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Funeral services for Arlen Thomas Kucera, 89, of Lake Andes, will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 19 at the Wagner Community Church in Wagner. Burial will be in the ZCBJ Cemetery, with military honors. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at the church. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner is in charge of arrangements.
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The Yankton Sioux Tribe Adult General Education Diploma (GED) held their graduation ceremony Friday, June 7th. The ceremony was held at Wagner Lake. The ceremony opened with Richie Sully giving the opening prayer. Barb Unruh, the SD State GED Administrator and YST Vice Chairman, Jason Cooke, were guest speakers at the event. The drum group at the ceremony was the Hilltop Singers (Fancis Boyer).
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Wagner held its first Farmers Market this past Friday June 14th from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. There were five vendors for the first Farmers Market. Wagner American Blue Meats was there with meat sticks, briskets, roasts, short ribs, soup bones and hamburger. Choteau Creek Brewing Company was on hand with homemade desserts, pesto, a quiche and locally grown mushrooms. The Older Adult Resource Network (OARN) was present and wanting to help older adults in our community connect with resources they may need. Black Ink Farms was there with their 40 different jams and jellies and season produce. Big Aunti’s Teas were on hand to serve their 15 different sugar free teas. Last but not least, the Greenwood Colony was there with their canned and fresh veggies, throws and quilts.
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The 605 Unity Jam hosted the cardboard boat regatta on Sunday, June 9th. A regatta is a sporting event consisting of a series of boat races. The regatta is an annual fundraiser for the Wagner Pool Fundraising.
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This year’s annual Wagner Cancer Rummage sale was held on Wednesday, June 12th through Friday, June 14th. The Wagner Cancer Walk and Rummage organization’s President is Arlis Kafka and Vice President is Jeanene Horner. The cancer rummage has been a part of the Wagner community for the past 15 years. The organization first took over the annual Wagner rummage sale after the Right to Life group decided that they no longer wanted to take on the yearly event. What first began in the basement of the St. John’s Catholic Church in Wagner every year grew more and outgrew the previous location of the rummage. Over the years, the rummage has been held in the American Legion Post basement, the Methodist Church, Masonic building, Coast to Coast, the Shopko parking lot, Andersh storage, out of several people’s house but has made its final home in the Wagner Armory.
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