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It is a tradition at Wagner Community School to provide the football team with a meal the Thursday before a home football game. The first meal of the season was provided by Commercial State Bank.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no wait.....those are powered parachutes!!! If you didn’t see them flying over head on August 10th, you missed it.
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The Andes Central/Dakota Christian Cross Country team is looking for a hopeful season. Head coach Larry Lucas is hopeful that the season will be as normal as possible considering the impacts the COVID-19 virus is having on schools and sports teams. Lucas is hopeful his runners stay healthy and injury free. And, Coach Lucas is hopeful to have a competitive girls’ varsity team. Leading the way will be 10th grader Isabelle Brower, who has ran in three state meets, 11th grader Sonya Hansum, and 8th grader Kalee Dykshorn. “We are also looking to have some younger runners at the 7th grade level to mature and help build a solid team by the end of the season.”
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There’s a mystery along the Apple Tree Road in Bon Homme County that has stumped local historians for decades: the identities of six soldiers buried in the Bon Homme Cemetery, said to be members of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry who died while passing through Dakota Territory in 1873.
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Human trafficking is evil, it happens in South Dakota and even in our community. This is why the South Central Human Trafficking Coalition was formed and has erected this sign. The most dangerous times for children and teens in South Dakota to be trafficked are the Sturgis Bike Rally, which is starting this week, and during the hunting season. Victims are brought in by vans for out-of-state hunters in certain lodges, especially West River. I-29 and I-90 are two major routes for drug and human trafficking.
Read moreThousands of veterans will return to school in the next few weeks, and it is important that they understand and utilize their GI Bill® benefits in the pursuit of their education. While the GI Bill® covers nearly every imaginable school related expense from tuition, books, fees, and even a living stipend, we understand that utilizing this benefit can be confusing at times.
Read moreThe Charles Mix Republican Central Committee invites you to take a break on Tuesday night, August 18 and come to the Platte South Park to introduce yourselves to the Republican Candidates from District 21! Because of COVID 19, the Charles Mix Republican Central Committee has not yet held their Lincoln Day Dinner. Rocky Blare, Caleb Fink and Erin Tobin will be at the park to speak to us and answer any questions you may have. Other candidates have been invited.
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