Rice County Courthouse · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lyons, KS: what to set up and who to call
Power in Lyons comes from Midwest Energy, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Most homes in Lyons have two wired internet choices, LR Communications and Cox Communications.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lyons, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Lyons.
Power comes from Midwest Energy
Midwest Energy (Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lyons. Its homes paid an average of 12.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Kansas).
Start or move service: mwenergy.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Lyons water system
The City of Lyons water system supplies almost all of Lyons. It draws ground water and serves 3,556 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2015903.
6 home internet providers serve Lyons
100% of 1,654 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LR Communications | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/100 |
| AT&T | DSL | 12% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 25/6 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 75% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 51% | 1,000/500 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Lyons is Monday or Tuesday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lyons, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon or Tue)
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on lyonsks.org →
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum & Steel (tin) beverage and food cans
- Plastic beverage, food and soap containers (#1-#7)
- Glass (any colors, food and beverage jars and bottles)
- Empty aerosol cans (except for paint cans)
- Newspapers
- Magazines, junk mail, office paper, phone books and catalogs
- Cardboard (please flatten first to utilize space in the containers
From lyonsks.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lyons is in Lyons Unified School District 405.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lyons is in ZIP code 67554
ZIP codes where Lyons residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lyons | ZIP’s residents in Lyons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67554 | Lyons, KS | 100% | 87% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Lyons
Who supplies Lyons’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Lyons water system (EPA ID KS2015903). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lyons?
Midwest Energy (Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Lyons?
LR Communications, Cox Communications, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lyons?
67554. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lyons in?
Lyons Unified School District 405.
How do I register to vote in Lyons?
In Kansas you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Rice County Clerk. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Lyons’ own website (lyonsks.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.