The Parker baseball team. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker High School baseball team will look to enter the 2025 season this year with five seniors that will look to help carry the team.Returning for Parker is head coach Trent Kuchta who...
This year’s Eagles golf team is ready for a great season with a new head coach at the helm. Makayla Mohr is in her first year leading the Eagles.This year’s team will be led by nine returning golfers: sophomores Jefferey Mellem and Abbey Hauger, freshmen Hadley...
The Irene-Wakonda track season is underway with 63 students in grades 6-12 involved in the springtime sport. Numbers for the high school squads are up slightly from 2024 and the middle school numbers are solid.Head Coach Brent Mutchelknaus is in his 37th year of...
The Parker softball team after their first practice of the season in March. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker High School softball team will enter its second year as a program this season and returning head coach Steph Jibben along with...
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Holly Peterson is the ‘hood 2025 Educator of the Year! Mrs. Peterson is a Kindergarten Teacher at Tea Area Venture Elementary School. Peterson is the daughter of Rollie and Lorraine Hanson and graduated from Centerville High School in 1989. (Photo/Solis Photography)...
Renae Hansen | Editor April is designated as Month of the Military Child, a time set aside to recognize and honor the sacrifices made by military families worldwide, especially the dependent children of military members serving at home and overseas. The New Era will...
The month of April brings elections in many of our communities, especially municipal and school board elections. Municipal elections can be held on either the second Tuesday in April, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, or the third Tuesday in June....
Parker School Board President Ransom Jones discusses a possible sports cooperative with the Marion School at a special board meeting held on Monday, March 24. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Alan Astleford | Writer and Renae Hansen | Editor Following the music concert on March...
Kindergarteners Kohyn Jacobsen, Julia Luke, and Mallory Wurtz sing and do the actions to What Kind of Band are You? (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Writer On Thursday, March 17, Viborg-Hurley Elementary School captivated their family and friends with...
Renae Hansen | Editor The Annual Meeting of the Viborg Development Corporation (VDC) was held at noon on Thursday, March 27 at the Viborg Community Center. The meeting was originally scheduled for March 20 but was rescheduled due to the Viborg-Hurley boys’ basketball...
Grades 4-6 perform at the music program in Marion on March 27. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer The Marion Elementary students presented The Very Best Pet Show Ever in the Marion school gym under the direction of Sheila Epp. Preschool through third grade...
Viborg-Hurley Seniors. (Front row) Aubree Schwartz, Charley Nelson, Natali Blair, and Jenna Graves. (Middle row) Parker Christensen, Kyla Peterson, Emma Chaussee, Jordyn Frederickson, Addy Huth, LaMiya Baker, Danica Gordon, Evelyn Ebright, and Kendra Gilbert. (Back...
61Yuma, AZ(formerly of Parker)January 17, 2025Memorial Service for Jill Nelson, 61 of Yuma, AZ, formerly of Parker, will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Grace Lutheran Church, Parker, with burial to follow at the Rosehill Cemetery. The service will be...
91Freeman, SDMarch 20, 2025Lena Wek, 91 of Freeman, passed away Thursday at the Freeman Regional Nursing Home. Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 27 at St. Boniface Catholic Church of rural Freeman.Lena Mary (Plagge) Wek was born September 5, 1933, to...
21Viborg, SDMarch 22, 2025Zackery Tyler Crelly was born August 1, 2003, in Sioux Falls, SD, to Josh Crelly and Candice Nyreen (Mehlhaff). He passed away on March 22, 2025, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Zack attended Centerville High School and...
Grace Hjelm comes down the straightaway in the 200 meter dash during Mt. Marty’s Invitational indoor track meet on Thursday, March 27. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen| Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg Hurley Cougars have participated in two indoor track...
Former Parker track standout Lexi Even stands with current Parker track star Braelyn Berens. The pair ran together at Parker High in the early 2020s. Even is now a decorated college track standout for Mount Marty in Yankton (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker...
Ava George passes the baton to Brenna Lyngstad in the girls 4x800 relay. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) The IW Eagles opened their season at the Mount Marty Invite this past Thursday. There were 40 schools in attendance with 1200+ athletes participating.Maryn Lyngstad would...
Alan Astleford | Writer As the winter sports season has run its course and the basketball champions have been crowned, activities have moved outdoors with track, golf, and baseball. The Canistota/ Freeman/ Marion Sticks had their season opener in Beresford when they...
