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Maggie Klein of Dell Rapids named to fall Deans’ List at Nebraska

College news LINCOLN, NE -- Maggie Klein of Dell Rapids has been named to the Deans’ List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.Klein, a junior majoring in psychology, was named to the Dean’s List for the College of...

AAA: Wash winter off your car or…

Costly repair bills could clean out your wallet SIOUX FALLS, SD – If you don’t wash winter off your car, costly repair bills could clean out your wallet instead. With warmer temperatures in the forecast this week, AAA South Dakota is reminding drivers to get their...

Week 3 2024 South Dakota Legislature Report

Randy Gross | 25th District Representative I have received messages from many of you regarding a variety of bills working their way through committees and on to the House or Senate for action. Your input is appreciated, and I apologize in advance if I can’t respond in...

Letter to the editor

Township Supervisors, Turner County Commissioners, Minnehaha County Commissioners and State Legislators-Thank you for your sacrificial time and efforts in so many areas. I am Peggy Hoogestraat, a resident of Germantown Township in Turner County. My husband has rural...

Week 3 of Legislative Session

By Senator Tom Pischke The 3rd week of the 2024 Legislative Session completed on January 25th. We are experiencing a very large amount of bill being introduced this year, especially in the Senate. Due to there being twice as many members in the House of...

Elections or Appointments

By Sen. Brent “B.R.” Hoffman “Democracy is the worst form of Government…except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”Winston Churchill Elections matter. Elections are central to American democracy, and in the end, most important state-level...

Quarrier Corner

Mr. Matt Larson | High School One-Act Coach The Dell Rapids High School One Act team had their regional performance at the Dakota Prairie Playhouse in Madison on Wednesday, January 24th. The team performed the play “The Customer Is Always Wrong”. They had auditions in...

Happy 100th Day!

(Photos/Grace Wolff) Baltic Elementary celebrates 100 days together this school year Grace Wolff | Staff Intern Each year, the one-hundredth day of school is celebrated by all elementary classrooms in many different ways. “Old ladies and gentlemen” flood the hallways,...

Remembering Four Chaplains Day

Sara Stadem | Editor Saturday, February 3, brings a day that many might not be too familiar with, a day that is becoming more recognized and honored and one that will be celebrated in Dell Rapids – Four Chaplains Day. The story, according to The American Legion...