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Austin and Eide crowned Centerville Homecoming Queen and King
Centerville’s 2024 Homecoming Queen Keira Austin and King Miles Eide. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Congratulations to Centerville’s 2024 Queen Keira Austin and King Miles Eide. Keira is the daughter of Ryan and Heidi Austin and Miles is the son of Jon and Tricia Eide. Other...
Nelson and Hanson crowned VHHS Queen and King
(ABOVE) VHHS Homecoming Queen Charley Nelson and King Nick Hanson. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Congratulations to Viborg-Hurley Homecoming Queen Charley Nelson and King Nick Hanson! The Cougars royal court also included Natali Blair, Jenna Graves, Aubree Schwartz,...
Denning Companies takes part in Special Olympics Truck Convoy
Employees of Denning Companies shine up one of the trucks in preparation for the Special Olympics Truck Convoy that took place last weekend. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Renae Hansen | Editor Every year, members of the trucking industry gather for a Truck Convoy in support of...
Magician Jonathan May to perform at rescheduled Magic Show and Workshop
Magician Jonathan May will be presenting a Magic Show and Workshop at the Viborg Community Center on Sunday, September 29. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor Jonathan May’s magic may not have been strong enough to hold off the floodwaters when his Magic Show was...
Weekly Commissioners meeting
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting was opened to public input. There was no public input.Highway Superintendent Kent Austin presented fuel quotes. A motion was made to accept the gas quotes. The motion passed. He also provided an update on the road paving that...
Randy Wirt
68Parker, SDSeptember 20, 2024Randy Wirt, 68 of Parker, passed away on September 20, 2024 at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at Grace Lutheran Church, Parker. Arrangements provided by...
Rhoda Ann (Gaddis) Fredricks
77Viborg, SDSeptember 16, 2024Rhoda Ann (Gaddis) Fredricks, age 77, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2024 at Good Samaritan Society – Canistota. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at The Church of Nazarene (226 N. Main...
Lorraine Schwertman Solem
85Marion, SDSeptember 20, 2024Lorraine Schwertman Solem, 85 of Marion, died Friday, September 20, 2024 at the Freeman Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2024 at the Monroe Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m....
Dale Muller
73Parker, SDSeptember 16, 2024Dale Muller, age 73 of Parker, passed away on September 16, 2024 at the Tieszen Memorial Home in Marion. Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 27, 2024 at the Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home, Parker with burial at the...
Myrtle Olfert
94Marion, SDSeptember 16, 2024Myrtle Olfert, 94, of Marion passed away on September 16 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 21, at First Church of God in Marion at 3 p.m. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 20th, in the church fellowship...
Centerville volleyball competes in Gayville Triangular
The CHS girls celebrate a big hit with smiles and high fives! (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Volleyball After a nice ten-day break of no games, Centerville was ready and trucked their way to Gayville for a triangular vs. Freeman Academy/Marion and...
Cougar XC keeps on improving
Ben Ferdig would come in 6th place in Freeman and 3rd place in Viborg. Ferdig is showing again that he is on course for a great XC season. (Photo/Submitted) Faydra Christensen| Viborg-Hurley Sports Viborg-Hurley hosted their home meet on the September 16 at the Swan...
Cougar volleyball still searching for a win
Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports It was another action-packed week of volleyball for the Viborg-Hurley Cougars, but unfortunately, they were unable to add another victory to their record. Now standing at 1-9, the team remains hopeful for a turnaround,...
Centerville Cross-Country brings home nine medals from Swan Lake meet
Tornado medal winners from the Swan Lake meet. (Front row left to right): Elijah Stake, Carter Muller, Sage Martz, and Kami Brumbaugh. (Back row): Isaac Marohl, Wyatt Brown, Izzie Eide, Emery Shubeck, and Peyton Hansen. (Photo/Submitted) Tricia Eide | Centerville...
Tornadoes football falls to Cardinals
Miles Eide celebrates in the endzone during the Dell Rapids St. Mary’s game. Eide ended up with 4 touchdowns. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Another beautiful Friday night was given to us by the football gods, as Centerville Tornadoes headed to...
Phoenix raise record to 3-2 with A-H win
A large pileup of Cubs and Phoenix players. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy raised their season record to 3-2 following a 42-0 win on the Freeman field Friday, September 20. The Phoenix accumulated 19 first downs, rushed...
Parker cross-country runs in Freeman
All the medal winners stand together after running in Freeman last week (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Pheasant cross-country team continued their busy season last week, as they faced stiff competition in Freeman. The Pheasants put together...
Cyclones spoil Parker Homecoming
The Pheasants fell to the Clark-Willow Lake Cyclones at last week’s Homecoming game. (Photo/John Fontes) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Clark-Willow Lake Cyclones overtook the Pheasants at last week’s Homecoming football game, walking away with a 36-0...
Garretson clips Parker
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports In their homecoming volleyball match, Parker was riding high, having won their last two matches back-to-back. The Garretson Blue Dragons managed to snap that streak, as they rallied ahead for a 3-0 victory, improving to 6-5 on the season....