Staff Writer The unprecedented flooding of June 2024 destroyed countless homes and buildings throughout northwest Iowa. One ...

Beth Steven, Central Lyon Spanish teacher, traveled to Juarez, Mexico, to help the Casas por Cristo (Houses for Christ) organization build its 7,000th house for a family in need. Reina is a ...

BRINING HEALTHY HEARTS TO THE COMMUNITY During the month of February, Avera Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids will celebrate American Heart Month to promote heart health and, during ...

OF LEARNING Asher Menning and Tate Loger stack cups during the Central Lyon kindergarten class’ celebration of the 100th day ...

LOOKING LIKE SCIENTISTS From left to right, Emmitt Glanzer, Kimberly Denekas, Owen Glanzer, Stella Hoogendoorn and Bethany Sufle wear goggles to protect their eyes while doing science experiments at ...

February is Heart Month As LifeServe Blood Center focuses on heart health in February, the public is invited to consider a different way to give back to the heart of your community. Blood donation ...

IOWA MASTER PORK PRODUCER Brad Meyer, center, accepts the 2024 Master Pork Producer Award from the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Meyer, along with his wife Trinda, pictured left, and their eight ...

De Noble, Austin & Company PC recently released an audit report on the City of Rock Rapids Receipts of the city’s governmental activities increased 9.7 percent, or $418,585, from fiscal year 2023 to ...

Doris Calkins, 89, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Celebration of life was Monday, Feb., 3, at Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services, New Richmond, Wisconsin. Doris Mae Reeves was born Dec. 5, ...

Rock Rapids, Iowa January 31, 2025 Bob “Skinny” Vande Kop, 74, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, passed away of cancer Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Fellowship Village, Inwood, Iowa. Celebration of life will be from ...

William “Bill” Winter, 62, of Larchwood, Iowa, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South ...

Rock Valley, Iowa January 30, 2025 Ruth Vande Stroet, 76, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Funeral ...