Team completes first orthopedic surgery at Avera in Rock Rapids

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SURGICAL TEAM ADDS CHAPTER TO HISTORY BOOK Members of the Avera Medical Group Rock Rapids surgical team completed the first orthopedic surgery in the new facility in May. Pictured from left to right: Shawna Lupkes, RN; Jammie Kellenberger, surgical tech;  Cindi Iwen,...

At-home format for summer youth programs

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Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer School’s out for summer — officially, even though students have been learning from home since mid-March due to a proclamation from Gov. Kim Reynolds declaring a public health emergency surrounding spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. ...

Five area projects benefit from Community Foundation grants

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George Community Daycare George Community Daycare committee members Taylor Klingenberg, Kary Conaway and Greg Ver Steeg accept a $7,000 grant for furnishings and equipment for the George daycare project from Community Foundation of Lyon County board member Angie...

Iowa corn farmers thank essential healthcare workers

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TOKEN OF APPRECIATION Dean Meyer, an Iowa Corn Promotion Board director in District 1, and his wife, Linda, pictured in the center, delivered pizzas and sodas to healthcare workers at Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids last week. Also pictured are Ashley...

Three generations play ‘Taps’ across America

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Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor At 3 p.m. Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day, Jackie Telford sat on her front stoop with her cornet and played “Taps.” At the same time, her daughter, Michele Telford Benesh, and Benesh’s granddaughter, Anna Fish, stood on the porches in...