24 Thursday, June 24 Scotland Rusten was born March 16, 1997, in Pensacola, Fla., the son of Jana (Steele) (Stepfather William) Sheppard and Rodney (Stepmother Natalie) Anderson. He graduated from Viborg-Hurley High School in 2015 Viborg. A couple of years...
Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker 16U baseball team ended the regular season last week with a three game home stand. Parker first played host to Tea and came away with a 15-9 win. Pitching on the night were Ray Travnicek and Ethan Schaeffer. The Pheasants also played...
Jevin Erickson eyes up a pitch for a hit last week (photo by Kirsten Wieman) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker 14U baseball team wrapped up their season last week, playing in region 5 in the annual VFW state playoffs. The Pheasants had posted a successful regular...
Here is a team picture for the Parker red story, last week had 5 missing players coaches Front: Evan Voeltz, Brady Beyer, Luke Travnicek, Jake VanVliet, Eli Anderson, Nolan Mitzner. Back: Head coach Mike VanVliet, Jack Anderson, Mason Hohn, Garrit Postma, Brock...
90 Tuesday, June 29 Freeman Rita Ann (Graber) Graber was born Feb. 14, 1931, east Freeman to Carl J. and Lena (Preheim) Graber, joining two older brothers, Cleon and O’Ray. Together they shared fond memories of growing up on the farm and attending grade school at...
73 June 21, 2021 Salmon, Idaho Loren Dale Glanzer passed away at Steele Memorial Medical Center on June 21, 2021. Loren was born on February 15, 1947 to Reuben and Lillian Tieszen Glanzer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was the youngest of six children. Loren...
99 Nov. 13, 2020 Marion Kathryn J. (Gunderson) Wieman was born Sept. 9, 1921, to Herman and Christine (Knutson) Gunderson, to a family of nine siblings. She grew up on a farm in Hurley and graduated from Hurley high school. She furthered her education by...
87 Monday, July 12 Parker John Wilbur Cink was born on Aug. 31, 1933, on a farm northwest of Parker to George and Ruby (Douty) Cink. He attended Parker Elementary and Country School #17, graduating from Parker High School in 1951. John...
92 Monday, July 12 Hurley Beverly (Breen) Freese was born on April 30, 1929, to Enoch and Amelia (Mansfield) Breen. Beverly’s mother passed away from complications following the birth. Beverly was lovingly cared for by her father and maternal grandmother....
Dawn Rye | Writer Hot Hurley Nights has been a staple in the Hurley community for many years. With the recent construction on Center Ave., Hot Hurley Nights events have been modified to keep the community safe. Friday, July 23, starts off the modified cruise...
The Parker School District purchased the property on the northeast end of the school during the designing stage of Phase I for the new elementary. On Monday, July 19, Parker city officials tore down the house to allow the buses to come up on the east of the new...
The Parker School breaks ground at the start of Phase I of the new elementary building during last week’s school board meeting. Staff members include left front, Principal Janelle Johnson, board members Erin Anderson, Jim Even, Greg Simmermon and Superintendent...
Dawn Rye | Writer The Turner County’s burn ban took affect Wednesday, June 23 and at last week’s Turner County commissioners meeting, the burn ban was lifted until it is necessary to reinstate it. Chairman Mick Miller said he had been approached by residents...
Dawn Rye | Writer At last week’s Parker School Board meeting, the board made a motion to sign the school resource officer agreement of memorandum. Turner County deputy Colter Hendrix said there were a couple of changes in the memorandum of understanding. He attended a...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The Parker City Council held it’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday July 12. There were 12 people in attendance. Many topics were discussed during the open session for public comments. One interesting idea came from Mayor...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Parker will be implementing new procedures for citizens to register nuisance complaints with the city office. This will involve filling out a form describing the problem being reported so it can be kept on file. Once filed...
Getting ready for show Taylor Harriman works the hair on Armando to make sure his legs are shaved to appear like two posts when the judge views him in the show ring. Photo/Dawn Rye Dawn Rye | Writer Many people in the show cattle industry say the ability to clip and...
Benson Jones throws a pitch during the tournament (photo by Kirsten Wieman) Coming off a very successful regular season, which found the two Parker 12U league teams finishing one and two in the league with a record of 24-2-1 combined, the Pheasants headed to Webster...
Luke Travnicek rears back for a big pitch in the tournament (photo by Kirsten Wieman) With just one game remaining in the regular season, the Parker Blue baseball club headed to Tea last week to face the two loss Tea Deyoung team. Unfortunately for the Pheasants the...
Front: Evan Voeltz, Brady Beyer, Luke Travnicek, Jake VanVliet, Eli Anderson, Nolan Mitzner. Back: Head coach Mike VanVliet, Jack Anderson, Mason Hohn, Garrit Postma, Brock Frederickson, Caleb Wieman, asst coach Ross Frederickson With the regular season winding down,...
