The Lyon County Reporter newspaper is circulated once a week in Rock Rapids, Iowa, the county seat of Lyon County in northwest Iowa.
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🗣️We wish the best to all the George-Little Rock and Central Lyon large group speech participants at the district competition this Saturday! Read more about their season in this week’s Lyon County Reporter!
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The Reporter is excited to introduce a new monthly special section for 2026: our ag update, highlighting local businesses and families! Don’t miss the first issue, featuring the following:
🔧Van’t Hul Repair
🚜Stueven Ag
🐮Marcus & Kristi Kahl family
👏Congratulations to Melissa Grave, the new owner of Northwest Consultants of Lyon County in George! Read her story in this week’s Lyon County Reporter, available online, at newsstands or through subscriptions!
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💗Be your best self in 2026!💗
Advice and resources in the special healthy choices section of this week’s Reporter!
Cold weather calls for cozy reading. ❄️ Don’t miss these stories that haven’t been highlighted yet before the next edition comes out soon!
🎣Safety tips while ice fishing
🗓️Dyslexia support group’s spring events
📝Central Lyon School Board’s directory vacancy filled
The Kiwanis Club of Rock Rapids has a goal of being more intentional about having a community presence in 2026. Find out how they already are working toward that goal in this week’s Lyon County Reporter.
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“The summer of 1933 feels like Armageddon. Crops are dead, jobs are gone and hope is dying. Even breathing grows difficult in zero-visibility dust storms called black blizzards. Worse, Lyon County Sheriff Billy Rhett Kershaw finds his young deputy murdered." 🧐 Read the Reporter!
Before the second edition of 2026 year comes out soon, don’t forget to check out these stories in the current edition of the Reporter:
🪐Nature Center hosts first Starlab sessions
🦁Central Lyon FIRST LEGO League teams compete
📷2025 Year in review
Frontier Insurance & Real Estate of Rock Rapids recently welcomed Lisa Dieren as the new manager. Read about her “stepping into this new role” in the current Lyon County Reporter, available online, at newsstands or through subscriptions!
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⛪Faith Baptist Church in Rock Rapids just celebrated its 50th anniversary! Read how this milestone is “a reminder of God’s faithfulness” in this week’s Lyon County Reporter, available online, at newsstands or through subscriptions!
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Congratulations to the four students from G-LR HS who were selected as finalists in the Iowa State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Know Your Constitution Project. Read more about their accomplishment in the current edition of the Reporter!
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🎉We wish everybody the best in their New Year’s resolutions! Read what a few members of the community shared about their resolutions or something they are looking forward to in the new year in this week’s Lyon County Reporter!
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🥳Happy New Year! As you look forward to 2026, don’t forget to check out all our pictures from the last month of 2025 on SmugMug and available for purchase! 📸
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We at the Reporter wish you a Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎊 As you celebrate this last day of 2025, check out our feature story on how two local cosmetologists turned mutual support into new opportunities!
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🎄Christmas may be over, but before the LAST edition of the 2025 year comes out soon, don’t miss:
🌟 Christmas circuits @ Clover Kids
❄️ Art and science of snowflakes @ Nature Center
🍪 Catching holiday cheer @ George Library
🤶 Stonebridge Suites hosts special guests
❤️We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!
Unfortunately, not all our stories in the current edition of the Reporter are "merry and bright," as we informed the public on incident that took place at the Lyon County Courthouse.💔 lyoncountyreporter.com/a-not…
☃️Lexi Landis is a self-proclaimed “Christmas-holic” and loves everything to do with Christmas. Read her story in the current edition of the Lyon County Reporter, available online, at newsstands or through subscriptions!
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🎄Christmas is in three days! Before our Christmas edition comes out, don’t forget to read these!
📋Update on Deputy Bill Minor’s role as SRO
✏️A day in the life of Ashley Klaassen
🏫CL School Board Meeting
🌟Rock Rapids Parade of Lights winner, Lyon County REC
And much more!
✈️Why would a professor from Waltham, Massachusetts, encourage his students to travel to Rock Rapids? And what was one student’s reaction after taking up this challenge and making the trip?? Find out in this week's Reporter!
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