Melissa Schultz | Writer Jiahna hugs her younger brother Leo. (Photo/submited) What was a normal drive home for one Marion family, quickly turned into a hunt for seven-year old Jiahna as she was sucked out of her mother’s car by a storm. Jiahna and her younger...
Back to the drawing board Melissa Schultz | Writer Tuesday May 10 school bond vote was held in the City of Parker, it was voted against to approve the $5 million dollar bond. With this bond the school would have been able to complete the school and finalize the...
Melissa Schultz | Writer A major storm system moved through the Turner County area last week leaving a path of destruction. The strong winds blew dirt and hid all sunlight making it impossible to see. A picture was posted from SDDOT camera near Freeman showing...
Melissa Schultz | Writer The Parker Fire Department was dispatched for a reported car fire about 8 miles north of town on April 28. The first arriving units found the car fully engulfed in flames. They responded with an engine and a brush truck, while other...
61 Sioux Falls May 13 Wendy Lape, age 61, loving mother, grandmother, and adoring wife to husband Terry Lape, passed away in the early hours of May 13th after an accident in the storm that came through South Dakota on the May 12th, 2022. Wendy was born on Dec 7th,...
Shane Merrill | Sports Pheasant golfers Ray Travnicek, Landri Holzwarth, Dawson Maska, Devin Kuchta and Landon Wieman stand with their first place plaque last week (photo submitted) The Parker golf team continued to climb the Class ‘B’ ranks last week placing two...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap shooting team met last week for their fourth scored meet. With the sun shining and little wind scores showed steady improvement as the team will eye one more meet before the state tournament. “We had a good we of shooting this...
By coach Shane Merrill Jack Anderson had the hot stick for the day, posting two home runs and eight RBI’s. (photo by Kirsten Wieman) In what ended up being a long day in Crooks on Sunday, the Parker Pheasant 12U baseball team came away with third place, falling one...
Melissa Schultz | Writer newera@ncppub.com Ron Nelson congratulates incoming Mayor Derek Nelson After 33 years of service to the Parker Community, Mayor Ron Nelson handed over the mantel to the new mayor Derek Nolan Monday night at the regular meeting held at the City...
Melissa Schultz | Writer Looking for daycare in the fall? Parker will be welcoming new daycare center this fall. The daycare will be located on Eastside Ave in Parker, right behind Parker Ford and Jones Food Center. The building is being built by Curt Lukes. Emily...
Melissa Schultz | Writer On Tuesday May 10 South Dakota author Loretta Sorensen talked about and signed her books at the Parker Public Library. The author gave a short presentation about her book and what it was about. Her book is available for purchase and signing by...
Owen Reitzel | Editor The Avian Bird Flu has come to South Dakota, including Hanson County. Oaklane Colony recently lost roughly 18,000 turkeys from the bird flu according to John Wipf, business manager. According to the CDC Website Avian influenza refers to disease...
Krueger 91 Hurley May 4 Phyl Krueger, 91, passed away on May 4, 2022 due to complications following a stroke. Prior to a brief stay at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Phyl resided in her Sioux Falls home. Phyllis Marilyn (Breen) Krueger was born...
76 Viborg May 6 Judy K. Sampson, 76 died Friday, May 6, 2022 at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Viborg. Judy Kay (Lundgren) Sampson was born on November 22, 1945, to Rodger and Vivian (Christensen) Lundgren in Viborg, SD. She was baptized and confirmed in the...
79 Hurley May 1 Gary Eugene Hansen born July 16, 1942, passed away of heart disease on May 1, 2022, at the age of 79 years. He was a teacher, administrator, and farmer. Gary is survived by his wife Karen (Knutson) Hansen; son Travis (Heidi), Lainey, and Sawyer;...
Shane Merrill | Sports Levi Berens gets up to bat against Wagner Sunday evening. Berens went 2-3 at the plate on the night. The Pheasants lost the game 8-4 as they look to round out their inaugural season and head into the regions. (photo by Shane Merrill) The Parker...
Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker golf team had a strong showing last week first at the Jesse James invite and then at the Baltic meet. At the Jesse James invite in Garretson, Parker placed two in the top 15 and took fifth as a team. Brenden Pesicka was third shooting...
Melissa Schultz | Writer Parker FCCLA members Alison Nankivel, Shelby Pankratz and Vanessa Dunkelberger qualified earlier this month to attend the National FCCLA convention in San Diego, California. Alison Nankivel advances to nationals for the Gold Top Superior...
