By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker track teams made the way to Yankton last week for a meet that was ultimately called off early due to lightning. The Pheasants posted impressive finishes on the night against some of the states largest schools, with several...
By coach Shane Merrill Brady Beyer pitches in the night game against Dakota Valley (photo by Kirsten Wieman) The Parker 12u baseball team traveled to Dakota Dunes to face off against the Panthers of Dakota Valley to open their season. The teams have a long history...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team shot for their fifth week in their second true completion last week showing steady improvement. The team will eye a strong finish to their season as the seniors look to head to the state tournament. “Another week of...
Parker students walk along the streets of Parker collecting litter and trash for Earth Day (photo by Melissa Schultz) Melissa Schultz | Writer Amber Johnson, owner of Farm Bureau Financial Services, partnered with the Parker FFA members in assisting grades K-12 in...
Melissa Schultz | Writer There were 280 South Dakota FFA members, six of them being from Parker, who were recognized for receiving their State FFA Degree at the 94th South Dakota State FFA Convention last week. The State FFA Degree is the highest degree of...
Shane Merril of Parker SD was honored during the SD Democrats McGovern Day festivities with the Richard Kneip Young Democrat Service Award. Shane began his involvement at the age of 17 when he volunteered for Stephanie Herseth Sandlin’s campaign in 2010. He...
Melissa Schultz | Writer Mrs. Janelle Johnson, K-12 Principal at Parker School, was awarded the Conqueror of Adversity Award in April. This award is given to one administrator each year for demonstrating leadership characteristics such as tough minded, remains...
Turner County is pleased to announce bridge structure #63-070-041, (located on 447th Ave, ½ mile north of Marion), has been named the PFC Ruben Schoenwald Memorial Bridge. This is the 2nd bridge to be dedicated in honor of our Fallen Heroes MIA/POW service...
Recent Parker Pride winners are back row from left: Ember Petersen, Nessa Erickson, Rodrigo Godoy-Lopez, Lydell Roth, Emmitt Rowe, Kyle Miller and Finley Jones. Front row from left: Gus Schultz, Natalie Roth, Lexus Fischer, Harrison Hendrix and Kenzie Tuschen. Not...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Recent winds have made many of us stand up and pay attention to walls of dirt and dust blowing across the plains. There aren’t many of us that have ever experienced dust storms to the extent of the Dirty 30’s. Before the...
On Wednesday, April 13th, local business leaders were at the high school to discuss ethics with 9th – 12th grade students. The volunteers prompted students to learn the importance of ethics and challenge students to consider how ethical dilemmas are a part of everyday...
63 Marion April 19 Allen Schoenwald, 63 of Marion, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Allen Ray Schoenwald was born on May 22, 1958 at Freeman, SD to Ferdinand and RoseMary (Mohr) Schoenwald. He grew near Marion...
56 Harrisburg April 20 Beverly Hertel, 56 of Harrisburg died Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at her home under hospice care surrounded by her loving family. Beverly Jean Jeno was born on June 6, 1965 in Owatonna, MN to Irvin and Norma Jeno. The oldest of five...
95 Chancellor April 21 Harvey Berens, 95, of Chancellor, SD, died Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Tieszen Memorial Home, Marion, SD. Harvey Duane Berens was born on April 17, 1927, on a farm near Chancellor, SD, the son of Dick Jr. and Martha (Bosch) Berens. He grew...
Trap team competes By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team continued their season last week with improved weather and shooting. This was their first week of competition with other teams, as they look to continue their improvement before the State...
Ellie Travnicek hands off to Jenna VanVelzen during a recent meet (submitted) By Shane Merrill | Sports With the track season now fully underway, the Pheasants have been putting together impressive results in the early season. With some of the earliest competition...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker track team continued their hot start last week at the Freeman Invite, with the girls taking second as a team with several top finishers. Leading the pack was senior Lexi Even who took first in both the 100 and 400 with times of...
They called it the Dust Bowl and the Dirty Thirties, and it was a hard, hard time to be alive in South Dakota. As the economy started to fail in the late 1920s, South Dakota farmers tried to compensate for low crop prices by planting more. The overworked land quickly...
