A tribute to a hero Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It has been 15 years since that dreadful Sunday morning when the horrifying news broke that a Turner County Deputy Sheriff had been shot and later died as a result of his injuries. Residents of Turner County were in...
Steve Hansen shows his Bracco Italiano Tanzee, who will be attending the Westminster Dog Show in New York City next week. (photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Writer Steve and Robin Hansen of Centerville will be attending the prestigious Westminster Dog Show in New York...
Chief Nettifee was recently presented with an opportunity to attend pipeline and hazmat training at TEEX (Texas A&M Extension Service). The focus of the training was pipeline hazards, hazmat response/industrial firefighting, and CO2 hazards. While there were many...
Todd Neeley | DTN Reporter CHS Inc. and Cargill signed an agreement to purchase eight Cargill grain facilities in five states. CHS said it has signed an intent-to-purchase agreement with Cargill, to “continue optimizing its enterprise supply chain while providing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Back (L-R) Head Coach Tucker Tornberg, Asst Coach Jamie Edberg, Rylie Tieman, Addison Buckneberg, Keira Austin, Emma Marshall, Lillie Eide, MaKayla Heesch. Kiylee Westra, Althea Gust, Haley Childress, Madison Carstensen, Tessa Eide, McKenzie Carstensen, Brady...
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,...
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)
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
