81 Chancellor, SD March 05, 2023 Gary Dannen, age 81, of Chancellor, SD, died March 5, 2023 at the Canistota Good Samaritan Center. Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 13 at Chancellor Reformed Church, with burial in the Lennox Cemetery. Visitation,...
85 Viborg South Dakota March 1, 2023 Ralph Leroy Johansen passed away March 1, 2023, at the Viborg Nursing Home, Viborg SD. He was born March 15, 1937, to Willie Martin & Olga (Larsen) Johansen on the family farm west of Viborg SD. He attended country school...
90 Marion South Dakota March 2 2023 Melvin Arthur Matthies passed away on March 2, 2023 at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion, South Dakota. He was 90 years old. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Hartford...
64 Wakonda, South Dakota February 26, 2023 Michael Leo Bohlmann, 64, of Wakonda passed away Sunday, February 26, 2023, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Michael was born in Yankton, S.D. on August 4, 1958, to Leo and Norma Jean (Paulson)...
82 Parker, South Dakota February 27,2023 Gary Lukes, 82 of Parker, passed away on February 27, 2023 in his home surrounded by his family. Funeral Service was held at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 4, 2023 at the First Baptist Church, Parker. Visitation was held from...
Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Get to know your neighbor, longtime residents of Centerville, Pat and Colleen O’Malley. How did you two meet? We met through our sisters. Colleen: My sister left me a message on my machine telling me she “met the man of my...
parker boys’ basketball Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker boys basketball team season came to a close last Tuesday night as the Pheasants took on Dakota Valley, the number one ranked team in the state. Parker was matched with the Panthers in the opening round of...
Matt Hagen (1) drives into the lane. (photos/Alan Astleford) freeman academy/marion boys’ basketball Alan Astleford | Writer Freeman Academy/Marion eliminated the Freeman Flyers and moved on to play Irene-Wakonda in Region 5B basketball action February 28. ...
Jeremy and Maria Berens invite you to come see the all new Red Pony in Monroe (photo/Monique Hurtado) Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Last year, when the Misfits Bar and Grill closed their doors, many worried the chapter on the old Monroe bar was coming to a close...
Monique R. Hurtado | Staff Writer At around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, February 21, the Chancellor Community Fire Department received a call about an electrical fire at a residence in Chancellor. Being that was a structure fire, Lennox Fire and Parker Fire were also...
Snow is piling up as neighbors help each other dig out (photo/Donna Rumbaugh) Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer A few weeks ago, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow which meant another six weeks of winter. Boy, was he right! Last week,...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Marion school promotes reading by awarding a point system. This week, Henry, a first grader at Marion School achieved 100 AR points. Henry’s parents, Jessica and Jeremy Thomas are very proud of him. Henry enjoys wrestling...
--It didn’t work then and it isn’t working now Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor In a valiant effort to combat unjust racism that plagued our nation which only began to correct itself with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans have worked together to overcome a very...
90 Marion, South Dakota February 25, 2023 Dwaine Victor Becker, 90 of Marion, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at the Freeman Medical Center, Freeman. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2023 at the First Church of God, Marion with...
80 Vermillion, South Dakota February 18, 2023 Richard (Dick) Dean Anderson went to his eternal home on February 18, 2023. Dick was born on August 1, 1942 in Viborg, S.D. to Russell and Leone (Ostrem) Anderson. A fun fact he liked to tell was he was the first...
Charlie Patton (photo/South Dakota Public Broadcasting) parker wrestling Strong showing in Rapid City By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling team wrapped up their season last weekend in Rapid City. The team left early Tuesday morning, to try and get ahead of a...
parker girls’ basketball By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker girls saw double trouble in their final two games of the season, as they faced off against number two ranked Vermillion who had just one loss on the season. In their first meeting against the Tanagers, the...
marion/freeman academy wrestling Al Astleford | Writer Finley McConniel along with Riley Tschetter, Easton Tschetter and Brody Gossen went to Rapid City to wrestle at the South Dakota state wrestling championships February 24-25. The wrestlers joined with...
