Editor On Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation completed the final payment of a $1 million grant to Avera ...

Local farmer discusses classic car restoration Dominique Kooiker | Editor During the summer months in Rock Rapids, the sight ...

Peek into the past From the July 26, 1971 edition of the Lyon County Reporter: Using two farm tractors and an assortment of ...

Brandon, South Dakota August 2, 2025 Grace Vanden Heuvel, 87, of Brandon, South Dakota, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Bethany Home of Brandon. Funeral service was Friday, Aug. 8, at ...

Kansas City, Missouri July 21, 2025 Carolyn Thiessen, 84, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 21, 2025, at her ...

The economic impact of shopping local is plain to see, as many local business owners and employees live in the communities where their companies operate. But there are additional and perhaps less ...

Direct Local businesses pay into the local economy through inventory, utilities, equipment and employee wages. Indirect These dollars spent by local businesses at local businesses continue to ...

Sioux Center, Iowa August 3, 2025 Curtis Van Briesen, 82, of Sioux Center, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, at Lyon ...

Ashton, Iowa August 1, 2025 Harold Riemersma, 85, of Ashton, Iowa, passed away Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at his residence.

Cornie Jansen 95 October 8, 2024 Anna Jansen 94 August 6, 2025 Cornie T. Jansen, 95, of Hull, Iowa, formerly Rock Valley, Iowa, died Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.

Hull, Iowa August 6, 2025 Jett Pollema of Hull, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at Sanford USD Medical Center ...

Letter to the Editor In 1992 the presidential candidate Ross Perot came up with the expression “Giant-Sucking-Sound” when explaining how U.S. manufacturing companies were taking their operations out ...