Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor There have been an abundance of changes on the landscape where the Parker School sits. Many additions and new buildings have been going up over the past couple of years. The latest change involves the moving of the Little...
Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener What came first? The chicken or the egg? That’s a question that may never be answered, and when it comes to gardening, the great eggshell debate is also ongoing. Some people swear by using eggshells in their gardens,...
Renae Hansen | Writer What a nice party for Steve and Nancy Wrigg’s 50th Anniversary held at the Community Center in Viborg on Saturday. Congratulations to the Wriggs on 50 years and best wishes for many more happy years to come. We wish the kids from the Viborg...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor I am sure we have all heard the many warnings and advice about A.I. which stands for artificial intelligence. The talking heads are all over the national news warning how A.I will lead to anything from consumer privacy to human...
Renae Hansen | Writer Around 30 kids took part in the Concrete and Cranes Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church in Viborg last week. A great time was had by all as they learned about “Building on God’s Foundation”. (Photo/Renae Hansen)
98 Parker South Dakota June 17, 2023 Lorraine A. Viet, 98 of Parker died Saturday, June 17, 2023 at the Pioneer Memorial Haven in Viborg, S.D. peacefully with her family present. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at the...
93 Chancellor, SD June 15, 2023 George Ihnen, 93, of Chancellor, SD, passed away, June 15, 2023, at his home from natural causes. Services were held with full military honors on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at Dindot-Klusemann Funeral Home of Lennox SD. Internment at...
Michael Blau eyes the baseball in the game against Canistota June 13. The Rebels out scored the Hawks 20-5. (photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Marion Sports Rebel boys scored five runs in each of four innings of action to stop the under 12-year-old Canistota...
Rebel pitcher Remi Weier believes in “putting your body into it” as she delivers a pitch June 12 in Marion. The Rebels won 19-4. (photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Marion Sports The Freeman/Marion Rebel softball team defeated the ladies from Canistota June 12...
Rush Bleyenberg slides into home during the league tourney (Photo by Kirsten Wieman) By Shane Merrill The Parker teener 13/14 baseball team was back in action coming off their 2-1 finish in the league tournament. Parker was set to face a very salty Dell Rapids team on...
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 15/16 Sr. Teeners are off to a hot start this season, winning their first three games by 10-run margins. Parker started the year with a 12-1 win over Hamlin, then took down Elkton 16-6. Their third game was a 12-2 decision over...
Al’s Studio had their float in Marion’s 75th Anniversary Jubilee parade in 1954. Float participants included: Photographer, Larry Nickel (MHS Class of 1966); Groom, Bruce Nickel (MHS Class of 1968) children of Al Nickel (MHS Class of 1942) and Verda (Schmidt) Nickel...
Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Where once the sounds of children playing, school bells and squeaky playground swings used to be, the silence of 11 years has been broken. The Chancellor Elementary School has sat vacant ever since the last students left and they...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Father’s Day did not become an official holiday until 1972 when President Nixon declared the third Sunday in June be set apart to honor “the role of fathers in society”. It is ironic that it took such a long time for Father’s Day to become...
Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Forty years on the same route has become something of ritual for Don Smith. But this morning was a little different. This would be the last time he would hear the gravel crunch under the wheels of the school bus. After 40 years, Smith...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It seems there is always a great amount of focus on Mother’s Day and all the great things mom’s do not only for their children, but their entire family in general. Mom’s are the “glue” that hold the family together. Over the years, it...
Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener OK, I have had numerous people tell me about how beneficial it is to have a cat or two “guarding” their garden. They tell me about how they keep mice, voles, rabbits, and birds from doing major damage to young plants...
60 Sioux Falls and formerly of Marion, S.D. May 19, 2023 Mickey C. Nelson, 60, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Marion, S.D., died Friday, May 19, 2023, under hospice care at the Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls. Memorial services were held at 3:00 p.m....
98 Wakonda South Dakota June 9, 2023 Jean Mae Peterson, 98, passed away peacefully on June 9, 2023 at the Wakonda Heritage Manor with her family at her side. Jean Mae Larson, the only child of Jeppe and Viola (Johnson) Larson, was born on December 13, 1924...
