Sioux Valley Energy’s Safety Steering Committee members pose for a photo after winning the MRET Leroy Vanderpool Excellence in Safety Award. (Photo/Submitted) Co-op Awarded the 2024 Leroy Vanderpool Excellence in Safety Award Sioux Valley Energy was awarded the 2024...
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After 10-hour recount, full county hand count of ballots moved ahead on Tuesday, June 25
Around 50 Minnehaha County residents sat at tables in two rooms on the third floor of the county administration building on June 25 doing a total hand count of more than 13,000 ballots from the June 4 primary election races. While Auditor Leah Anderson originally...
Stars, Stripes & Strides for Veterans
Scan the QR code to register. Sara Stadem | Editor As the 4th of July holiday plans start to form, it might have you wondering who should host the family get together or what fireworks show to attend. Maybe thinking about your plans has you thinking about the meaning...
Local bike exchange coming to Baltic
Sara Stadem | Editorsstadem@ncppub.comAre you or someone you know in need of a bike? If so, you are in luck, the Bike Exchange is coming to a community near you!On Saturday, June 29, the Bike Exchange of Dell Rapids will be coming to the Baltic School and Community...
Summer learning at the Library
The Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library continues to keep kids activity and busy with different events throughout the summer months. For more information on the activities taking place at the Library, visit their Facebook page, Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library....
And the award goes to…
Casey McCoy named 2024 “Citizen of the Year” Submitted by Sue Hovey The Dell Rapids Citizen of the Year (COTY) award committee has chosen Casey McCoy for this year’s honor. McCoy was nominated by June Decker, who cited his generosity in sharing his time and talents to...
Baltic High Basketball player joins European Exhibition Team
Asa Thomas Metcalfe | Writer Baltic, SD - Caitlyn Pickett, a local multi-sport student athlete entering her Junior year at Baltic High School has been selected by STUDENTathleteWorld to represent the United States in the 2024 United World Games, an International...
Honor Flight
On June 5, 2024, Erik Edberg got on the plane at 3:30 a.m. to Washington D.C. as a Honor Flight Veteran and got there at 11 p.m. that night.He Went to what is called the mall in D.C. a symbol of American Demovracy. He also saw several monuments and he went to the...
Auditor’s office plans to do hand-counting audit of all primary election ballots
Dave Baumeister | County Correspondent SIOUX FALLS – On Monday, June 10, Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson told the county canvassing board that, while the election day process was conducted by the usual tabulating machines, in a state ordered audit, her office...
New landscape confronts South Dakota Republicans after political earthquake shakes incumbents
State Rep. Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, speaks in the state House chamber on Feb. 7, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) By: Joshua Haiar of South Dakota Searchlight State Rep. Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, said a political earthquake shook the Capitol on...