SERVICE TO SCHOOLS Creative Living Center therapist, Michael Henning, poses in his Rock Rapids’ office. Henning provides counseling services to the schools in Lyon County, just one of many services offered by Creative Living Center, now in its 41st year of providing mental health care in the area. (Photo/Austin Thomas) Creative Living Center P.C. has […]
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor A new law enacted by the state legislature two years ago requires city officials to disclose how much of a levy increase and certain affected levies is due to property valuation increases. If the total tax revenue from the affected levies increases by more than 2 percent, approval by two-thirds […]
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION Dr. Mike Elbert, local veterinarian at Moon Creek Vet Clinic in Rock Rapids takes questions from students as part of the Agriculture session during the Lyon County Career Exploration Day Friday, January 28. Students from all three high schools in the county heard from a variety of local professionals to gain […]
Mecinze Sittig | Staff Writer With the upcoming retirement of juvenile court officer Ron Janssen, who has served as the officer for Lyon, Osceola and O’Brien counties the last 32 years, will come changes. One of those proposed changes is to house the next juvenile court officer in Lyon County. During the Jan. 25 board […]
Constituents hear from state legislators at first Eggs and Issues Jacob Tilstra | Staff Writer On Saturday, state Sen. John Wills and Rep. Dave Rowley stopped in Rock Rapids to discuss the current state legislative session as part of a planned Eggs and Issues open forum. This year’s session started on Jan. 8, and so […]
The Central Lyon dance team performed a co-ed routine during halftime of the varsity boys’ basketball game Jan. 19. It was the group’s second performance of the season. Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor The Central Lyon dance team performed a co-ed dance routine at halftime of the varsity boys’ basketball game Tuesday, January 19. The […]
SERIOUS CONCENTRATION REQUIRED The Central Lyon Robotics team, Ballen Pretzels, captured the Judge’s Choice Award during the First Tech Challenge Robotics League Championship at Central Lyon Saturday, January 22. (Photo/Jacob Tilstra) Jacob Tilstra | Staff Writer The Central Lyon gym was filled with people and noise on Saturday, January 22, but it wasn’t for the […]
CHORAL READING Pictured left to right: Liza Jans, Quinn Masters, Adelinne Ditsworth. Austin Thomas | Staff Writer The subjective world of art often times finds itself asking how and why. Looking toward creativity, originality and presentation to entice a crowd into bits of laughter or tears, in the best of cases both. The Iowa High […]
Austin Thomas | Staff Writer New cars have been costly for quite some time, but those costs have spiked considerably since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. That unprecedented rise has led many motorists to wonder how they can get more mileage out of their existing vehicles. According to data from Kelley Blue Book and […]
READY FOR ACTION The Central Lyon robotics team members work on the teams’ robots between competitions, hoping for better results in the next challenge. Central Lyon will host the robotics league championships on Saturday, January 22. (Photo/Jacob Tilstra) Volunteers needed, community encouraged to see what robotics is all about Jacob Tilstra | Staff Writer Jessica […]
