86Centerville, SDMay 1, 2024Darrell was born on July 16, 1937, in Centerville, South Dakota and was the sixth child of Conrad and Serena who instilled a good work ethic in their family of five boys and one girl. He attended Centerville High School where he was a...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The weekly commissioners meeting opened with public comment. Concerned citizens came to discuss their concerns about proposed wind farms in Turner County. The first resident to share, brought up concerns about investing in a wind energy and...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor This week’s Know Your Neighbor is inspired by celebrating the 50th anniversary of EMS Week.Many people have stepped up to volunteer to answer the call when help is needed, and this edition of the paper is dedicated to thanking them for...
Andrew Madsen placed 1st in the Cornbelt Conference in high jump. (picture/ Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The annual Cornbelt Conference track meet was held in Menno on Thursday, May 9th. Competition was pretty steep with Hanson girls...
Lexi Lindemann would pitch five innings against Colman-Egan, giving up only three hits and two runs. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Cougars played two games this week, which were probably polar opposites of each other. The...
Landon Wieman, Ray Travnicek and Lauren Patten stand with their medals after the Baltic meet (photo/submitted) Travnicek Champion Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker golf team is rounding into fine form midway through the season, and looked the part as they took...
The Parker trap team gets ready for another round (photo/submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker Trap team took advantage of nice weather Saturday morning for their weekly shooting. Head coach Paul Muller noted only eight participants could attend due to...
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Just days after upsetting number two Dakota Valley, the Parker HS baseball team was back in action last week taking on Canton in Canton. The Pheasants and C-Hawks are familiar opponents in summer leagues over the years, but it was Canton...
Alan Astleford | Writer The Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix hosted the Beresford Watchdogs in Marion Monday, May 6. The Watchdogs scored three rubs in the top half of the first inning to lead 0-3. The Phoenix bounced back with three runs in the bottom half of...
A smooth handoff from Isaac Marohl to Colter Johnson. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville Track team traveled to Alcester for what could be the best weather meet to date. Although it still was a touch windy, we are not going to complain...
Centerville boys golf team takes Gold at the Great Plains Conference meet! Members pictured are l-r Cullen Pollard, Corbin Tople, Jase Brouwer, Nolan Fisher, Caleb Fisher, and Cole Edberg. Cullen Pollard also won the meet. (photo/submitted) Tricia Eide| Centerville...
Steve Hansen shows his Bracco Italiano Tanzee, who will be attending the Westminster Dog Show in New York City next week. (photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Writer Steve and Robin Hansen of Centerville will be attending the prestigious Westminster Dog Show in New York...
First place, class B, 4x400 relay team, (L-R) Izzie Eide, Emma Marshall, Lillie Eide, Emery Shubeck at Howard Wood with a time of 4:11.98. Crushing the 40 year old school record, and having a their names on the record boards! Congratulations ladies! Wow that race was...
Think again… Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Recently, eleven men in Sioux Falls were charged with online sex crimes. The internet reaches far and wide, but when the person sitting behind the keyboard is in your back yard, it makes it just a little creepier.Many...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The New Era staff have received the first place award for “Best Special Section” by the South Dakota NewsMedia Association during the Better NewsMedia Contest. The annual convention is put on by the South Dakota Newspaper...
Riva Sharples | Writer Are you looking for a special way to celebrate Mother’s Day this year?Gayville Hall, the old-time music hall located in Gayville, SD, has the perfect solution. The hall will be hosting a Mother’s Day live music show on Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m....
I-W fifth graders pose for a photo after their DARE graduation on April 23 (photo/submitted). Riva Sharples | Writer On April 23, 21 Irene-Wakonda Elementary School fifth grade students graduated from the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. For ten weeks,...
Riva Sharples | Writer Kim Johnston, secretary at I-W Elementary, will be retiring from the District at the end of this school year after 25 years of service (photo/Riva Sharples). The women on the front lines of the Irene-Wakonda School system – secretary Kim...
Students Reagan, Gabriel, and Lucas pose in front of their display about penguins during Wednesday’s Art and Science Fair at I-W Elementary (photo/Riva Sharples). Riva Sharples | Writer The annual Irene-Wakonda Elementary Art and Science Fair was held on Wednesday,...
