Pencil and paper to Chromebooks and digital Zoey Hilmoe | Staff Intern Teaching students with textbooks, pencils and paper only is a thing of the past. As technology evolves, so does the teaching methods in the classrooms. Mrs. Sharon Mitchell has been teaching for...
Month: October 2021
Kings and Queens of Homecoming crowned
King John Pica and Queen Courtney Brown of St. Mary. (Photo/Tammy Chamley Tammy Chamley | Editor Monday, October 11 was the kick-off to Dell Rapids Public and St. Mary Homecoming week long celebration. Coronation was held in the gymnasiums at both schools starting at...
Central Payments expands; adds more staff
Mellissa Otten is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Central Payments. (Photo/submitted) Addy Gilbert | Staff Intern Central Payments has almost doubled their staff after planning to open a second location in downtown Sioux Falls. There is a lot of...
New business in Dell Rapids
Zoey Hilmoe | Staff Intern Dell Rapids has recently gained a new nutrition shop downtown. Nutrition Quarry has been named after the quartzite in the area. Tarah Lidel started a nutrition business in Madison, South Dakota called Strive 605. “I started learning the...
Sales Tax revenue continues to climb
Tammy Chamley | Editor The City of Dell Rapids continues to see growth in population, businesses and sales tax revenue. So far, in 2021, the City has seen a 6.1% increase through August compared to August of 2020. For the first four months of the year, the City had...
All State Choir ready to perform
Addy Gilbert & Zoey Hilmoe | Staff Interns Every school in South Dakota is able to take at least one quartet to the South Dakota All State Choir event. The number of quartets that each school can bring is based on the school’s enrollment. St. Mary High School is...
Patricia Ann Gildemeister
80 Dell Rapids, SD October 11, 2021 Patricia ‘Trish’ Ann Gildemeister, 80, of Dell Rapids, S.D., died Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Funeral services were held on Friday, Oct. 15 at Baltic Lutheran Church with interment at West...
Larry Heesch
71 Dell Rapids, SD (formerly) October 8, 2021 Larry Dean Heesch, age 71, passed away on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will begin at 2:30 PM Friday, October 15, 2021, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Dell...
Troy Trygstad
49 Dell Rapids, SD October 7, 2021 Troy Trygstad, 49, of Dell Rapids, passed away on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. His Memorial Service will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021 in the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids....
Willard Wirkus
72 Dell Rapids, SD October 10, 2021 Willard W. Wirkus, 72, of Dell Rapids, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at Riverview Healthcare Center in Flandreau, SD. His Memorial Service will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 15, 2021 in the Lutheran Church of Dell...