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Eager baseball and softball players are back on the ball diamond as summer sporting programs began. Come on out and support your local athletes. Wagner girls will host Menno Wednesday, and the 14U/16U boys will host Mt. Vernon/ Plankinton Friday. Photos by Barb Pechous
Read moreOn Wednesday, June 10, the Wagner Teeners traveled to Wessington Springs to start their 2020 season in I-90 League play.
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Despite rain and thunderstorms that rolled through Wagner on Saturday afternoon, the annual Car Show and Test and Tune at Wagner Speedway was a big success. Now, things get real.
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My fishing in the North Point area near Pickstown hasn’t been as good as in the past. I’ve relied too heavily on rip-rap in the past for walleyes and smallmouth bass, and most of the rip-rap has been exposed by low water. Also, I’ve never before seen so many large schools of baitfish. This could have something to do with it.
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For the past 15-20 years, the pursuit of non-indigenous game from other parts of the world has played a significant part in my life as a hunter. Yours too in all probability. After all, our ringneck pheasant came to us from China. Our Hungarian partridge come from Europe. We probably think of the brown trout that reproduce naturally in Rapid Creek as our own even though their roots are in Germany.
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Abby Brunsing, a junior at WCS, has been selected as one of the KORN/Q107 Elite Eight Athletes of the Year for the sport of volleyball. The committee for this award selects 8 boys and 8 girls from the surrounding Mitchell area to honor for athletic and academic achievements and community involvement. Brunsing is a threesport athlete, a 4.0 student, and involved in many school and community organizations.
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Due to current health concerns, a private family funeral service for Diana Schroeder, 82, of Wagner was held Wednesday, April 1 at St. John Lutheran Church in Wagner. Burial will be in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date. Peters Funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
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