The St. Mary Cardinal girls golf team made history by winning their first-ever state title at the 2025 South Dakota State Girls Golf Tournament. Team members Carley Roiger, Izzy McNaughton, Sophie McNaughton and Allie Hansen competed at the state meet held Monday and...
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Lights, camera, summer fun: Free movie matinees are back
IT’S MOVIE TIME! The Dells Theatre is once again offering their free Wednesday Summer Matinee movies. The movies are every Wednesday through August 13, starting at 2 p.m., with doors opening at 1:30 p.m. (Photo/Submitted) Sara Stadem | Editor The summer sun is out,...
St. Mary recognizes LeBrun for Teacher of the Year
TEACHER OF THE YEAR Mrs. Keri LeBrun, 8-12 English teacher at St. Mary Catholic Schools, received the Teacher of the Year award for the 2024-2025 school year. (Photo/Submitted) Phoebe Vargas | Staff Intern Each year, the St. Mary’s faculty selects a teacher they...
Congratulations Teams!
Dell Rapids Baseball Dell Rapids Softball St. Mary's Girls Golf Victory at the Plate: State Champs! The Dell Rapids baseball team captured the 2025 Class B South Dakota High School Baseball Championship on Tuesday, May 27. Dell Rapids executed a squeeze bunt play in...
Burggraff honored at inaugural Agents of Distinction awards
Tarah Burggraff, broker and owner of Landmark Realty, was honored at the 2025 Agents of Distinction Awards Ceremony, which celebrated Sioux Empire’s top 60 real estate agents of 2024. (Photo/Submitted) Sara Stadem | Editor In its inaugural year, First Dakota National...
County to start civil action to obtain court order for nuisance clean up
PUBLIC NUISANCE VIOLATION These file photos show some of the reasons the property at 46345 463rd Ave. in rural Hartford was declared a public nuisance two years ago. Current photos were not available, but the property owners won’t allow clean-up crews on their land,...
COTY nomination deadline nears
Scan the QR Code to nominate someone for the 2025 Dell Rapids Citizen of the Year Award. The deadline for the nominations is June 2. (Photo/Submitted) 3rd annual Citizen of the Year to be chosen Submitted by Sue Hovey YOU know someone you admire and respect who...
A new chapter for the 3rd Street bridge
Sara Stadem | Editor In a recent Dell Rapids City Council meeting, approval was given to move forward with the improvements on the 3rd Street bridge project, with plans to begin the project around mid-June.Banner Engineering submitted a professional service agreement...
Rolling flavors: Food Truck Mondays return
Sara Stadem | Editor Spring has arrived, summer is around the corner and the food trucks are rolling into town to Dells Auto, which means Food Truck Monday are back!Dells Auto is entering its fourth year of hosting Food Truck Monday (FTM), which kicked off this year...
Board names Rogness as new Golden West General Manager/CEO
GOLDEN WEST WELCOMES NEW GENERAL MANAGER/CEO Nick Rogness was selected by the Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative board of directors as the organization’s new General Manager and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Rogness officially began his duties on Monday, May...