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Tiff Hrdlicka Teigen with the East River Horizons Team presented Nadine Striven, a member of the Helping Hands Backpack program, a check for $250.00. The Helping Hands Backpack program currently sends food home for the weekend to 79 kindergarten-1st graders from the Wagner Community School. The East River Horizons is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote unity, one relationship at a time. Horizons was made aware of the funding needs of the backpack program during a monthly Wagner Chamber of Commerce meeting and Horizons members were eager to assist. Horizons Board members include Amy Doom, President; Yelle Turner, Vice-President; Tiff Hrdlicka Teigen, Treasurer; Pam Red Lightning, Secretary; and three new members: Becca Red Lightning, Jolene Red Lightning and Mackenzie Havranek. Horizons is looking forward to a fresh start in 2024, with new ideas to make a positive impact in our East River communities.
Read moreThis holiday season, LifeServe Blood Center is urging families in South Dakota to come together and create a new and meaningful tradition: donating blood as a family to save lives in their communities. LifeServe Blood Center is the lifeline for more than 160 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Hospitals in your community have chosen LifeServe as their sole provider of blood and blood products, meaning that when you donate blood with LifeServe, you can save lives in your neighborhood. As a community- based blood center, LifeServe only hosts blood drives in the communities where that blood will go back into the area hospitals.
Read morePierre, S.D. December 1, 2023 - 251 South Dakota volunteer fire departments from across the state have been awarded grants totaling $5 million in funding for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Earlier this year, the South Dakota Legislature passed and Governor Noem signed HB 1127 appropriating state general funds to the Department of Public Safety creating the grant program to support local volunteer fire departments.
Read moreUpdate on Rails to Trail (Tyndall-Platte) When this project started a law firm, Lewis Rice out of St. Louis, Mo. sent letters to landowners to have them sign a contract so they could represent them when the lawsuits start.
Read moreSESD All Conference Players: Jhett Breen, Braxton Knudson, Bain Kuhlman, Parker, Petry and Gannon Knebel.
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Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) officially named Ross Cimpl Interim Athletic Director Friday, December 1st. Cimpl will hold this position until May of2024, giving the university the spring to campaign to find a new full time athletic director.
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Wagner Community School Kindergarten-Fourth Grade students presented their Winter Concert last Tuesday, December 5, in the school theater under the direction of Mr. Genzlinger and Mr. Wilbur.
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