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Creating lasting memories at Winter-Green Acres

Winter-Green Acres is located in the new industrial area of Crooks at 100 Spruce Drive. (Photo/Submitted) Winter-Green Acres can hold up to 425 guests and has several packages to choose from. (Photos/Submitted) Tammy and Ryan Winter opened Winter-Green Acres Event...

Flandreau Christian Women’s Connection to host “Be Mine” Brunch

Submitted by Elaine Hoftiezer The Flandreau Christian Women’s Connection will host a “Be Mine” Brunch Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 9:30-11:15 am at Janklow Community Center, Flandreau, SD. Cost is $7:00 inclusive. The feature will be Deon Jensen, Trent, SD showing her...

Mitchell Technical College Presidential search

MITCHELL – The Mitchell School District Board of Education and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education are pleased to announce the launch of the search for the sixth president of Mitchell Technical College.As a college with a national reputation and having...

Christianity is Not Self-Help

Pastor’s Corner Fr. Shane Stevens | St. Mary’s, Dell Rapids The Bible often challenges us with two options. The two options are not questions of preference, such as choosing vanilla or chocolate. They are questions of life and death! Early in the Bible, we have a very...

Celebrating 100 days with a mission

Bulldog 2nd grade students celebrated their 100th day with a spy mission. They had to solve six missions in order to find Zero the Hero. (Photos/Submitted)

Quarrier Corner

Mrs. Jennifer Ruesink | DRHS Guidance Counselor As schools continue to adapt to the evolving landscape of education, one topic that has gained attention is the role of standardized testing, specifically the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) test.This year students...

Rep. Leslie Heinemann

It is my honor to serve the constituents of District 25 as one of your house representatives. I was pleased to be voted into a leadership position and serve as a majority whip. I serve on the House State Affairs committee, am vice-chair of the House Health and Human...

St. Mary Carnival and Auction Kicks off with dinner celebration

600 tickets must be sold prior to drawing on March 30, 2025. Drawing will be held at a later date it this quota is not met. Must be 18 to win. The big ticket item this year for the raffle is a new 2025 Chevy Pickup. Only 1,000 tickets are available and tickets are...

Continuing to meet the burgers

The Wooden Nickel in Crooks will be featuring Bubba’s Hot Mess which is a ½ pound burger topped with pepper jack cheese, a pile of bacon, homemade pepper jelly topped with spiced coleslaw and jalapeno cream cheese on a lightly toasted bun served with waffle sweet...