Parker hosts Sixth Annual Parker Pheasant Marching Band Festival It was a rainy and gloomy day, but a great day nonetheless to fill the streets of Parker with music for the Sixth Annual Parker Pheasant Marching Band Festival on Friday, September 19. Guests were...
King Brody Johnke and Queen Natalie Girard. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad)
Roger and Lois Regehr with their Supreme Champion Ram, their Rambouillet yearling, at the 2025 South Dakota State Fair. (Photo/Submitted) “The couple that lambs together, stays together!” To say that Roger andv Lois Regehr had a successful state fair this year would...
Congratulations to Queen Tatum Lyons and King Jake Austin on being named Viborg-Hurley’s royal couple at coronation on Monday night! (Photo/Faydra Christensen)
Congratulations to Queen Katie Gutormson and King Landon Wieman on being named Parker High School’s Homecoming royalty at coronation on Monday night! (Photo/Submitted)
Andrew Jensen received a plaque for the SDACTE Teacher of the Year Award from Kelly Dunkelberger, Past SDACTE President. (Photo/Submitted) The South Dakota Association of Career and Technical Education is pleased to announce that Andrew Jenson, past agricultural...
Record Fitness was created by Elijah Waldner and Jeremiah Waldner after they both fell in love with fitness themselves. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Renae Hansen | Editor The old Marion Record building on north Broadway in Marion has found new life as well as a brand new...
The public is invited to help the Hurley Seventh-Day Adventist Church celebrate their 150th anniversary being held September 12-14. Renae Hansen | Editor The Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Hurley will be celebrating 150 years of faith and worship on September 12-14...
Renae Hansen | Editor The Dakota Protein Solutions (DPS) plant on the edge of the Freeman has been a source of contention for residents in the area for the past year, and now the Turner County Board of Adjustment has taken up the issue at their monthly meeting held on...
The Irene-Wakonda School students and staff showed their support last week, saying “Celebrating the life of our “SUPER”intendent Hutch! You will be missed greatly.” (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor The Irene-Wakonda school district is mourning the loss of...
New to the fair this year was a pop-up meet and greet with some lovable characters showing up to greet the fairgoers. Pictured is Spiderman with Taylor James Thiry, who was very excited to meet his favorite superhero. (Photo/Submitted) South Dakota’s oldest county...
Members of the Viborg-Hurley school board and staff, along with representatives from Mammoth Sports Construction, held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new athletic complex on Monday night. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Renae Hansen | Editor The Viborg-Hurley...
Come see this 1905 pumper and more at the Chancellor Fire Department 140th anniversary celebration this Saturday. (Photo/Submitted) Chancellor Fire Department gears up to celebrate anniversary Renae Hansen | Editor For 120 years now, the Chancellor Community Fire...
The new addition at the Parker School gives a nod to the past with the original sign from the old school hanging above the doors leading into the west side of the building. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Renae Hansen | Editor The students in the Parker School District will be...
Randy and Chris Wirt. (Photo/Submitted) Steve and Marci Albrecht (Photo/Submittted) The Four Best Days of Summer kicks off next week! It takes a long history of 4-H participation, agriculture, and family-friendly events to make the Turner County Fair the long-running...
The IW Intro to Cabinetry class created a ribbon in support of Superintendent Hutchison’s battle last fall. The ribbon was signed by all of the students and staff and displayed outside of the entrance to the Irene School. (Photo/Submitted) Fundraiser planned for...
Renae Hansen | Editor Hot Hurley Nights kicks off on Friday, and there are several changes taking place this year with probably the most anticipated being the return of the Burnout Contest. It’s been several years since the contest was held, but it’s back bigger and...
Ackerman Heating & Air Conditioning honored as 2025 Friends of Viborg Ackerman Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. has been named the 2025 Friends of Viborg by the Danish Days Committee. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Renae Hansen | EditorThis year, the Danish Days...
Elsey and Duncan pose with a guard in London. (Photo/Submitted) Irene-Wakonda junior Duncan Sharples-Schmidt and 2024 I-W graduate Elsey Thompson say they are forever changed, having toured Europe with the South Dakota Ambassadors of Music. The two students from...
Senior Project to raise awareness on mental health/suicide Parker High School senior Ashlynn Walton is organizing a mental health/suicide awareness run/walk/bike to be held on Sunday, August 10 at the Parker Baseball Field. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | EditorWhen...
