The Parker Cub Scout Pack 648 collected 103 bags of food on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a roughly estimated weight of 750 pounds of donated food items for the Turner County Pantry. There are 17 active cub scouts from Parker and Marion from kindergarten to fifth...
Last week Parker elementary students had the opportunity to have lunch with new SRO (School Resource Officer) Colter Hendrix. Hendrix said with two months under his belt as the SRO he believes things are going good. He noted that kindergarten through sixth-grade...
82 Tuesday, Oct. 22 Viborg Barbara “Barb” Kay Bauer was born to Cecil and Anna “Ekeren” Bauer on Nov. 21, 1936, in Yankton. Barb grew up and attended school in Yankton. After graduating from high school, Barb earned her teaching certificate and later went on to...
Morgen Carlson digs up a shot at a recent match. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer With just two regular season games remaining in the season, the Parker volleyball squad headed to Flandreau last week to try and cap off a regular season Big East Conference...
Josie Leberman placed 84th out of 127 runners on her second trip to the state cross country meet. Leberman, a sophomore, was Parker’s lone representative this year. (Photo/submitted) Phil Bjorneberg | Coach For the second year in a row, Josie Leberman was the lone...
Shane Merrill | Writer In dramatic fashion last Thursday night, the Parker Pheasants, hosting their first playoff game since 2006, saw their hopes at a post season run dashed in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter with Baltic edging Parker 26-20 ending the...
Sarah Ebeling | Editor Friday night football lights. It is a big deal in a lot of places. The game. The excitement. The fans. The kids. The voice giving the minute-by-minute plays. Parker is no exception to any of this. Any Pheasant football fan knew in...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County commissioner’s meeting, two Yankton County Townships discussed their options in joining their townships with Turner County. Mayfield Township resident Simon Healy said he farms in the area with his dad Kevin. Their...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Parker School District meeting the board learned about the upcoming Challenge Day hosted by United Way. Principal Bill Leberman said Monday, Oct. 21 would be Challenge Day. He explained the program sponsored by an organization out...
Parker - Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services is pleased to announce the hiring of Anna Husman, CNP. Husman obtained her Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2019 and her Bachelor of Science in...
Kenny Hofmeister, who celebrated his 60th year crow hunting last week, said he was never a very good shot and it's gotten worse as he's gotten older. He said that through the years he's gotten a lot of plaques, but this one is the one he is most proud of. (Photo/Sarah...
Sarah Ebeling | Editor Open house to be held On a mission to help young men in trouble, Hope Harbor of Parker is now only days away from opening their doors. To celebrate the grand opening, an open house will be held on Sunday, Oct. 27. A volunteer appreciation will...
85 Friday, Oct. 18 Freeman Edward Louis Massey was born on Dec. 5, 1933, near Freeman to William and Rose (Dangel) Massey. Ed grew up on a farm in the Turkey Ridge area and attended country school. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and served in Korea....
Viborg- Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services held a free Community Health Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Thank you to everyone that attended the event and who helped make the Health Fair a success. There were 123 attendees at the Health Fair. Many free health...
Rayna Mohr digs up a kill at a home match. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker volleyball team faced one of their biggest tests last weekend when they traveled to Chester through an early snow and wind to face off against the Winner Warriors. The...
Shane Merrill | Writer Parker volleyball players and fans got their fair share of volleyball last week, with several matches going the distance. Fresh off a tough defeat to Winner, the Pheasants were at it again, this time facing off against conference rival...
By Phil Bjorneberg | Coach On a windy, but nice day for running in Beresford, Josie Leberman extended her season by one week as she placed in the top-20 to qualify for the Class-A state meet for the second year in a row. We ran this course for our first meet of the...
Grace DeWald looks to serve during a recent match. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer In another thrilling match last week, the Parker volleyball team faced off against longtime foe Parkston. The Trojans are up and coming, but the Pheasants settled in for...
Jesse Walton (50) Davin Fuller (22) and Keaton Liable (35) work to bring down the Chester quarterback. (Photo/Dave Fuller) Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker football team put the finishing touches on their regular season last Friday night, routing the Chester Flyers...
Cierra Mohr (8) and Brooke Berens (12) go up for a block during a recent match (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer smerrill@ncppub.com The Parker volleyball squad, hot off their win over Garretson traveled to Lennox last week to face off against the...
