91 Monday, April 19 Cavona Dexter Wobig was born on June 15, 1929 to Edwin and Ella (Nikolaus) Wobig in Canova. He graduated from Canova High School and went on to serve in the Korean War. He then returned home to farm. Dexter married Jackie...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker girls track squad turned in another strong performance last weekend, as they headed to Garretson for the Jesse James invitational. Parker saw several first place finishes, led by freshman Shayla Voeltz who toppled the school record...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County Commissioners meeting, a motion was made to approve the new GIS data system contract from $8,350.00 for the highway department. Highway Superintendent Kent Austin said the GIS database system from Ulteig would...
Dawn Rye| Writer During last week’s Parker School Board meeting, the board discussed the design development preliminary cost for the Phase I school construction project that will begin in May. Business manager Jim Vogel said they met with Koch Hazard to receive...
Jake Lackas works with his hive of bees recently on his farm by Davis. photo/Dawn Rye Dawn Rye | Writer In the United States, bees add a value of about $15 billion or so to farmers every year because their work as pollinators ensures many crops’ survival. Bees are...
On Monday, April 19, a side dump trailer and semi tipped onto its side just north of Parker. Two weeks ago, construction began on SD Hwy 19 as a portion of the road is being replaced. The trucking company owner said the driver got too close to the edge of the road and...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County commissioner’s meeting, Lennox City Administrator Nate Vander Plaats and Ambulance Director Allen Perry said they were informing the board of the future plans. Vander Plaats explained terms of the six miles of...
Dawn Rye | Writer Mount the gun to hold point, then look over to the trap house. Call “pull.” Trapshooting, often called skeet shooting, is attempting to hit a small clay object flying away upwards towards 50 miles per hour. Twelve students from the surrounding...
59 Sunday, April 11 Marion Sherri Lynn Sherard was born on Sept. 14, 1961, to Lee and Darlene (Bunger) Schriever. She grew up on the family farm near Hurley and graduated from Lennox High School. Sherri attended SDSU and Augustana College, graduating with...
90 April 19, 2020 Lennox/Chancellor Marian Bingner, 90, of Lennox/Chancellor, died April 19, 2020 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Public memorial services will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 17, at Chancellor Reformed Church. Memorials may...
92 Sunday, April 4 Lennox Margaret Elaine Petersen was born on Oct. 3, 1928, in Hinton, Iowa, to Chris and Florence (Hansen) Petersen. She grew up in the Hurley area and graduated valedictorian of the class of 1946 in Hurley. Margaret worked as a...
Josie Leberman pushes to make it to the front of the pack at last week’s track meet. (Photo/Sara Stadem) Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker track teams traveled to Hartford last Tuesday to take part in the West Central Early Bird track meet, the first meet ran in...
Junior Carter Robertson stands with his painting that won first place at the State Visual Arts contest recently. Dawn Rye | Writer The visual arts industry allows creative individuals to express art forms in ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video...
Dawn Rye | Writer Usually a 911 emergency is when someone needs help right away because of an injury or is in immediate danger. Recently, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety created a Text-to-9-1-1 program available across the state. According to the...
PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Health announced the statewide move to Phase 2 of South Dakotas’ COVID-19 vaccination plan beginning Monday, April 5.. With this move, vaccines will be made available to any state resident, 16 years and older, in addition...
On Wednesday, March 31, the Parker Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire located three miles north of Parker on 452nd Ave. Crews quickly extinguished the flames in the high winds to contain it. Lance Nogelmeier was able to spray water on the fire as soon...
The high school quiz bowl team participated in the BEC Quiz Bowl competition on Monday, March 29 at Baltic. The team won the competition. They scored 96 points. Second place only had 71 points. Back row members are: Anthony Anderson, Codi Stirling, Dawson Maska and...
According to Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Jeb Ford, the department used donated funds from previous years to purchase a Ranger XP to help the department during grass fires. He said the department placed a CAFS system that provides compressed air...
Dawn Rye | Writer The biggest night of the year is finally here, which means dates, dresses, tuxedos, dinner, and friends are hanging out. Of course, don’t forget the tons of photos throughout the night uploaded to social media later. Prom season is officially here,...
67 Sunday, March 28 Davis Several years ago, Sunee moved to Davis, where she was an over-the-road truck driver for Johnson Feeds. After moving to Davis, she met Gary Knock and for the past 11 years, they farmed and were able to travel to interesting...
