Riva Sharples | Writer The annual Haunted School, the Irene-Wakonda Music Department’s version of a Haunted House, will take place this year on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 6:30 until 9 p.m.The event is a project of music students at Irene-Wakonda, explains I-W Music...
Riva Sharples | Writer It was with some sadness that members of the Wakonda Community Club this week decided to cancel the 37th annual Santa’s Shack event, which had been scheduled to take place Sunday, Oct. 22.Cancelling the event was a tough decision, says Wakonda...
Riva Sharples | Writer Irene-Wakonda’s annual “Dig Pink” night will be held Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Irene. The annual fundraiser is a national-wide event held by volleyball teams across the nation to raise money and awareness about breast cancer and to help breast cancer...
Beth Saltzman claimed gold competing in her right arm and bronze with her left at the world championships for arm wrestling in Malaysia on September 30. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Writer When Beth Saltzman from rural Viborg picked up arm wrestling again last...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It was a bitterly cold and windy day for a parade, but that didn’t slow down the students and staff in Marion. The show must go on, as they say. So the town of Marion bundled up and carried out the events of the day last Friday.During...
Tickets for this year’s Angel Album Quilt will be on sale throughout the month of October. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Writer October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. For Brian and Rebecca Hanson, this became very personal in 2003 when they lost...
Curt and Ione Aasheim smile as the Parker students show off their pumpkins. (photo/submitted) Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Fall is here, which means cooler temperatures, falling leaves and pumpkins! Kids love pumpkins. It is the thrill of the picking just the...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The Turner County Board of Commissioners met in regular fashion on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Minutes from that meeting were released on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 and will appear in next week’s paper.There was time set aside...
Renae Hansen | Writer A third meeting to discuss the Viborg Avenue of Flags will be held on Wednesday, October 18, at 7 p.m. at the Community Center in Viborg. The public is encouraged to attend.The Avenue of Flags was damaged when a storm on Memorial Day weekend in...
Jace Jensen analyzes his next project (photo/Donna Rumbaugh) Jace Jensen of Center Point Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor Jace Jensen runs his family owned automotive sales business out of Center Point in Turner County. If you haven’t been to Center Point, now you...
Renae Hansen | Writer How fun to see Hurley City and VHHS Librarian Amy Smith meet up with two of her other librarian friends to commemorate their graduation from the library training institute by getting tattoos to celebrate the occasion. Amy’s tattoo of choice was a...
Monique R. Hurtado | Staff writer Some may know him as the “Mural Man” to others he is Mr. Fuller, but if you do not know him, most likely you have seen one of his murals in one of the many school gyms across the county. The “Mural Man” is Dave Fuller, resident Art...
Work continues on Highway 46 west of Irene. DOT officials say the project is still on task (photo/Riva Sharples). Riva Sharples | Writer The $19.3 million total reconstruction project of Highway 46 continues. South Dakota Department of Transportation officials...
-Always remember, never forget Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor September 12, 2001. The day our nation woke to the reality of what happened on Tuesday, September 11. It was the day that the citizens of our prestigious country put aside our differences and reunited as...
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor It’s an idea that gets tossed around every now and then, “Turner County needs a shooting range.” Many agree, and it has been discussed in the past, but then, like many other things, fell to the wayside during the Covid episode. ...
It is a dilemma of good sorts when your mission grows beyond your wildest dreams. Recently, Meals with a Mission of Parker was faced with the blessing of people wanting to donate meat to be used for meals, but they had no place to safely store the contributions. Now,...
Linda Holmberg | Centerville Librarian A recent donation to the Centerville Library is this vibrant quilt. The masterpiece was made by Debbie Holmberg, and donated to the library, which will be raffled off as a fund raiser. The drawing for this beautiful quilt will be...
September 18-22 Sept. 18: Pickup South of RR Tracks Sept. 19-20: Pickup East of Main Sept. 21-22: Pickup West of Main Please have rubble out a day early. Once crews go by, they will not be coming back. Will NOT pick up: Paint and household hazardous waste...
As you know, Marion school has some amazing facilities commonly sought to be used by the public/students during off-school hours and during the summer. School administration agrees that access to these areas should be available, yet, feel that adult supervision for...
One of Hans Jorgensen’s photos capturing the devastation in Davis after the tornado of 1928. By: Cheri O’Dell We will soon approach the 95th anniversary of one of Turner Counties’ worst tragedies, the Davis tornado. The museum has many pictures, taken by Hans...
