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James R. “Jim” White

90Parker, SDMarch 8, 2024James R. “Jim” White, 90 of Parker, passed away surrounded by his family on March 8, 2024 at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2024 at Grace Lutheran Church, Parker. Burial will be held at the...

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Mary Frances (Gebhart) Moore

79Sioux Falls, SDMarch 9, 2024Mary Frances (Gebhart) Moore was born November 6, 1944, in Dell Rapids, SD to Leo and Matilda (Klein) Gebhart. Surrounded by her family, Mary passed away March 9, 2024 in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 79 years. She was the oldest of their...

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Game one at the Monument

This is a team sport! And this team showed up! Congratulations to the Class B Champions Centerville Tornadoes! (photo/Tricia Eide) Centerville vs Warner Monarchs Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports They did it! The CHS Girls Basketball team qualified for the State B...

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Nelson and Gilbert make CornBelt Conference Team

Charley Nelson earned first team All Conference honors. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Congratulations to Charley Nelson and Kendra Gilbert on making the All Cornbelt Conference team. Charley made first team selection as a junior...

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Centerville Boys make history at SD16

Congratulations to the Centerville boys basketball team on earning their first SoDak 16 appearance! Back row L-R, Head Coach Bill Marquardt, Caleb Fosher, Nolan Fisher, Corbin Tople, Micah Childress, Cole Edberg, Brennan Tople, Alec Austin, Miles Eide, Covin Wattier,...

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Parker basketball coaching spot open

Shane Merrill | Sports For the fifth time in seven years, the Parker boys’ basketball program is looking for its next head coach. Mike Morran, who spent one year at the helm, submitted his resignation Monday, March 11, meaning the Pheasants will open up the job for...

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Lady Tornadoes head to State B Tournaments

Congratulations to your Girls State B Qualifiers Centerville Tornadoes! Team members are: Brady Childress, Head Coach Tucker Tornberg, Addison Buckneberg, McKenzie Carstensen, Althea Gust, MaKayla Heesch, Lillie Eide, Kiylee Westra, Tessa Eide, Emma Marshall,...

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Turner County sends two to South Dakota 16

SoDak 16 qualifying Viborg-Hurley CougarsFront- Paisley Skonvold, Maggie Kessler, Jazmyne Robinson, Bridget Benest, Morgan Patterson, Bailey Weegar, and Zoey Christensen Middle- Zac Austin, Coach Mason Madsen, Jake Austin, Braydyn Morrison, Brenner Gerdes, Andrew...

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Viborg Community rallies behind Panaia family

Jenn Panaia’s husband Joey and four children accompanied her to the University of Minnesota last year while she underwent her bone marrow transplant. The transplant failed and she will need to start the process all over again this Spring. (Photo/Submitted) Renae...

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FIRE! Call before you burn

605-764-2664 Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Spring is just around the corner and with it comes clean-up. This is the time of year when landowners use fire to clean up burn pits, ditches, fields, gardens, and fence lines. It is also the time of year when fires can...

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I-W band students score well at contest

I-W band students who attended last week’s Solo and Ensemble contest held last week in Lennox pose for a photo (photo/submitted). Riva Sharples | Writer Irene-Wakonda band students performed well at the Instrument Solo and Ensemble contest held Wednesday, Feb. 28, in...

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Car wash opens in Parker

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It has been a long wait, but the car wash in Parker has finally become a reality. It has taken six years from idea to reality, but opening day has arrived, complete with colorful changing lights and all the bells and whistles.The car...

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Gayville hall kicking off its 23rd season March 17

Riva Sharples | Writer Gayville Hall, the old-time music hall run by Wakonda resident Judi Sharples, will kick off its 23rd season Sunday, March 17, with a matinee St. Patrick’s Day-themed show. The unique music venue in Gayville, SD, has just announced its spring...

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Weekly Commissioners Meeting

March 5, 2024 Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting began with a Turner County resident, Shawn Nielsen, saying “Thank you” to the commissioners for all they have done to rebuild the Sheriff’s Department. “If you would have told me [last summer] that Jamie Buteyn and...

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Howard Plummer, Jr.

89Parker, SDFebruary 24, 2024Howard Plummer, Jr., 89 of Parker, formally of Columbia, passed away on February 24, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls. Memorial Visitation was held Monday, March 4, 2024 at the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, Parker.Howard...

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Norma Jean K Rist

78February 28, 2024Manhattan, KSNorma Jean K. Rist is safely home with her Lord and Savior. She was born in Manhattan, KS, to Dr. Myron and Audrey Kromminga, on January 8, 1946, and entered into eternal life on February 24, 2024, at the age of 78, in Lynchburg, VA, at...

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Tornadoes blow past Bearcats in Regions

FA/M’s Karter Weber holds the basketball preparing to make an overhead pass in the Region 4B basketball game in Freeman February 24. (photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer The season for FA/M Bearcats ended February 27 in Freeman when Centerville demolished...

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