Sunni Battin | Editor Grief and sympathy are woven into the human condition. Some might even think it is the price of being loved and loving others or having a joyful experience or leaving something great behind or beginning a new chapter. It’s also inevitable. Grief, sympathy and faith all have a tendency to intersect […]
Mental health is now discussed more openly than it once was. Mental illness or issues that affected mental health used to be stigmatized, and many people suffered in silence and might not have gotten the help they needed. The National Institute of Mental Health reports more than one in five adults in the United States […]
Services offered by funeral homesThe period surrounding the death of a loved one can be difficult to navigate. Mourning a recently deceased family member or friend can dominate individuals’ thoughts, compromising their ability to devote much time and energy to anything else.Some people decide to pre-plan their funerals in an effort to ensure their wishes […]
Storm causes damage across northwest Iowa Dominique Kooiker | Editor dkooiker@ncppub.com On Monday evening, July 28, the muggy, quiet evening was interrupted by an intense storm that swept through Lyon County. The sky lit up with frequent bolts of lightning, and thunder crashed continuously. At 9:30 p.m., a tornado spun up one mile east of […]
Lyon County Soil and Water Conservation District hosts banquet Dominique Kooiker | Editor On Tuesday, July 29, Lyon County Soil and Water Conservation District celebrated its 75-year anniversary with a banquet at Riverview Barn near George. The conservation district was established in 1950 to help local farmers conserve natural resources. The Lyon County Soil and […]
Avera welcomes Daulton Keiser, FNP Amy Lyon | Staff Writer “I always knew I was going to help others; it was just a matter of what I was going to do,” said Daulton Keiser, the newest family nurse practitioner (FNP) at Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital and Avera Medical Clinic Rock Rapids. Keiser joined the Avera […]
Jeff Kaufman | Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa Raising a family is no easy task, but it shouldn’t bankrupt you. As both a parent and grandparent, I’ve seen how much harder it is for Iowa families to afford housing, groceries and especially childcare. Four years of record-high inflation under Joe Biden and Kamala […]
Rita Hart | Iowa Democratic Party Chair When Kim Reynolds gave her big annual speech at the beginning of the year, she told Iowans “the condition of our state is strong” and “childcare has been a longstanding priority for my administration.” Now that we’re seven months into the year, I have some questions for Kim […]
column State ed board moves millions in career and tech education funding to K-12 schools Brooklyn Draisey | Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowacapitaldispatch.com How career and technical education for students across the state is implemented could see drastic changes in the coming years after the Iowa State Board of Education voted to shift millions in funding […]
Peek into the Past From the May 10, 1971 edition of the Lyon County Reporter: Rock Rapids firemen ignited this vacant house on a farm northwest of Rock Rapids Thursday evening. The owner wanted to get rid of the house and firemen used it to practice the use of some of their equipment. The house […]
