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Work is progressing on the new Charles Mix Electric building on the south side of Lake Andes as ground work is being done with foundation formed. Photo by Barb Pechous
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Lake Andes City crew was busy last week decking out the streets in preparation for the Christmas holiday. Photo by Barb Pechous
Read moreSignup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) began on Sept. 21, 2020 and will continue through Dec. 11, 2020. CFAP 2 provides eligible producers with direct financial assistance due to market disruptions and associated costs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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383rd Avenue on the south side of Lake Andes is open after being closed for several months after the flooding last spring. Once the water subsided, the road was built up and opened for traffic. Photos by Barb Pechous
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I’ve always thought that neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night could keep a Norwegian from a plate of lutefisk, but this year has challenged that belief. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of family holiday get-togethers and community celebrations across the state, including the venerable Summit Lutefisk Supper. This would have been the 82nd annual feast and tribute to the finicky fish that both unites a culture and serves as punch line to countless jokes like this one: Did you know that the first person to fly an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean was not Charles Lindbergh but a Norwegian pilot from Minnesota? Unfortunately, his plane carried a cargo of lutefisk, so no one met him at the airport.
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(Above Photo) Thunderhawk team captains for the 2020 season include (from left): Cameron Sybesma of Dakota Christian High School, Dylan Van Der Werff of Armour High School, Logan Van Pelt of Tripp-Delmont High School and Aaron Hummel of Andes Central High School.
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