Phil Bjorneberg | Coach In the very first meet of the year in all of South Dakota, the (yearly) young and inexperienced Pheasant runners showed signs of a good year ahead. Our two most experienced female runners started out the year in the varsity girl’s 5k...
Shane Merrill | Writer Mace Plucker leaps out of the way as an Elkton/Lake Benton opponent tries to grab his foot and stop him at last week’s game. (Photo/Sarah Ebeling) The Parker football team, coming off a big win over number two ranked Arlington-Lake Preston, were...
Shelby Lang swings for a kill aginst IW. (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker volleyball squad headed to Wakonda last Tuesday night to face off against the IW Eagles. With a partial new team and new coach at the helm, the Pheasants showed their...
Sydney Berens work for a kill in a recent game. Berens led the Pheasants against MVP with 14 kills (Photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker volleyball team, fresh off their first win of the season, headed to Mount Vernon/Plankinton to face off against...
Dawn Rye | Writer Brand new poles and wires lay on an empty lot next to the Parker Community Building on Main Street. The poles are part of the ongoing Main Street light project. (Photo/Dawn Rye) On Monday, Aug. 19, a six-week project with Wayne Meyer Electric began...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s Turner County Commissioners meeting, there were many different thoughts about Swan Lake resident Kyle Christiansen moving forward on his project. State’s Attorney Katelynn Hoffman said there has been discussion regarding a petition...
Sarah Ebeling | Editor Back to school began last Wednesday in Parker with a blast. And a blast it was as 30 t-shirts were shot from a t-shirt cannon from atop of one of Parker’s firetrucks. The idea, Superintendent Donavan DeBoer said, came because he wanted to start...
72 Friday, June 28 Covington, Tenn. Philip was born Dec. 17, 1946 in Sioux Falls to parents Aaron and Thelma Beier. He grew up in the Parker area and attended rural grade school and Parker Public Junior High and High School. He was raised in the Baptist faith....
71 Thursday, Aug. 22 Viborg Jean was born Nov. 15, 1947 in Viborg to Orville and Vivian Johnke. She was one of six girls. She went to Hooker School through eighth grade; she graduated from Centerville High School. After high school, she married Leland (Lefty) and they...
61 Thursday, Aug. 8 Mitchell David Loren Kasten was born on Nov. 9, 1957, to Loren G. and Lois (Willadsen) Kasten in Viborg. He grew up in Scotland and moved to Mitchell in 1969, where he graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1976. He worked at Randall’s...
88 Friday, Aug. 23 Sioux Falls Donald “Bud” Lounsbery was born on April 16, 1931, at Tripp to Frank and Helen (Renk) Lounsbery. He grew up at Marion where he graduated from Marion High School in 1949. He served in the US Air Force from 1951-1954, having been stationed...
85 Tuesday, Aug. 20 Viborg Marvel Joyce Madsen was born on Oct. 7, 1933, near Irene to Edward and Anna (Westegaard) Madsen. As a child, her family moved into Viborg where she graduated from Viborg High School in 1951. On Feb. 10, 1955, she was united in...
Shane Merrill | Writer The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats enter the 2019 season with a new coach and several new varsity players after graduating four starters a year ago. First year coach Erin Kaufman returns two starters and four letter winners from a year ago off...
Shane Merrill | Writer The Viborg-Hurley Cougars will welcome first year head coach Shelby Simonsen to the program along with assistant coach Lindsey Pate who return several players from last year’s team. Back for Simonsen include senior Katie Johansen along...
The 2019-2020 Parker High School varsity football team Front row from left: Payton Meyer, Jacob Schoffelman, Ethan Kasten, Tanner Preheim, Gabe Gillespie, Logan Bridges. Row two from left: Logan Rice, Colby Olson, Zanto Centeno, Keaton Laible, Jack Even, Lane Wieman,...
The 2019-2020 parker volleyball Front row from left: Sydney Berens, Rayna Mohr, Paityn DeBoer, Briana Berens, Lucy Anderson, Middle row from left: Jenna Even, Samantha Gavette, Abigayle Gavette, Lauren Jones, Breana Jensen, Morgen Carlson, Alexis Eve, Grace DeWald,...
Shane Merrill | Writer The Parker cross country teams are bringing back a solid nucleus to mix with their younger runners. Coach Phil Bjorneberg enters his 34th year of coaching and will look to his key letter winners to lead the teams. On the girls side, Josie...
Tanner Even rumbles ahead and breaks a tackle against Arlington/Lake Preston (Photo/Dave Fuller) Shane Merrill | Writer Opening up a season against a number two ranked team is no easy task, and doing it on the road can be even tougher. Neither seemed to phase the...
Last Friday Salem hosted the 27th Annual South Dakota Baseball Coaches Association’s American Legion Baseball All-Star games. Several local players from the McCook/Miner Legion team were selected to play in the event. They were: (l-r) Kyle Tuschen, Jackson Fiegen,...
The Turner County Fair brought out plenty of smiles during last week’s Four Best Days of Summer. Samantha Johnson of Tea was all smiles as she led a sheep into the show ring on Monday, Aug. 12 during the iLead program. Johnson and her helpers, Aspen Rand and Ellianna...
