Month: February 2020

Local coffee shop celebrates four years

Aaron and Amie Delgado, owners of LaDelle & Fourth Coffeehouse, celebrate four years in Dell Rapids. (Photo/Sam Pickard) Tammy Chamley | Editor LaDelle & Fourth Coffeehouse celebrated four years in Dell Rapids, Saturday, February 15. Aaron and Amie Delgado...

Cootie Days changes ahead!

Tammy Chamley | Editor The American Legion Post #65 will be making some changes for the 2020 Cootie Days celebration that is held annually in June.  Dell Rapids Cootie Days will have a new carnival coming to town.  The Thomas Carnival was founded in 1928 by...

Region V FCCLA meeting held

Faithe Larson (left) ran for region officer and was elected and installed as Region 5 Chairperson for 2019-2020 and will also serve as one of the state FCCLA officers for the coming year. Veronica Vanderloo served as the Region 5 co-chairperson for the 2018-19 year...

Dell Rapids Elementary Honor Choir perfroms in Brookings

Dell Rapids students selected for the South Dakota Elementary Honor choir were (back row – left to right) Kaden Smith, Grace Weiland, Kirti Pickard, Vivica Kreul, Finn Murphy, (front row – left to right) Dylan Berg, Sylea Sykes, Declan Murphy and Madyn Lacey.  These...

DRHS National Honor Society serves at the Banquet in Sioux Falls

Dell Rapids National Honor Society served at the Banquet on Wednesday, February 12 in Sioux Falls.  NHS members (back row – left to right) are Noah Randall, Ethan Riswold, Andy Nordstrom, Riley Peter, Tyler Wood, Kade Gruis, Karsen Welbig, Drew Van Regemorter, Aspen...

Constitutions, capitols and cupcakes

Jennifer Mason Washington, D.C. and New York City - Eighth graders from Dell Rapids Middle School and St. Mary’s Secondary are about to embark on a six-day adventure to our nation’s capital and the Big Apple; with logistics and trip awesome-ness handled by World...

Dells FFA Chapter Celebrates National FFA Week, Feb 22-29

Tom Wolff | FFA Advisor The Dells FFA Chapter will celebrate National FFA Week February 22-29, 2020. National FFA Week embraces more than 90 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future. More than 700,000 members with a passion for...

Which burger will win the Battle of the Buns?

Alice Chamley | Columnist The Dell Rapids Chamber is sponsoring a Burger Battle for the month of February. Participating are Pinz, Papa’s, Norby’s and County Fair. I haven’t tried any of the burgers yet but I probably will sometime this month. They all sound...

Third quarter run lifts Quarrier Boys to victory

Drew Van Regenmorter led the Quarriers with 25 points, three rebounds and two assists against Sisseton on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (Photo/Tammy Chamley) Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media A big run to start the third quarter was enough for the Dell Rapids Quarrier boys basketball...