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Funeral Services for Corey James Irwin, 31, of Lake Andes were Saturday, January 30 at the United Methodist Church in Wagner. Burial was in the Trinity Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Avon. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Marvin L. Yost, age 60 of Chesterfield, MI passed away January 14 at his home. He was born on July 15, 1960 in Avon to Herb and Sharon Yost. He attended grade school and high school in Avon where he graduated in 1978. He married the love of his life, Kris, on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA in 1986. They were blessed with two beautiful children.
Read morePIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Agricultural Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the organization’s annual Building Rural Communities (BRC) and Ag Innovators (AI) Youth Education grants.
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The feeling of pressure and pain in the front of the face around the eyes is all too familiar for millions of Americans. Our sinuses include four pairs of air-filled cavities above and below the eyes and behind the nose. They are helpful for humidifying the air we breathe, resonating our voices, and lightening the weight of our heads. However, the sinuses can be prone to inflammation and infection.
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The year 2021 marks an anniversary of sorts. Prior to 1991, the late Frank Belrose conducted extensive research on the ingesting (eating) of lead shot by ducks. He found that we were losing a large number of ducks though lead poisoning, and his conclusions brought about the mandated use of nontoxic shot beginning with the 1991 duck season.
Read moreU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program. Producers who are now eligible and those who need to modify existing applications due to these updates can contact USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) between Jan. 19 and Feb. 26. Some of these changes are being made to align with the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 while others are discretionary changes being made in response to ongoing evaluation of CFAP.
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We have a New Year’s tradition at South Dakota Magazineto make resolutions on traveling South Dakota. As you can imagine, our staff knows the state pretty well.
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