Features

Gov. Noem honors Centerville as Community of the Year

Jared Hybertson of the Centerville Development Corporation accepts the Community of the Year award from Governor Kristi Noem last week. (photo/submitted) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) honored the hard work of...

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Centerville honored by Metro Area leaders

Jared Hybertson (R), Centerville’s Community and Economic Development Director accepted the award from Tyler Tordsen (L) on behalf of the community of Centerville. (photo/submitted) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Centerville is making big strides when it comes to...

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Christensen achieves National Fame

Parker Volleyball Coach Jill Christensen took her team to the State Class B Championship in 2015, but didn't stop there (photo/submitted) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Former Parker Coach Jill Christensen has been selected to the National High School Athletic...

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Parker students sweep 2024 Visual Arts Contest

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor For seven years artist and educator Dave Fuller has been taking his Parker students to the South Dakota Visual Arts Contest. Six of those seven years they returned as State Champions, and this year was no different. As usual, the...

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Swan Lake Wind Farm project proposed for Turner County

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, proposes to construct the Swan Lake Wind Project (Project) in Turner and Yankton Counties, South Dakota. The proposed project would involve construction of a 248-megawatt (MW) wind farm generating...

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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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2 take it to the top at State Wrestling

Levi Wieman representing Parker on top of the podium in the 215 weight class. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Giahna Miller representing Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda on top of the podium in the 165 weight class. (photo/Faydra Christensen)

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Kobee Strong Day Send Off

One family faces a challenge like no other Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It has been a little less than a year since the brain numbing diagnosis of cancer. A young teen with everything going for him, and his family were flattened by the news. Kobee Sherman, then a...

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Remembering Gerard

Emotions were high as Gerard’s family was presented with an engraved shotgun in his memory. Pictured (L-R) are his mom, Dawn Muller, cousin Tyler Lund, dad Paul Muller, Brady Faggard, and brother Orson Muller. (photo/submitted) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It has...

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Tom Sparrow Day

Members from the Department of Veteran Affairs presenting Sparrow with the Executive Proclamation from Governor Noem.( photo/Patricia Mahoney) Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Tom Sparrow has been a staple around the Turner County courthouse for over the last decade....

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Marion school bond fails by narrow margin

Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Last Tuesday, residents of Marion went to the polls to vote on the Marion School’s $6.5 million bond. A sixty percent majority was needed for the bond to pass; unfortunately, the yes votes barely tipped the scales at fifty-one percent....

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Bone-chilling cold, snow shuts down area

Riva Sharples | Writer Any thoughts that this year might be an easy winter were squashed last week when a major winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in the area followed by days of blizzard conditions and life-threatening cold.The multiple systems virtually shut...

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What’s next for the courthouse?

Monique R. Hurtado | writer A week before Christmas, at the weekly commissioners meeting, it was discovered that the trusses on the east side of the Turner County Courthouse had separated 19 inches. Upon hearing this, the commissioners immediately sprang into action...

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Meet Napa Brady!

The Temple family, Brittany, Lena and Brady are now the new owners of the Centerville and Parker NAPA Farm and Auto Stores (photo/RodeoReady) Centerville and Parker NAPA under new ownership Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor As of January 1, a new face will be seen...

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NAPA this is Bob…

NAPA Bob aka Bob Sneller is selling both his NAPA stores located in Centerville and Parker at the end of the year (photo/Donna Rumbaugh) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor October 15, 1988 is the day that Bob Sneller, better known as Napa Bob, but also known as Sneller...

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Christmas in the country

Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Many families have a holiday tradition to take a drive looking for Christmas light displays to ooohh and ahhhh over. Many of those families drive quite the distance to find those displays. Holiday decorating has come a long way over...

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Shock and sadness

spreads across Turner County communities in the wake of a tragic accident Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor In the early hours of Saturday morning, December 9, a tragic accident claimed the lives of three young adults from Turner County. News travels fast in tight knit...

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