Sarah Ebeling | Editor Several residents were at last Monday’s city council meeting in Parker to express their opinions. Ken Hay of Parker spoke first to the council and expressed his dissatisfaction with the Turner County Sheriff’s Office. He said that he...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s school board meeting a motion was made to hire the following 2019-2020 teachers. Superintendent Donavan DeBoer said Sarah Barnhardt will teach high school English, coach football and basketball cheerleading as well as high...
Shane Merrill | Writer Jill Christensen, simply known as ‘Coach C’ to her athletes, has left a lasting legacy on the Parker Volleyball program and South Dakota High School volleyball as a whole. The coach, known for her no-nonsense volleyball team,s has turned out...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s commissioners meeting the board agreed not to grant Viborg resident Todd Christensen a load limit exemption. Chairman Lyle VanHove said he was on the planning and zoning board in the early 2000s. However, he resigned on the...
Aberdeen – Years ago for middle school geography project, Kristen VanDeRostyne had to pick a global destination to plan a faux vacation – mapping out the entire trip, from choosing a hotel to pretending to purchase a ticket. VanDeRostyne chose Australia, and “it’s...
The Livewires 4-H Club met on Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at the courthouse in Parker. President Sami Nordmann called the meeting to order and Braylen Plucker led the club in the Flag Pledges. The roll call topic was favorite college basketball teams with 26 members...
Viborg - Amanda Thoms, CNP at Parker Medical Clinic, has been named as the April Employee of the Month for Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services. Thoms started working with Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services in September 2018. She is a...
Viborg- The Annual Pioneer Memorial Volunteer Luncheon went underway on April 10. It was a time to say thanks to the many community volunteers that help make our health system one of the best in the area. The theme for the luncheon was “Every moment makes the...
Viborg- The Pioneer Memorial Foundation hosted their Extravaganza on Friday, March 29. A big thank you to the band, “Autumn Road” for playing great music throughout the evening. During the event, a live and silent auction was held while guests enjoyed heavy hors...
OPEI reminds consumers to use only E10 or lower fuel in any lawn and garden equipment (NAPSI)—Spring is on its way, and soon, home and business owners will be cleaning and preparing lawn and garden equipment. “Many are so eager to pull out lawn and garden equipment...
Frank “Fritz” Martin Eichler 88 Thursday, April 11 Cincinnati, Ohio Fritz was born on July 7, 1930, in LeFors, Texas, the first son to Frank Cook Eichler and Josephine Eugenia “Gene” (Collier) Eichler. Fritz served over 20 years in the United States Air...
Beverly Kaye Beeninga 77 Friday, April 5 Marion Bev was born on Jan. 25, 1942. She was also born mentally handicapped; she had a tremendous talent for playing the piano by ear. She used this talent to provide special music at church and in many other venues. Her...
Janet (Keating) Giddings83Saturday, March 16Southern NewHampshire Medical Center in NashuaJanet was born on Aug. 19, 1936, in Sioux Falls, to Paul and Frances (Boushka) Keating. She grew up in nearby Parker attending Parker schools. After graduating from South Dakota...
Roads 276th and 451st, just two miles west and one mile south of Parker, are completely impassable due to the recent rainfalls. The gravel roads disintegrated and fell into the culvert below recently and caused the problems shown in the photo. According to Bruce...
Dawn Rye | Writer During last week’s commissioners meeting, the discussion was tabled to review the load limit exemption resolution for dairies. Viborg resident Todd Christensen said he had a few concerns regarding the load limits. He explained he would like to...
Shane Merril | Sports Longtime Parker volleyball coach Jill Christensen announced her retirement Monday morning to The New Era after 36 years and 837 career wins, the most of any coach in any sport in South Dakota. Christensen guided the Pheasants to 14 state...
Washington – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) announced that he is currently accepting internship applications for fall 2019. The deadline to apply for internships in his Washington, D.C., Pierre, Rapid City and Sioux Falls offices is Tuesday, April 30. College credit...
Viborg - Pioneer Memorial Hospital & Health Services annual Spring Fling event was very successful and raised $1,122.50. Proceeds from this event were dedicated to the Backpack Program in the communities of Viborg, Hurley, Centerville, Parker, Irene and...
Draft 2019-2023 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy The South Eastern Council of Governments (SECOG) has published a draft of the 2019-2023 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region, which includes Clay County, Lincoln County, McCook...
Linda Kotzea 66 Sunday, March 31 Sioux Falls Linda was born in Webster on Jan. 17, 1953, one of four children of Donald and Marcella (Czmowski) Kotzea. She grew up on a farm near Waubay and graduated from Waubay High School with the Class of 1971. She continued her...
