Photo of the week: South Dakota students in town for the National History Day National Contest. They did exceptional work on their projects this year! (Photo/Submitted) By: Sen. Mike Rounds Last week was another busy one out in Washington. Our main focus this past...
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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...
Events in the Dell Rapids and Baltic Area:
Saturday, June 158:30 a.m.- Willow Creek Lutheran Church Men’s Coffee11 a.m.- Bread Box is Open at Quarry Rock ChurchSunday, June 164 p.m.- The Reformed Church Bible StudyMonday, June 179 a.m.- Senior Exercise @ Dell Rapids Senior Citizen Center4:30 p.m.- Food Truck...
May 2024 Meeting Minutes
Written by: Terryn Klein, Sodbuster SecretaryThe regular Sodbusters 4-H meeting was held on May 12, 2024, at 4pm with 21 members present. President Lexi Scherff called the meeting to order. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Korbin Klein and Joe Bares led the 4-H...
Minnehaha Community Water Corp Statement Due Date Misprint
Norene Frederickson (center) was inducted into the Dell Rapids Lions Club during the club’s June 6th meeting. Lion Dianne Williams (left) is Norene’s sponsor. The ceremony was conducted by Membership Chairman Lion Christine Snyder (right). (Photo/submitted by Sue...
Majority of South Dakotans want new system for primary elections
STU WHITNEY | South Dakota News Watch South Dakotans by a wide margin support a constitutional amendment that would change the way the state conducts primary elections, according to a scientific poll of 500 registered voters co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch.The...
America’s role in global affairs
Johnson with World War II veterans on the Midwest Honor Flight Rep. Dusty Johnshon BIG Update80 years ago, U.S., British, and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in a stunning display of bravery in the fight for liberty and freedom. The actions of these...