Under new ownership
Ryan Penning is the new owner of Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home as of the beginning of the year. (Photo/Submitted) Funeral director becomes new owner of Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home Renae Hansen | Editor As of January 1, 2025, Ryan Penning has become the new owner of Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, which has served Turner County and the surrounding area...
SDPB announces towns of 28th Dakota Life Season
Centerville among towns to be featured The SDPB production team is excited to announce the seven communities that will be featured on the 28th season of Dakota Life. SDPB will...
SD Representative Karla Lems introduces HB1052 to eliminate eminent domain use for carbon pipelines
On January 13, nearly 400 landowners and South Dakota citizens gathered at the South Dakota Capitol Rotunda for a private property rights rally to kick off the 2025 legislative...
Current News
Current News
I-W students attend FCCLA Region meeting
Irene-Wakonda students who attended the FCCLA Region meeting were (left to right): Back Row -...
Turner County weekly commissioners meeting
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting began and was opened to public comment. There was no...
Centerville boys defeat Trappers
Centerville Junior Corbin Tople works hard under the basket, powering up for a rebound vs....
Tornadoes take down Trappers
Tessa Eide goes in for the steal vs. Irene-Wakonda. Eide ended the night with 3 points, 4...
IW boys win, girls lose against Burke
Emily Oien with the drive. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) The Irene-Wakonda boys’ team defeated the Burke...
Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda wrestling
Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The VH/IW Wrestling team split this week with the boys...
Marion-Freeman wrestling competes in Viborg
Marion-Freeman wrestling competed at the wrestling triangular held in Viborg last week....
FAM boys overcome Avon Pirates 70-53, girls lose 45-25
Claire Donlan is bumped by an Flandreau Indian player. (Photo/Alan Astleford) The Freeman...
Parker competes at Parkston quad
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Pheasant wrestling team headed west for the always tough...
Freeman pushes past Parker
Garrit Postma (22) Myles Meyer (32) and Luke Travnicek (1) triple team a Freeman shooter....
Lady Pheasants hang tough against Freeman
Mallory Mitzner, (13) goes up for two during the Hanson game. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill |...
Lady Cougars close the week on a high note
Olivia Hanson goes up for two points. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen |...
Obituaries
Donald D. Benson
91Hurley, SDJanuary 14, 2025Donald D. Benson, 91, of Hurley died Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg of end stage kidney disease. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at the Zion Lutheran Church, Hurley with burial...
Dr. James Howard “Doc” Shaeffer
94Sioux Falls, SDJanuary 12, 2025It is with heavy hearts that our family says goodbye to our beloved patriarch Dr. James Howard “Doc” Shaeffer. Surrounded by his loved ones, Doc passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the age of 94.Doc was born in Canova, SD on...
Donald James Carlson
62Sioux Falls, SDJanuary 14, 2025Donald James Carlson, better known as Donzo, lived by the motto “Get busy living, or get busy dying”. He loved him some Shawshank Redemption. Donzo was born May 2, 1962, in Vermillion, SD as the fourth child of Roscoe Conway Carlson...
Jackson Arthur Barker
89Centerville, SDJanuary 12, 2025Jackson Arthur Barker was born May 24, 1935 in Hayti, South Dakota to Hugh and Ila (Williams) Barker. He died January 12, 2025 in Yankton, SD at the age of 89 years.Jack was raised on a farm near Hayti and graduated from Hayti High...
Diane Rosemary Goodhope (Neuroth)
75Sturgis, SDDecember 19, 2024Diane Rosemary Goodhope (Neuroth), 75, passed away on December 19, 2024. Born on November 12, 1949, in Centerville, South Dakota, Diane was the eldest daughter of Robert and Carol Neuroth (Farms). Her childhood was enriched by the arrival...
Earle Geide
105Hartford, SDJanuary 4, 2025Earle Geide, 105 of Hartford, went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 4, 2025 surrounded by loved ones after a brief stay in hospice. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at Trinity Lutheran Church, rural...
Dianne Rist
77Centerville, SDJanuary 11, 2025Dianne Rist, age 77, passed away January 11, 2025 while under hospice care at Centerville Care & Rehab. Dianne Shirley Andersen was born May 23, 1947 at Viborg SD to Harvey and Freda (Hansen) Andersen. She was baptized and...
Lester “Les” E.Duerksen
89Sioux Falls, SDJanuary 10, 2025Lester “Les” E. Duerksen, age 89 of Sioux Falls, SD passed away surrounded by his beloved family on Friday, January 10, 2025, at his home under hospice care. His Funeral Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2025, at...
Sports
Centerville boys defeat Trappers
Centerville Junior Corbin Tople works hard under the basket, powering up for a rebound vs. Scotland Menno. Tople ended the night with 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The Centerville boys rounded off...
Tornadoes take down Trappers
Tessa Eide goes in for the steal vs. Irene-Wakonda. Eide ended the night with 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steals, 1 assist, and 1 block. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Welcome to this week’s away games first double-header match up between the...
IW boys win, girls lose against Burke
Emily Oien with the drive. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) The Irene-Wakonda boys’ team defeated the Burke Cougars 65-28 in basketball action on Tuesday, January 14. In a show of support for Superintendent Dave Hutchinson, whose hometown is Burke, Eagles fans were encouraged...
Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda wrestling
Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The VH/IW Wrestling team split this week with the boys team hosting a quad in Viborg with Garretson, Chester, and Marion/Freeman, while the girls traveled to Harrisburg for a tournament with 31 other girl teams. The ladies...
Marion-Freeman wrestling competes in Viborg
Marion-Freeman wrestling competed at the wrestling triangular held in Viborg last week. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Marion-Freeman competed at the boys’ wrestling triangular in Viborg on Thursday, January 16.Garretson went 3-0, with the Blue Dragons beating Marion-Freeman...
FAM boys overcome Avon Pirates 70-53, girls lose 45-25
Claire Donlan is bumped by an Flandreau Indian player. (Photo/Alan Astleford) The Freeman Academy-Marion boys’ basketball team overcame the Avon Pirates 70-53 on Tuesday, January 14. Taylor Goodwin led FAM with 20 points, with Elshadai Mesfin pulling in 16 points,...
Parker competes at Parkston quad
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Pheasant wrestling team headed west for the always tough Parkston quad last week and faced some fierce completion with a depleted roster due to injury and sickness. Parker battled tough, and came within points of defeating Flandreau,...
Freeman pushes past Parker
Garrit Postma (22) Myles Meyer (32) and Luke Travnicek (1) triple team a Freeman shooter. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Fresh off back-to-back wins, the Parker boys’ basketball team took to the court last week against neighboring Freeman, who brought...