Carter Robertson shoots for two against the Blue Dragons last week. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Parker 12-13-20-12 57 Garretson 20-7-9-13 49 GARRETSON-The Parker boys headed to...
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Turner County Sheriff encourages safe driving
Dawn Rye | Writer Since 2012 when Turner County Sheriff ‘s Department upgraded to its current reporting system, the county has witnessed eight fatalities reported. According to Turner County Sheriff Steven Luke, the South Dakota Highway Patrol occasionally...
Council discusses ordinance
Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Parker resident Ryan Penning spoke to the city council at last Monday’s meeting in Parker. He explained that he wanted the group to make changes to the animal bite ordinance after his dog was recently bitten by his neighbor’s dog....
Turner County commissioners approve Peterson’s first reading to rezone to rural residential
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County commissioners meeting, a motion was made to approve the first reading of ordinance #69-20 for Chris Peterson. Turner Township residents Chris Peterson and wife Tania approached the commissioners board to have 6.67...
Hunstad to donate building to Parker School
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s school board meeting the board agreed to talk to the City of Parker about the building located on 193 W 1st St. in Parker that was donated to the school. Superintendent Donavan DeBoer said Parker resident Clark Hustand owns the...
Random act of kindness
A small act of kindness is more meaningful if people promise to be kind to each other without any conditions. Celebrated each year on February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. The idea takes individuals, groups or organizations nationwide to encourage acts...
Parker junior high takes part in band festival
Participating in the band festival on Monday, Feb. 17 was, from left to right: Myles Meyer, Katie Bialas, Ashton Young, Viktoriya Marushkevych, Gracelyn Thompson, Grace Gullikson and Jack Wilkes. Not pictured is Tanya Netesov. Eight Parker junior high band students...
Lincoln County group raising funds for new fairgrounds
LENNOX — With the purchase of the Goeman Auction grounds north of Lennox, by the Lincoln County Commission in December, the newly formed Lincoln County Fairgrounds Foundation Inc. is working to raise money to build facilities on the grounds. The foundation invites the...
Norma Sherard
97 Sunday, Jan. 5 Tualatin, Ore. formerly of Parker Norma Jean Schmidt was born on Nov. 11, 1922. She was the fifth of 11 children born to Henry and Nettie Schmidt (Duerkson) on a farm north of Marion. The first in her family to attend high school or college, Norma...
Terri Trautman
59 Friday, Feb. 14 Parker Terri Lynn was born on Feb. 4, 1961, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls to David and Lamara (Marsh) Kuck. She grew up at Parker where she graduated from Parker High School in 1979. On July 3, 1981, she was united in marriage to...
Rivers Edge Bank to award scholarship
PARKER – Sparky Anderson once said, “Success isn’t something that just happens-Success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.” Rivers Edge Bank, Member FDIC, in cooperation with South Dakota Bankers Foundation, wants to help a Parker High School...
Graduating students are encouraged to apply for building trades scholarship
SIOUX FALLS – The Sioux Empire Home Builders Care Foundation is now accepting applications for its high school building trades scholarship program. The foundation will be awarding multiple $1,000 scholarships for graduating high school seniors who will be attending a...
Turner County 4-H placed at Sioux Empire livestock show
Four members of the Turner County 4-H placed at the Sioux Empire Livestock show junior judging held Saturday, Jan. 25. The Turner County 4-H senior team received 1,542 points. Turner County 4-H members are Ashton Ross, Layne Lunstra, Trevor Johnson and not pictured...
The Originals 4-H Club host monthly meeting
The Originals 4-H club met on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Turner County Courthouse. There were eight of 14 members present. The meeting was called to order by president Kahli Gall. Roll call topic was “Where would you like to travel someday?” The secretary and...
Strong second half lifts Hawks over Parker
Jace Bridges eyes the court as he brings the ball up against Viborg-Hurley. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Parker 22-10-7-6 Canistota 18-9-20-17 PARKER — Hot off a come-from-behind victory, the Parker boys were set to face off against number five...
Cougars outscore Pheasants
Paityn DeBoer works to drive past a defender against Viborg-Hurley. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer Parker 8-13-12-10 V-H 18-17-17-18 VIBORG—Coming off a nice stretch of competitive games, the Parker girls faced neighboring Viborg-Hurley last Friday...
Pheasants head to regions this weekend
STONE TAKES FIRST AT PIERRE Jake Stone took home first place over the weekend at the SD State Middle School wrestling tournament in Pierre. (Photo/submitted) Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker wrestling team rounded out the regular season last weekend with a strong...
A forever love
Pete and Ruth Gortmaker have been married for 69 years, shown here with their wedding photo from 1951. (Photo/Dawn Rye) Dawn Rye | Writer The Webster Dictionary defines love as — a quality or feeling of strong or constant affection for and dedication to...
Saying goodbye
Mary Kunz shows Michelle Dick how to enter in something on the computer Tuesday morning, Feb. 11. Kunz, of Parker, is retiring after 20 years at Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion. (Photo/Sarah Ebeling) Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Some people have a calling in life....
School trap shooting program to begin in April
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s commissioners meeting, a motion was made to allow Game, Fish & Parks Game Warden Brian Humphrey to start preparing the shooting range for the high school trap shooting teams. Humphrey explained the trap range would be at the...
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