Sara Stadem | Writer Ready, set, READ! School is out and that means the 2024 Summer Reading Program is here at the Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library.According to the Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library (DRCPL) Director Brittany Moeller, registration for the summer...
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St. Mary’s High School hits the track
St. Mary’s High School track team has qualified for the state competition in multiple events. Athletes from the small Catholic High School in Dell Rapids will continue to the next meet.Madala Hanson - Girls 100, 200Brianna Griffin - Girls 100, 200Elizabeth Vogel -...
Giving the “Gift of Sight”
Submitted by Sue Hovey The Dell Rapids Lions Club wishes to thank everyone who donates their used eyeglasses. You are helping to give the “Gift of Sight” to countless others in many third-world countries! The club recently delivered 103 eyeglasses to the South Dakota...
Public advocate, defender give annual briefings at May 21 commission meeting
Dave Baumeister | County Correspondent SIOUX FALLS – When the Minnehaha County Commission met two weeks ago, commissioners heard reports from the prosecution and incarceration sides of the county’s law enforcement.This week, they heard about what county services were...
Libengood running in County Commissioner primary
Anny Libengood. Photo/submitted. Dave Baumeister | County Correspondent In last week’s paper when we published the profiles of the Republican party County Commission primary candidates, we wrote that the primary election would also be the final election for county...
Foundation Hosts First-Ever Bull Bash to Support Patient Care in Northwest Clinics
(Isabel, SD) – Polish your boots and shine those spurs, Horizon Health Care is coming to town and bringing a full-fledged bull bash.The Horizon Health Foundation is excited to announce the Cowboys Care Bull Bash, a fundraising event to keep care close to home for the...
Twenty Young Women Compete for Miss South Dakota Title May 30, 31 and June 1
Submitted by Cameron Axtmann, Media Relations May 20, 2024, Brookings, SD – Twenty young women from across the state will showcase their talents, fitness, public speaking skills, poise, and stage presence in the 77th annual Miss South Dakota competition, taking place...
Does bullying take a summer break? Not as long as cyberbullying exists!
Cher Murphy | Writer Stand for the Silent, an organization helping to stop bullying puts cyberbullying in the spotlightOKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - (May 7, 2024) – As kids around the country prepare for summer break, many parents think there will be a break from the...
June 1 nomination deadline nears
2nd annual Citizen of the Year to be chosen Submitted by Sue Hovey If not you, who? YOU know someone you admire and respect who volunteers his or her time, efforts and talents to Dell Rapids; has made a positive difference in the lives of fellow citizens; is concerned...
“Hearing is Believing”
Pastor’s Corner Pastor Randall J. Questad | Baltic and East Nidaros Lutheran Parish For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Romans 8:24-25Most...