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Fall is quickly approaching and with it comes Wagner’s most impressive mobilization of community, the annual Wagner Labor Day celebration.
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Johnson is a Veteran of the Vietnam War. In 1965, Larry enlisted with the South Dakota National Guard right after college. Larry was a part of the 137th Engineering Battalion, the first National Guard Unit in Wagner. He joined because he thought it was the right thing to do and that the National Guard was a good organization to be a part of. The fact that Larry could still live locally, continue farming and driving trucks while serving his county made the National Guard a good fit for him. Johnson completed his eight weeks of basic training and advanced individual training (AIT) at Fort Englewood, MO. For his AIT, Larry was a 91B, currently known as a 68W, which is a medic. Later in Larry’s National Guard career, he attended Fort Leonard Wood, MO to get another AIT as a truck driver. After completing his first AIT, Johnson returned to Lake Andes to help his dad farm and truck locally. He did this for fifteen years before accepting a full-time position with the Army National Guard unit in Wagner in September of 1984.
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Jack Mattis, Cale Cleveland and Madilyn Janis received an invitation to compete at the Minnesota Twins Team Championship. Madilyn Janis won the Team Championship for the MLB Pitch, Hit and Run. She competed in the 13/14 girls Softball category. This took place in Minneapolis at the Minnesota Twins Baseball Park, Target Field, on August 26. Courtesy photo.
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Have you ever wondered what “Sessions By The Lake” is? If you have, you could have found out the answer by attending the first of three “Free” evening concerts that are being held at the shelter next to Wagner Lake. The eventing started off with a “Bean Bag Tournament” with those involved chasing a $50 first prize for the first place team. In addition great food was provided by Beefy’sTacos” and the featured musical act for the evening was Uncle Roy and The Boys playing some great old time rock-n-roll and country hits. The music was great and a better evening could not have been possible with a nice breeze coming off of the lake. The free evening concerts are being held on three consecutive Thursday nights starting at 6:30. The event is held near the playground equipment so parents can easily enjoy the event and also be able to keep an eye on there children as well. The weekly concerts are hosted by the 605 Unity Team and provided by the same sponsors who made the 605 Unity Jam possible this past June. The sponsors involved with the 605 Unity Jam were not aware that they also got the opportunity to be the sponsors of the additional concerts as well. We are fortunate to have such outstanding sponsors involved with the Unity Team. Whether or not you attended the evening concert or not, please take a moment to check out the Wagner Announcer for concert details and the listing of our sponsors. Also take some time this week to stop in and thank them for caring so much about our community. Without this support, these kinds of events cannot be held. If you have ever commented “there is nothing to do in a small town” then you are advised to begin reading the paper, looking at the Announcer or reading the posters around town or asking questions so you do not miss any more of these special nights before they are gone.
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Thursday, August 24th Wagner Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Ideal Health located inside of Frei Insurance building to congratulate Marsha Johnson on her new business in town.
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The Red Raider football team was defeated 46-6 by winner on Friday night. The Raiders were in the red zone 5 times but were only able to turn one trip into a touchdown. Jhett Breen lead the raiders on the ground with 100 yards rushing. Gannon knebel contributed 73 passing yards with a 7 yard passing touchdown to Daniel Soukup. Carlos Galindo contributed 78 receiving yards on the night!
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