Rebekah has been practicing dance she was three years old and made the decision to focus on dancing as her career when she was fourteen years old. (Photo/Submitted) Rebekah Sharples-Schmidt sets her sights on Poland, New York City Renae Hansen | Editor The love of...
Jackie Miller, who is an Assistant Cook at the school in Hurley, generously donated fresh green beans from her own garden to kick off the school’s Farm to School program. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor The Viborg-Hurley school district launched two new...
Turner County Planning and Zoning heard concerns from Hurley residents regarding a new electrical substation at their meeting last week. (Photo/Monique R. Hurtado) Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Concerned Hurley residents filled the room of last week’s Planning and...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting was called to order. A motion was made to approve the agenda. The meeting was opened to public input. There was no public input.Highway Superintendent Kent Austin came before the commissioners to provide his weekly updates.Next,...
Tunnels to Towers Foundation born from tragedy Renae Hansen | Editor There are many, many stories of bravery on one of our nation’s darkest days, September 11, 2001. Just one of those is the story of Stephen Gerard Siller. Stephen was the youngest of seven children...
Turner County had two delegates representing at the Democratic National Convention, Larry Olsen and Shane Merrill. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor Shane Merrill is well known to New Era readers as our Parker Sports Writer. He’s also well known to Parker...
Junior dragsters in the staging area Friday afternoon (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Three teams from IHRA Division 6, including Thunder Valley, Humboldt, IA and another with no members, held their event at Thunder Valley this past weekend. It was a...
Riva Sharples | Writer There are ten new faculty and staff in the Irene-Wakonda School District this year, including seven new personnel at the elementary school and three at the junior high/high school level. Here’s a brief look at those new personnel.Payton...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting was opened to public input, there was no public input.Highway Superintendent Kent Austin kicked off the meeting sharing his updates with the commissioners.Commissioner Jared Hybertson made a motion to approve the minutes from...
The DC Lynch Carnival kept fairgoers entertained. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) South Dakota’s oldest county fair, the Turner County Fair, wrapped up on Thursday, August 15. The fair included the same wide array of 4-H exhibits, food, commercial exhibits, contests and...
Renae Hansen | Editor Those who know Hannah Ferdig often wonder how she gets it all done. Not only are the Ferdigs, Hannah and husband Chris, raising five children ages 6 to 16, they also renovated and opened the Legacy Lodge in Viborg last year, and “flipped” another...
When school started in the I-W District on Wednesday, Superintendent Dave Hutchison sent out a message to parents, students, and teachers reminding them: “It takes all of us to have an awesome year!” This quote has become a guiding theme at I-W this year. Here, staff...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer Brandi Gerry of Chancellor is taking the leap and opening a microschool in Parker.Gerry has spent nearly two decades in the educational arena. She began the first half of her career as an elementary education teacher, teaching first grade...
Alan Astleford | Writer The Marion community school board held their August meeting on August 8 in the music room. All board members along with Superintendent Berens, Principal Liberman and business manager Crystal Longe were present. The formalities of conflict of...
Jean Tysdal with the plaque honoring her and husband Ron at the Tysdal-Foss building. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Building will house the new Fair Office Renae Hansen | Managing Editor Ron Tysdal may have moved on and started his own successful business, Ron’s Body Shop, in...
East River Electric Cooperative has applied for a conditional use permit for a new Turner County substation located near Hurley. (Photo/Submitted by Lynette Almond) Monique R. Hurtado | Writer At the planning and zoning meeting last month, East River Electric...
Schardin has little room to work in as he installs new gutter in bowling alley. (Photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Have you had the experience of bowling, releasing the ball onto the alley and wondering the outcome? Brad Schardin, owner of Bowlway Lanes,...
The eggs have created plenty of excitement for both young and old as the patrons wait for them to hatch. (Photo/Submitted) Renae Hansen | Editor The Viborg Public Library may be a bit nosier than usual these days, not due to the patrons but from baby chicks instead....
Alice Kvigne and Dave Bobzien have been involved with the Davis Tractor Pull for the last sixteen years. The couple gets along great…until game day, when Alice backs the Packers and Dave the Vikings. (Photo/Submitted) Alice from the Davis Bar Monique R. Hurtado |...
Monique R. Hurtado | Writer The meeting was called to order promptly at 8:30 a.m. A motion was made to approve the agenda. The motion passed. The meeting was opened to public comment, no one came forward and public comment was closed.Highway Superintendent Kent Austin...
