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Broadway Avenue progress

Broadway Avenue is barricaded for street construction to take place. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Since the last update in the middle of July, changes have taken place.  Broadway is barricaded on both sides of the street from Marion Lumber to...

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Camping or Glamping?

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor I am not sure how to classify it when you take a fifth-wheel camper that has multiple televisions, two kitchens, and sleeps eight to ten people and put it on a camping spot with no water or electricity.  It is like a cross between...

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Cleo Mae Poppens

95 Lennox, SD July 26, 2022 Cleo Mae Poppens, 95, of Lennox, SD, died July 26, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 4 at West Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Lennox with burial to follow in the West...

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Teresa Love

March 31, 2022 Teresa, daughter of Jerry Rice and LeAnn Hummel, wife of Jay, died March 31, 2022. Cremains inurnment at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 6th, West Nidaros church and cemetery north of Crooks, with service and social gathering in church basement.

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Lowell Andersen

82 Hurley, SD July 23, 2022 I was born near Hurley, SD on June 7, 1940 to Ejner & Ethelyn (Betty) Andersen. A few years later, brothers Darwin (Chuck) and Richard (Dick) would join our humble family.   I attended Hurley school, taking part in many sports, and...

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“Belle” Aryabelle Graber

86 Freeman, SD July 27, 2022 Eileen Aryabelle Graber, fondly known as Belle to many who knew her, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Oakview Terrace in Freeman, S.D., with her children by her side. She was 86 years old. Aryabelle was born to Dave...

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Phyllis Hildebrand

97 July 25, 2022 Phyllis Hildebrand, 97, of  Sioux Falls, SD, died Monday, July 25, 2022 at Dow Rummel Village, Sioux Falls, SD. Phyllis Irene Determan was born on November 8, 1924, at Bridgewater, SD, the daughter of Edward and Dorothy (Huisman) Determan. She...

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Virgil Null

91 Centerville, SD July 26, 2022 Virgil Lee Null, 91, of Centerville, SD, entered heaven on Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing home in in Viborg, S.D. Virgil was born on October 20th, 1930, in Sloan, Iowa, the son of Thomas Andrew and Elizabeth...

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Darlene Hagen

93 Parker, SD July 19 L. Darlene Hagen was born on a farm southeast of Hurley, SD on September 21,1928 to Floyd and Alice (Pelmulder) Friman. She passed away on July 19,2022 at the age of 93. Darlene was the youngest child of five girls. She was raised on a farm in...

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Parker 16U ends season

By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker 16U season ended last week in the regional tournament as the Pheasants opened with a loss to Alexandria, but won over Scotland/Menno, only to fall again to Alexandria in the double elimination tournament. In their second must-win...

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Hurley Ready for hot Hurley nights

Renae Hansen | Writer Participants in last year’s Bean Bag Tournament line up their throw. From the looks of the forecast, Hot Hurley Nights will be living up to its name once again this year.  The weekend gets started this Friday night and continues through...

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A Rummage Sale with a Mission

Renae Hansen | Writer Brady Patterson was a 2017 graduate of VHHS and was attending Southeast Tech’s Auto Body program at the time of the accident. The Viborg-Hurley communities will never forget that devastating night back in 2018 when two of our young men, Brady...

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Thanks for playing!

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The end of July is upon us.  The Turner County Fair is just around the corner and Back To School is on the minds of parents everywhere.  While there are still many events to attend, I feel like this summer has been a blur of...

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Wayne Helgager 

77 Sioux Falls, South Dakota July 20, 2022 Wayne Gary Helgager age 77 of Sioux Falls, S.D., passed away Wednesday July 20, 2022 at Sanford Foundation Hospice Cottage. Family greeted friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, July 22,...

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Sheila Westphal

69 Sioux Falls, South Dakota July 20 Sheila Westphal, 69 of Sioux Falls, formally of Davis, passed away on July 20, 2022. Memorial Service was held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2022 at Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls. Visitation was held from 5:00-7:00 p.m....

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Darlene Hagen

93 Parker, South Dakota July 19, 2022 Darlene Hagen, 93 of Parker died Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Tieszen Home in Marion. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the First Presbyterian Church in Parker with lunch and...

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Lee F. Schriever

83 July 22, 2022 With a heart filled with thankfulness for God’s many blessings, Lee F. Schriever entered his heavenly home on July 22, 2022. Lee Francis Schriever was born to George F. and Pauline F. (Simmensen) Schriever on November 12, 1938, in Viborg, SD. He...

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Sharon Borgers

78 Marion, South Dakota July 15, 2022 Sharon Kay Borgers, 78, of Marion, S.D. went to see Our Heavenly Father on Friday, July 15, 2022 at Ascension Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Funeral Service was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2022 at the First Church...

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