Shayla Voeltz brings the ball up the court last week against Freeman (photo by Kylie Harriman) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker girls continued their season last week, as they faced off against Freeman and Hanson. The Pheasants battle the Flyers through three...
Simeon Eremin Scored a layup bucket in Marion. (photo by Al Astleford) Al Astleford | Marion Sports Hayden Sprik and Dawson Hoffman’s red-hot shooting from beyond the arc helped Platte-Geddes come away with a win on Saturday at the Corn Palace in a boys basketball...
Harley Davis makes a move to the basket during a recent contest. Davis has been leading the JV team while contributing heavily on varsity. (photo by Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Sports Coming off their first win of the year in the Big East Conference tournament, the...
By Shane Merrill | Sports Fresh off their win against Freeman, the Parker boys looked to take on another former Cornbelt Conference team in Hanson. The Beavers used a strong scoring run in the third to get past the Pheasants 47-32. Parker was able to keep things close...
Al Astleford | Marion Sports Freeman Academy/Marion was active on the basketball courts this past week, having three games. The girls were one and two; winning over Flandreau Indian 58-21 and dropping two games, Avon, 30-51 and Scotland 20-34. The boys had...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling club had another solid weekend tournament at Tri-Valley, finishing with three wrestlers in the finals with two winning their respective brackets. Parker was able to claim third as a team. “The Pheasants wrestled well in...
Estelle Waltner positioned herself for a rebound against FIS (photo by Al Astleford) Al Astleford | Marion Sports Freeman Academy/Marion edged Lower Brule on Saturday to come up with a win at the Sacred Hoops Classic. Alivea Weber and Jada Koerner combined for 41...
-Submitted by Jared Hybertson, Community & Economic Development Coordinator – Centerville SD Last week we introduced you to the beginning stages of a project that took place in Centerville as they worked on painting their third mural in the community. This week...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Hurley Fire was dispatched around 9:35 am on January 7 for a payloader fire. As our first trucks were leaving the station the property owner called back and said that the structure and multiple pieces of equipment were on fire. A...
Monique R. Hurtado | writer In 1871, Dakota Territory was up for the taking. Reverend J. J. McIntire left his home in Wisconsin to win souls for Jesus and stake his claim in the center of section 25, range 53, township 99, Turner County. He lived simply in an...
84 Parker, South Dakota January 2, 2023 Jerry Hagen, 84 of Parker, passed away on January 2, 2023 at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Memorial Service was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor....
65 Parker, South Dakota January 1, 2023 Memorial Services for Ed Waldner were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the Church of God in Marion. Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home. On Sunday, January 1st, 2023, Ed Waldner, loving husband and...
Monique R. Hurtado | writer Each week we will get to know a mayor from our county. First up, is the mayor of Parker, Derek Nolan. Why did you want to be the mayor of Parker? My family and I love our community and when we started looking for ways to give back, we...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Leigh and her husband, Bruce, are the owners of Twigs & Treasures located on Main Street, in the town of Parker. Twigs & Treasures offers a variety of coffee drinks, smoothies and teas along with sweet gifts and unique treasures ....
Ray Travnicek pulls up for three against Chester last weekend. Travnicek has helped lead Parker in the last three games. (photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker boys basketball team and the Big East Conference was able to re-work their annual...
Jerimiah Friman battles an opponent during a recent match (photo by Mary Silvernail) Shane Merrill | Sports The top teams in the state wrestled at the MCM Tournament last Saturday, Dec. 31. The Pheasants took home sixth place as a team with great showings by all of...
Parker battles at Mid Dakota monster Shane Merrill | Sports Parker made the long trek west to Presho last weekend, facing some of the state finest in both class ‘A’ and ‘B’ and came away with sixth place as a team, with seven wrestlers placing in the tournament. “The...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor In this issue of TNE, we are going to take you on a little ride back in time. It seems like not so long ago we were all excited about the new year 2022 coming, so we could finally close 2021. Now, just a short time later,...
