Quarrier Corner Mr. Drew Bunkers | DRHS Principal Late night cramming sessions for what seems like an impossible test, giving that speech when you would rather eat fried worms, and applying for college or your next job. Growing up and preparing for graduation can be a...
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Snapshot South Dakota Photography Contest Is now accepting submissions
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is excited to announce the highly anticipated return of Snapshot South Dakota, a department-sponsored photography contest open to photographers of all ages. Designed to celebrate the beauty and diversity of South Dakota’s...
Letter to the Editor
What is the role of local government officials if it’s not to listen to the public and constituents that they serve?Over the past year, the Minnehaha County Commission has had numerous meetings involving Mueller Pallets and their free waste wood disposal site that was...
The Arrival Of Jesus
Pastor’s Corner Pastor Tim Valentine | Quarry Rock Church Luke 15: 1-7 (NIV)Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”Then Jesus...
Letter From the Editor
These maddening April showers may well bring Spring flowers, but before that happens they’ll cancel a lot of high school sports and clear out my pages.Neither I, your dutiful editor, nor anyone else can do much to quell the churching skies and rapid winds of South...
Dell Rapids Community Fund looks to help local community projects
Sara Stadem | Writer Do you know a local non-profit organization looking for funding assistance or are you looking to volunteer to help support those non-profit organizations? If your answer is yes to either of those questions, the Dell Rapids Community Fund might be...
Baltic 6th Grade Students Graduate D.A.R.E
Baltic sixth-grade class gathers after graduating from the D.A.R.E Program. Grace Wolff | Staff Intern Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E. as it is more commonly referred to as, is a worldwide program that was started in 1983 to help educate students from...
Libraries Across Minnehaha Celebrated National Library Week
Abby Mitchell | Staff Intern As a hub of knowledge and resources, the library is one of the most important places in any town. The first full week of April recognizes the importance of libraries by celebrating National Library Week, officially recognized as April 7-13...
New county candidates observe April 23 commission meeting
Dave Baumeister | County correspondent SIOUX FALLS – Three new county commission candidates were all on-hand Tuesday, April 23, to see how commission meetings work.While Commissioners Jean Bender and Dean Karsky both have their current terms ending at the end of this...
Historic Preservation Grant Awarded to the First National Bank of Dell Rapids
PIERRE— The First National Bank of Dell Rapids recently was awarded a matching grant from the South Dakota State Historical Society, as announced by Jenna Carlson Dietmeier, interim State Historic Preservation Officer.The grants are awarded through the State...