MISS LYON COUNTY 2026 On Thursday, July 17, Lucy Doorneweerd, Miss Lester, was crowned Miss Lyon County 2026 during the Lyon ...

LYON COUNTY ART Chloe Schiermeyer displays her nail art project in the shape of Iowa while she waits to present it at 4-H ...

NEW EXHIBITOR BACKDROP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS The Iowa Corn Growers Association district committee recently made a $500 donation ...

PITCHING IN Caden Dieters pitches a pile of wheat onto a cart on Monday, July 13, in preparation of the 42nd annual Granite ...

MEDICAID FRAUD ELIMINATION TASK FORCE Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, center, led Iowa’s first Medicaid Fraud Elimination ...

DNR to host meetings on changes for upcoming deer season in western and northwestern Iowa The Iowa Department of Natural ...

Vintage Parade Levi Twedt (left) and Owen Wurgler (right) driving a tractor through the vintage parade at this year’s Granite ...

Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowacapitaldispatch.com After several weeks trailing last year’s pace and the five-year average, corn development in Iowa has jumped ahead according to the latest crop progress ...

Rock Rapids, Iowa July 1s, 2026 Alice Marie Vogel, 89, of Rock Rapids, IA died Sunday, July 12, 2026, at Lyon Specialty Care ...

Editor dkooiker@ncppub.com This year’s Doon Days celebration will take place Friday, July 24 and Saturday, 25, and many ...

District Representative Since our state’s founding in 1846, Iowa’s corn farmers have fed our families, fueled our economies, and strengthened our nation’s security. Representing the largest ...

This week we ventured into the deep learning about various sharks, long lost treasures and cities in the deep. We followed ...