Central Lyon graduate studies in Spain Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer When Farrah Lewis went on a high school Spanish trip to London, Paris and Rome with Señora Peggy Payne-Groves, former Spanish teacher at Central Lyon, Lewis knew she wanted to travel abroad again. She seized the opportunity to study abroad in Spain during this […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer At the end of August, a barren concrete pad that was once the floor of a garage near the west entrance to Island Park in Rock Rapids that was moved due to flooding in 2014 underwent a transformation. The Rock Rapids Area Development Foundation and Rock Rapids Municipal Utilities received […]
Lyon County Historical Society hosts annual meeting Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Lyon County Historical Society hosted its annual meeting and banquet at First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids. Historical society members and guests enjoyed a pasta bar catered by Shari’s Kitchen before a report from Lyon County Historical Society […]
United Methodist Church packs meals for Honduras Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Wednesday, Sept. 20, members of Rock Rapids United Methodist Church met at the Forster Community Center to pack meals for Then Feed Just One. Sixty-one volunteers attended the event.Then Feed Just One is a mobile food packing program based in LeMars. This […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Each week, Paulette DeWeerd makes an informational post for the Rapids Chiropractic Facebook page about various topics pertaining to children and pregnancies. Recently, she wanted to make a couple posts about seat belt safety for pregnant women and car seat safety for kids.DeWeerd called Health Services of Lyon County and […]
Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer Many volunteers do their work quietly in the background, never asking for or receiving recognition for their faithful service. When Dustin Rodger joined ATLAS of Lyon County, he saw the work the volunteers were quietly doing to keep the many programs and the store running, and he decided to nominate […]
Rock Rapids City Council discusses traffic concernsDominique Kooiker |Staff Writerdkooiker@ncppub.comThe Rock Rapids City Council met Monday, Sept. 11 to discuss traffic concerns on Highway 75 and also near Central Lyon.The first topic the council discussed was an update on the discussion from the Aug. 28 meeting about traffic control on Highway 75 in the southwest […]
Rock Rapids native helps create song cycle Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer The work of late Minnesota poet Bill Holm has touched many lives in the Midwest and across the world. Now, even more people will be able to experience his masterpiece, “Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death,” through a new song cycle created […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Central Lyon High School will observe homecoming 2023 September 25-29 with the theme, “Central Lyon Eras.”Homecoming activities include themed dress-up days. Monday is Golf Day. Tuesday is Barbenheimer Day or pink versus black attire. On Wednesday, students will dress according to their class color for Decade Day. Seniors will observe […]
Triple View Drive-In opens for business Dominique Kooiker | Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 8, the Triple View Drive-In of Little Rock opened its doors to the public. The drive-in is now open for ice cream until they close for the winter months, and they will reopen with a full menu in the spring.Mark Gross […]
