Carter Robertson eyes up a shot during a recent game. (photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Hot off a hard fought overtime victory, the Parker Pheasants faced off against conference foe Flandreau, for a win both teams desperately wanted heading into the post...
Cierra Mohr looks to drive past her defender during a recent contest. (photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer With Parker just out of their regular season, the Pheasants packed up last Tuesday night and headed for Plankinton to face off against the MVP Titans in...
The Parker wrestling squad took six wrestlers to the state tournament, bringing three back with medals and a 17th place finish as a team with 29 points. Charlie Patten, Levi Wieman and Geoff Dunkelberger all took home seventh while Riley Pankratz and Andrew Even were...
Seth VanVliet rises for a shot during a recent game. (photo/Dave Fuller) By Shane Merrill | Writer The drought for the Parker boys basketball team continued last week, as the Pheasants welcomed a red hot Garretson basketball squad to town. Parker had beaten the Blue...
Hudson Eldeen grapples against his opponent at last Saturday's region tournament in Salem. Photo/Sarah Ebeling Shane Merrill | Sports Writer The Parker wrestling team took part in the region tournament last week and will send six wrestlers to the State B tournament in...
Parker Lessman works for a pass against a Tea defender last week. (photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Parker welcomed neighboring Tea to town last Thursday night for the final regular game of the season. Tea, who will be going to class ‘AA’ in the near...
92 Sunday, Feb. 14 Marion Rosemary Teresa Ruppert was born on Oct. 15, 1928 at Parker to Frank and Elsie (Cink) Ruppert. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Parker High School in 1946. She worked as a secretary in Sioux Falls before...
96 Thursday, Feb. 18 Chancellor Cora Lucille Mansfield/Highstreet was born on Aug. 18, 1924 to Lloyd and Mamie (Young) Mansfield at Douglas County. She was raised on a farm northeast of Chancellor by her adoptive parents, Hilbert and Lillie (Poppens) Highstreet, and...
Dawn Rye | Writer High school honor roll serves students’ purpose to assess their academic performance and establish future goals. Most students on the honor roll are motivated and dedicated to their educational experience. This is no different for the students who...
Monday sun shone on the Parker city sign on the side of city hall displaying quite the difference a week can make. Last Monday, Feb. 15, temperatures never made it above zero and hadn’t for days, with the thermometer at one point reading -28. But in true South...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County commissioner meeting, a motion was made to approve the grant application for Emergency Management. Brad Georgeson, Turner County Emergency Manager said he applied for a grant. The county would receive $5310 and...
Demonstrating the LUCAS Turner County Emergency Manager Brad Georgeson demonstrates how the LUCAS chest compression device works on Fred (training dummy). Photo| Dawn Rye Dawn Rye | Writer A heart attack most commonly results from atherosclerosis in the arteries that...
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Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Although there were several items on the agenda at last week’s city council meeting, council members quickly ticked them off. One topic of discussion was the expense of a water main at the new Twisted Pines Venue on the edge of...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Parker School District meeting, the board discussed a few adjustments to future project plans. Superintendent Donavan DeBoer said after meeting with the architects on Monday, a few changes were made when it comes to rooms. He...
Dawn Rye | Writer The price was right when Turner County Sheriff Steven Luke and Emergency Manager Brad Georgeson pushed to purchase two fully loaded SUV’s to the county commissioners recently. Luke said the highway patrol department had two SUVs up for surplus. He...
Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Anyone interested in taking out a petition to run for Parker School board still has time. Petitions are due by Friday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. There are two vacancies according to school business manager Jim Vogel. Petitions can be picked up...
Julia Johnson | Staff Intern “I have won over 30 trophies! Wrestling is my sport. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes it’s easy,” wrote second-grader Noah for his ‘Newsbook’. But Noah isn’t the only one who worked on his book. In fact, his whole second-grade...
59 Thursday, Feb. 11 Monroe David Lee Kleinsasser was born on Aug. 17, 1961 at the Freeman Hospital, Freeman to Alberta (Drost) and Leland Kleinsasser. He grew up on a farm until age 10 when the family moved into Monroe. As a child he loved to be outside...
80 Tuesday, Feb. 9 Marion Jim was born June 19, 1940 in Waterford, Conn. to Andrew and Ivy (Moynihan) Gesick. Jim grew up in Old Saybrook, Conn. After losing his father at the age of 10, he did what he was able to help his family by taking on a paper route and setting...
