Janae Olson fights to go up for two at a recent game. photo/Shane Merrill By Shane Merrill | Sports In the opening game of the night last Tuesday, the Parker girls’ basketball team took on Freeman in a matchup that has plenty of history over the past several years....
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling team traveled to Winner last Saturday to face off in back to back days of wrestling against some of the states finest competition. Friday afternoon the Pheasants faced off against Winner and Kimball-White...
By Shane Merrill | Sports With an ever-growing school enrollment, the Parker football team will now be making the move to 11-man football for the 2021 season. The Pheasants, who have played in the nine man ranks since 2005 and won a state championship in 2006, are now...
Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor For decades the Parker Senior Center has been a place that seniors can go to eat, enjoy coffee, company and camaraderie. But, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed that. Due to the need for social distancing, the center has not been able to...
Dawn Rye | Writer Leadership development has never been more relevant as the skills that leaders hold are in demand today. The Professional Development Academy has custom curriculums to address specific leadership needs and transfer knowledge to our future...
Cars line both sides of the street outside of the school, as well as fill the parking lot. The school is looking to build an addition in the parking lot and hopes to change the parking on the streets too. photo/Sarah Ebeling Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Parker...
Parker School set to begin construction project Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor For about two years now, the Parker School Board has been discussing the issues of space and upgrades at the school. With 486 students and 66 staff members and a constantly changing and...
Parker Public Librarian Kathy Rand stands next to just a few of the books that make up the collection at the library. Besides books to read, there are so many more things that Rand and her staff do at the library. photo/Dawn Rye Julia Johnson | Staff Intern Walk into...
Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Two main topics were discussed at last week’s city council meeting in Parker. Street Superintendent Mike Jorgensen explained to the council that the Parker School District is looking at expanding and would like to change parking...
Dawn Rye | Writer Last Saturday, Turner County deputy Trent VanRavenswaay was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle on a minimum maintenance road south of Parker. According to Turner County Sheriff Steven Luke, when the deputy arrived on the scene, the car was abandoned...
Bob Leloux talks to the Turner County Planning and Zoning board at last week’s meeting. photo/Dawn Rye Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s planning and zoning meeting, a motion was made to quick claim deed property back to the property owner. Bonnie Young and...
Recently, the Parker High School Radio Quiz Bowl team travelled to Mitchell on Saturday, Jan. 9. They were undefeated going into Saturday’s competition. Only the top eight teams made it to Mitchell. Parker received second place and $500. There were over 30 teams in...
53 Tuesday, Jan. 12 Sioux Falls Monica Griebel was born on Sept. 15, 1967. She was adopted on Sept. 25, 1967, by George and Margret Griebel of Monroe. Monica graduated from Marion High School where she was a cheerleader for the wrestling team and homecoming queen....
Parker senior Geoff Dunkelberger fights to take down his opponent in Tri-Valley last Saturday. Photo/Mary Silvernail Shane Merrill | Writer Parker placed four wrestlers in the top four last weekend to take home fifth at the Tri-Valley Invite. Andrew Even kicked...
Colby Olson makes a move up court during a recent game (photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Coming off a tough loss in the Big East Conference third place matchup, the Parker boys were looking to get back on track with their season as the faced the winless...
Around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, the Parker Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in the parking lot at Jones’ Food Center. According to the driver, Micah Hewitt of Lennox, he was driving on South Dakota Highway 19 when he lost power to the vehicle. He said...
On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Linda Luke retired after 40 years of serving in Turner County in the Sheriff’s Office. Luke spent her years serving the county and its residents as an administrative deputy. “You’ve been such a vital figure and role model for everyone in this...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County commissioners meeting, a motion was made to elect Commissioner Mick Miller as the new Chairman and Commissioner Tony Ciampa as vice-chairman. The meeting reorganizations for the 2021 year were discussed, leaving many...
Julia Johnson | Staff Intern Heading towards the end of the semester, while most students were looking forward to Christmas break, many high school seniors are trying to figuring out their futures. Scholarships often play a large role in this process, but the...
62 Hurley Wednesday, Jan. 6 Lyle Willard Moege was born on July 20, 1958 at Parkston to Willard and Florence (Reichert) Moege. He grew up at Parkston where he graduated from Parkston High School in 1976. After attending Mitchell Vo Tech, he worked as an...
