(Front row) Haley Voog, Lexie Wetering, Brooklyn Kessler, Tatum Lyons, Isabella Voog, Emma Luden, Brooklyn Ludens, and Bridget Benest. (Middle row) Claire Campbell, Shelby VanDriel, Ava Marts, Charley Nelson, Jenna Graves, Aubree Schwartz, Natali Blair, Presley...
The Viborg-Hurley Cougars Cross Country Team. (Front row) Colby Chausee, Ryder Andersen, and Maxx Holm. (Backrow) Ben Ferdig, Owen Neiderbaumer, and Wyatt Slack. Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Cross Country team will kick off their season...
The DC Lynch Carnival kept fairgoers entertained. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) South Dakota’s oldest county fair, the Turner County Fair, wrapped up on Thursday, August 15. The fair included the same wide array of 4-H exhibits, food, commercial exhibits, contests and...
Renae Hansen | Editor Those who know Hannah Ferdig often wonder how she gets it all done. Not only are the Ferdigs, Hannah and husband Chris, raising five children ages 6 to 16, they also renovated and opened the Legacy Lodge in Viborg last year, and “flipped” another...
When school started in the I-W District on Wednesday, Superintendent Dave Hutchison sent out a message to parents, students, and teachers reminding them: “It takes all of us to have an awesome year!” This quote has become a guiding theme at I-W this year. Here, staff...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Brandi Gerry of Chancellor is taking the leap and opening a microschool in Parker.Gerry has spent nearly two decades in the educational arena. She began the first half of her career as an elementary education teacher, teaching first grade...
Alan Astleford | Writer The Marion community school board held their August meeting on August 8 in the music room. All board members along with Superintendent Berens, Principal Liberman and business manager Crystal Longe were present. The formalities of conflict of...
82Wakonda, SDAugust 2, 2024Bernie Steffen, 82, passed away Friday, August 2, 2024, at the Majestic Bluffs Hospice House in Yankton with his wife by his side and his daughter Kim nearby. Lois, his daughter-in-law, spent some special time with him also.A celebration of...
78Chapel Hill, NCAugust 6, 2024James LeRoy Eichel — tender and loving husband, father of three, grandfather of four, and friend to so many — passed away peacefully on August 6, 2024 at the age of 78 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jim was born July 8, 1946 to William...
85Centerville, SDAlice Mae (Thormodsgaard) Loneman was born October 24 1937, to Edwin and Lillian (Beeler) Thormodsgaard near Spink, Union County, SD. She was baptized and confirmed at the Brule Creek Lutheran Church, rural Elk Point, SD.Alice Attended North Spink...
Jean Tysdal with the plaque honoring her and husband Ron at the Tysdal-Foss building. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Building will house the new Fair Office Renae Hansen | Managing Editor Ron Tysdal may have moved on and started his own successful business, Ron’s Body Shop, in...
East River Electric Cooperative has applied for a conditional use permit for a new Turner County substation located near Hurley. (Photo/Submitted by Lynette Almond) Monique R. Hurtado | Writer At the planning and zoning meeting last month, East River Electric...
Schardin has little room to work in as he installs new gutter in bowling alley. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Have you had the experience of bowling, releasing the ball onto the alley and wondering the outcome? Brad Schardin, owner of Bowlway Lanes,...
The eggs have created plenty of excitement for both young and old as the patrons wait for them to hatch. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor The Viborg Public Library may be a bit nosier than usual these days, not due to the patrons but from baby chicks instead....
98Hurley, SDAugust 9, 2024Harold Spomer, 98 of Hurley and Harrisburg, passed away on August 9, 2024 at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, Viborg. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 16, 2024 at Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls....
76Sioux Falls, SDJuly 30, 2024Lorraine Marie Johnson was born on September 28, 1947, to Frank and Verna (Rathman-Pippet) Hanisch in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was baptized and later confirmed at Saint Ann’s Parish in Humboldt, South Dakota where she also attended...
Alice Kvigne and Dave Bobzien have been involved with the Davis Tractor Pull for the last sixteen years. The couple gets along great…until game day, when Alice backs the Packers and Dave the Vikings. (Photo/Submitted) Alice from the Davis Bar Monique R. Hurtado |...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting was called to order promptly at 8:30 a.m. A motion was made to approve the agenda. The motion passed. The meeting was opened to public comment, no one came forward and public comment was closed.Highway Superintendent Kent Austin...
