If you’ve ever been on that classic pretend bear hunt with a 3-year-old, you know that in most instances, you can’t go over it, you can’t go under it, and you can’t go around it; you have to go through it. Whether you’re fording the river, or rustling through the grass, or traversing ...

Columnists rummage around in the closets of our lives looking for things we share. Those become leaping off points to write about. I didn’t have to look hard this time: water. If you’re reading this, you’ve had too much rain. For a few weeks, friends from further away asked if we had ...

I wanted to take a moment to share some important information regarding our district’s preliminary budget for the 2024-25 academic year. As many of you are aware, we have been anticipating a tighter budget due to the full expenditure of our COVID funds and the rising cost of education. It ...

It’s been four years since the height of the pandemic, but COVID is a sickness that still affects many lives. My own life has been impacted in the past week. That’s because of the COVID cases at a Marshall assisted living, facility, the home of my 86-year-old mother. I’ve been ...

For this column, I often share social news or the gossip columns from the old newspapers. The social news is always fascinating to read and a lot can be learned of local people and events from the communities in Lyon County. For this article, I’m going to share the classifieds from one of the ...

As spring turns into summer, some residents are working on moving, downsizing or are continuing to reduce the items in their homes. The Environmental office receives many phone calls about what to do with items that are no longer wanted or needed. For those who have paint, stains, automotive ...