Print Sports Writers AssociationNathan Broek | Sports EditorMultiple Central Lyon/George-Little Rock football athletes were named to the Class 2A all-state football team following a meeting of the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association Sunday, Nov. 20.Named to the first team were […]
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