88Astoria, SDJanuary 22, 2024Sherry Alberts Roth died January 22, 2024 at Clear Lake Medical Center of Parkinson’s disease. She had remained at her farm near Astoria, SD until shortly before her death when her husband’s injury required them to move to Clear Lake. She...
Irene resident Matthew Davis, his wife Brittani, and their three sons, Gunner, Jax, and Brady. Davis is a small business owner in Irene and currently serves as President of the Irene City Council (photo/provided). Riva Sharples | Writer Irene native Matthew Davis...
Elizabeth Piehl, Harley Crooks, Hadley Luke, Isabelle McConniel, Jackson Donlan, and Kallie Johnson perform at the SD State One Act Festival in Brandon. (RIGHT) Caden Tieszen, Finley McConniel, Morgan Tieszen, Avary Thomas and Emma McConniel perform at the SD State...
Lincoln Kippes looks to pass against two Hanson defenders (photo/Dave Fuller) By Shane Merrill | Sports In an exciting contest last Monday night, Parker took on Dell Rapids in prep boys basketball action and put a scare on the Quarriers, but ultimately fell 57-46....
Shayla Voelt drives against a defender during a recent game (photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports Fresh off their first win of the season, the Parker girls were back in action against Chester last week, a team they had upset a year prior. This time around...
Buseman/Wieman pace Parker By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling team came away with a first place finish last Saturday, winning the BEC/LCC tournament. Parker was led by two first place finishers, Logan Buseman at 144 and Levi Wieman staying undefeated at...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The Marion gym was buzzing with activity when it filled to the brim with happy little cheer leaders in the making. Imagine the excitement of nearly 40 bubbly girls ready to be the next Bearcat cheerleader.The Little Bearcat...
The Lady Pirates opened the girls game and outscored the Bearcats 15-40. Sieta Wiersema [14], Kallie Johnson [5] and Alexa Gortmaker defend against the Lady Pirates. (photo/Al Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer The FAM Bearcats experienced a wave of success in their...
Nolan Kolthoff goes up on a jumper. (photo/ Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Once again, the #1 Curse has struck. I remember a former basketball coach sharing that while being ranked number one is nice, she would prefer not to be in that...
Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports What a great week for our lady Cougars to end it with two wins! They have improved so much this season, and are really working hard on the court. Both teams they played,Canistota (5-9) and Corsica-Stickney (4-9) are having...
Ella works on the arm and tries to turn her opponent onto her back. Ella would place 6th at the Harrisburg tournament. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The week started off for the Viborg-Hurley/Irene Wakonda wrestling team with a...
Riva Sharples| Writer On February 2, the Irene-Wakonda Eagle girls basketball team defeated Menno 41-38, improving their season record to 3-11.Leading scorer for the Eagles was Quinn McDonald with 11 points. Madison Orr and Mady Peterson added 8 points each. Brenna...
The Irene-Wakonda girls basketball cheerleaders pose with pre-K through 1st grade cheer camp participants during Friday’s basketball game.(photo/submitted) Riva Sharples | Writer This year, 35 children participated in the Irene-Wakonda Cheerleaders’ annual kids Cheer...
Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville boys are coached by Kory Muller and assisted by Josh Morphew. The team played pool play vs Tripp/Delmont/Armour and won 48-10. Then played Burke and won 23-10. This earned them number one seed. They played number four seed...
Alec Austin gets fouled while going up for a shot vs Bridgetwater-Emery. Austin had 10 points! (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville boys basketball hosted Sioux Falls Lutheran on Monday, January 29, 2024. After a series of losses, these...
Kiylee Westra powers up for a jumper vs. Alcester. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville girls basketball back in action on the road for a double header vs Alcester Hudson. These ladies are coming off a little bit of a break so starting off...
photo by Monique R. Hurtado Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Footprints in the snow was the only lead the search and rescue team had to follow. The wind was not making it easy. The visibility was getting increasingly difficult. The wind was slowly erasing the footprints...
Theatre Board President Jeff Slack presenting a check to the V-H Backpack Program - Donna Slack (photo/submitted) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Throughout the month of December, the Lund Theatre in Viborg hosted a series of Christmas movie classics every Sunday...
Help your community by serving Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Across Turner County, the time to elect city officers and school board members has arrived. Do you have a desire to make your community or school a better place but don’t know what the process...
