Flood damage done to Lyon County Fairgrounds, Rapid Speedway FLOODING AFTERMATHAfter the flooding earlier in June, the Lyon County Fairgrounds were filled with water and debris. Concrete was displaced, and one building was condemned. Due to the damage, traditional fair events were cancelled and the livestock shows were moved to the Osceola County Fairgrounds. (Photo/Dominique […]
Tabernacle Baptist Church in George hosted its Vacation Bible School Monday, July 8 to Friday, July 12. The theme was “The Great Jungle Journey: An Epic Cruise from Genesis to Revelation.” Vacation Bible School will includ crafts, games, snacks, lessons, singing, lunch and a skit. Kids studied the seven Cs of Christian history: Creation, Corruption, […]
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY FAIRLori Rens, pictured front left, is the Lyon County Fair Association Board secretary. She and her husband, Jerry, serve together on the board. Board members prepare for the fair throughout the year, getting things set up around the grounds, cleaning everything up and working at the fair itself. Pictured are members of […]
Cleaning upMembers of the Lester Friendly 4-Hers spent time July 11 cleaning up around the Lyon County Fairgrounds as part of their monthly meeting. (Photo/Submitted)Lydia Zylstra | Reporter On the morning of July 11, the Lester Friendly 4-Hers cleaned at the Lyon County Fairgrounds. They cleaned up the garden on the fairgrounds and other livestock […]
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, July 8, at 5:45 p.m. to take a series of public comments, review the city’s floodplain management ordinance to bolster council awareness, approve a bid from SERVPRO to clean the library basement, discuss future solicitation of street repair services and approve the closure […]
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer isaac@ncppub.com The Central Lyon School Board met Monday, July 8, at 5 p.m. to discuss park construction updates, repairs and upkeep to the school building, registration for next school year and the addition of Craig Wynia to the school board. With the new school year approaching, students will need to […]
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The Lyon County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, July 9, at 8:30 a.m. to discuss temporary spaces for Health Services of Lyon County, a job offer to a potential new county attorney, the reappointment of Jerry Baatz and Katie Morgan and a bid for road repairs near Inwood. Health Services […]
RAISING THE FLAG The American Legion started the abbreviated events of Freedom Days in George with a flag-raising ceremony and the national anthem Saturday, July 6. (Photo/Madalynn Van Der Weerd) HAVING FUN ON THE RUNA group of runners passes Locker Pond during the Freedom Days Fun Run/Walk Saturday, July 6. (Photo/Madalynn Van Der Weerd)The George […]
Lisa Yunker has spent the last 12 years living in Cambodia, working with disabled children to help keep them with their families. She is currently back home on furlough for the next few months, and hopes to share were story with the community. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) A calling across the seasInwood native visits home from missionary […]
Deputy Mason Langenhorst Tristan Taylor | Writer Starting off as a part-time dispatcher, Mason Langenhorst is no stranger to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department. And now he has traded the dispatch seat for the patrol car seat as he has started his job as a deputy.Langenhorst grew up in Larchwood and attended West Lyon, graduating […]