LYLE, MINNESOTA

'Lyle' is a city in Mower County, Minnesota in Lyle Township, Parts of the town lie within a mile of the Iowa border. The population was 566 at the 2000 census.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

School

Lyle Area Businesses

Organizations

Media

Newspaper

Television

Radio (FM)

Radio (AM)

References

Footnotes

External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 566 people, 211 households, and 148 families residing in the city. The population density was 283.8/km² (733.2/mi²). There were 225 housing units at an average density of 112.8/km² (291.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.82% White and 0.18% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population.
There were 211 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.26.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,464, and the median income for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $30,938 versus $24,107 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,624. About 4.2% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

School

Lyle Independent School District #497 serves both the city of Lyle and the surrounding farm community.
This district is merged for purposes of athletics with Austin Pacelli, a Catholic high school in Austin, Minnesota. Lyle sports teams used to be called the Lyle Lions. Now they are the Lyle-Pacelli Athletics. Since the district is so small, Lyle-Pacelli frequently plays against schools with much larger enrollments and plays nine-man football.
The Lyle area was engaged in a bitter fight over a school bond referendum from 2002 to 2005. Two groups emerged in the community: "Save our Schools and Community", a group supporting construction of a new school, and "Concerned Citizens for Lyle's Future", a group opposing the construction of a new school in favor of other less expensive solutions. In 2005, the Concerned Citizens for Lyle's Future group hired an anti-school bond consultant from Ocheyedan, Iowa
^[2].
The bond did eventually pass on May 24, 2005 by a vote of 449 to 343. In this election, 98% of eligible voters participated
^[3]. The new school will be built on the site of the existing facility.

''Lyle School Bond Referendum Voting Results, 2002-2005''^[4]

	Bond Issue Size	Votes For	Votes Against	Margin	Result
2002-11-05	$11.1 million	276	356	80	Rejected
2002-12-03	$8.05 million	325	365	29	Rejected
2004-09-14	$6.3 million	310	319	9	Rejected
2005-05-24	$8.34 million	449	343	106	Passed

Lyle Area Businesses

★ Advantage Crop Consulting

★ Agri-Steel, Inc.

★ Cenex

★ Hanson Construction

★ J & R Trucking

★ Kountry Kinfolk

★ Lyle Body Shop

★ Lyle Liquor

★ Lyle Lumber

★ Mr. Sam Communications

★ Northern Country Coop

★ Sterling State Bank

★ Tucker's Place

★ Young Truck Lines

Organizations

★ 4-H clubs: Nevada Wide-Awake and London Willing Workers

★ American Legion Post 105

★ Boy Scouts of America Troop 120

★ Garden Club

★ Lords of London (snowmobile club)

★ Lyle Commercial Club

★ Lyle Lions and Lioness Clubs

★ Our Savior's Lutheran Church

★ Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church

★ Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church

Media

Lyle area news is covered by the following local media organizations:

Newspaper

★ Austin Daily Herald

★ Rochester Post-Bulletin - Austin Edition

Television

★ KAAL - ABC

★ KTTC - NBC

★ KIMT - CBS

★ KSMQ - PBS (public)

★ KYIN - PBS (public)

Radio (FM)

★ KQPR 96.1 FM

★ KROC 101.7 FM

★ KROC 106.9 FM

Radio (AM)

★ KNFX 970 AM

★ KWEB 1270 AM

★ KROC 1340 AM

★ KATE 1450 AM

★ KAUS 1480 AM

References

★ History of Mower County, Minnesota 1884, Inter-State Historical Co., , , The Free Press Publishing House, 1884,

★ Centennial History of Lyle, 1870-1970, Lyle Centennial Committee, , , , 1970,

★ Images of America: Mower County, Minnesota, Mower County Historical Society, , , Arcadia Publishing, 2001, ISBN 0-7385-1992-8

★ History and Golden Memories of Lyle, Minnesota, 1853-1941, Various Authors, , , St. Ansgar Enterprise and Lyle Leader News, 1941,

★ Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota, Various Authors, , , , 1984, LCCN 84-062356

Footnotes

1. 2000 U.S. Census Factfinder
2. Mood Tense Over Lyle School Levy Lee Bonorden

3. Lyle Votes to Rebuild School Lee Bonorden

4. Countdown to Lyle Bond Vote Begins Lee Bonorden

External links

★ City of Lyle

★ Lyle Public School

★ lylealumni.com - alumni site for Lyle School