So much accomplished and she’s only just beginning
KAYLE LAUCK Carla Snyders | NCP Writer Where did it begin?For Kayle Lauck, this question was an easy one to answer.It all started with spending time on her grandparents’ farm. Wayne and Karen Tuschen would undoubtedly be the first to express their pride in their granddaughter’s many accomplishments and successes.Kayle Lauck, hailing from Salem, the...
Hunter Sieverding Places in National Shooting Sports Competition
Hunter Sieverding of Spencer, SD represented South Dakota 4-H at the 2024 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships held in Grand Island, NE June 23-28, 2024. He placed third in...
Emergency Management Director updates Hanson County residents on flooding
HANSON COUNTY WORKS ON GETTING FLOOD RELIEF DOLLARS An aeriel view of 257th St. near the James River in Hanson County from earlier this summer gives an idea of the type of...
Current News
Current News
Two area long-term providers receive technology equipment grant
Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater and Leisure Living Independent and Assisted Living in Salem...
Funds raised go to mission-giving
Montrose Ice Cream Social this Sunday It’s Ice Cream Social time at the Montrose United Methodist...
McCook County Farmers Union Day Camp
Farmers Union hosted a day camp in Salem, on July 17th. Youth spent the afternoon focused on...
Caniatota Sport Days Pickleball Winners
A pickleball tournament was held on Saturday, July 13 during Canistota Sport Days. The winners...
Canistota Sport Days Bean Bag Tournament
The annual Sport Days Bean Bag Tournament in Canistota was held again this year. In the Adult...
Area Churches Host Vacation Bible School
The community came together to provide Vacation Bible School for the children on July 21-24. Area...
Dakota State announces academic honors
College News A total of 661 full-time and 188 part-time students qualified for the President’s...
Jarding among DWU’s Avera sponsorship recipients
College News Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell recently announced the latest group of nursing...
Insights from your McCook Central School Board
1. With 443 total respondents and a 33% support rate for the full project, the McCook Central...
South Dakota State Fair announces Trash to Treasure contest
The South Dakota State Fair is excited to invite people to share their creative talents by...
What happens after forgiveness
You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent A fisherman’s life in biblical times was a rough...
Letter to the Editor
Thank You for Supporting Safety at Highway 81 & Highway 18 Intersection [Meridian Corner]Thank...
Obituaries
Carol Steinmetz
Age 80 Spencer, SD July 15, 2024 Carol Steinmetz, 80, of Spencer, SD, passed away on July 15, 2024. Memorial mass was held on Saturday, July 20 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Salem. Carol Ann Bartling was born on July 5, 1944, to Alvin and Ethel (Mehlbrech)...
Mavis Christensen
Age 93 Howard, SD July 2, 2024 Mavis Mae Christensen, 93, of Howard passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at Good Samaritan Society in Howard. Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at St. John Lutheran Church in Howard with burial at St. John Lutheran...
David Tuttle
Age 82 Alexandria, SD July 18, 2024 David Tuttle, 82, of Alexandria, SD, died Thursday, July 18, 2024, at his home surrounded by his wife and six children. Funeral services were Monday, July 22, at RiverTree Church in Mitchell. A private family burial was at Tuttle...
Richard Becker
Age 76 Canistota, SD July 18, 2024 Richard Becker, 76, of Canistota, passed away on July 18th, at his home under hospice care. Funeral Services were on Wednesday, July 24th, at Bethesda Church of rural Marion. Richard Gene Becker was born on November 19, 1947 to Alvin...
Darrel Wicks
Age 76 Montrose, SD July 21, 2024 Darrel Wicks, 76, of Montrose passed away on July 21, 2024 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services are pending for later in August and will be included in a full obituary in next week’s paper.
Russel Mette
Age 64Salem, SD July 21, 2024 Russell Mette, 64, of Salem, SD, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Madison Regional Health. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 26th at Rustand-Weiland Funeral Chapel with Pastor Diane Stangohr of Beach United Methodist...
Betty Sunding
Age 87 Salisbury, NC July 12, 2024 Betty Jane Pringle Sunding, 87, of Salisbury, NC passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at her residence. Betty was born July 13, 1936, in Bridgewater, South Dakota to the late Benjamin and Susan Pringle. She worked as a registered...
Kenneth Kass
Age 82 Omaha, NE July 5, 2024 Kenneth Michael Kass was born on October 7, 1941, to Michael and Hilda (Jarding) Kass at St. Joseph Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota. He graduated from Salem St. Mary’s High School, Class of 1959. He attended the University of South...
Sports
Caniatota Sport Days Pickleball Winners
A pickleball tournament was held on Saturday, July 13 during Canistota Sport Days. The winners were: (l-r) Malachi Weber and Zach Anderson (third place), Curt Creegan and Jayne Anderson (second place), and Janine Nielsen and Drew Anderson (first place). There were a...
Canistota Sport Days Bean Bag Tournament
The annual Sport Days Bean Bag Tournament in Canistota was held again this year. In the Adult Division first place went to Michael Richardson and Wade Taylor with second place going to Drew Heinzmann and Lincoln DeKramer. In the Youth Division, Nash Ligtenberg and...
Post #41 falls to hot-hitting Baltic/Colton 15-7
ALEXANDRIA LEGION BASEBALL Alexandria’s Carter Popp prepares to swing at a pitch while teammate AJ Wilber looks on from third base in a loss against Baltic/Colton. (Photo/Owen Reitzel) Alexandria Post #41 Roundup Owen Reitzel | Editor Baltic/Colton Post #206 used a...
Canova to Host District 4B Baseball Tournament
Canova will be hosting the District 4B Amateur Baseball Tournament July 26-August 3. Locally, the Canova Gang and the Salem Cubs will be competing to advance to the State Tournament. The Gang, seeded #2, will open their game on Saturday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. when they...
Salem to host State Legion Tournament beginning next Friday
The South Dakota 2024 Class “B” Senior American Legion Baseball State Championship Tournament will be held in Salem, SD, Friday August 2 – Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Lyle Tolsma of Rapid City, Chairman of the State Athletic Commission for The South Dakota American...
SD team ties for 2nd at 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships
South Dakota’s team tied for second place for the sweepstakes award at the 2024 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships.Thirty-five youth representing South Dakota State University Extension 4-H competed at the national championships from June 24-28 in Grand...
Fourth-inning burst enough to lead Canova Gang past Salem Cubs
Salem Cubs Amateur Baseball Wrap The Canova Gang defeated the Salem Cubs 13-0 last week Tuesday thanks in part to seven runs in the fourth inning.A single by Jared Miller put Canova Gang on the board in the top of the third. The Gang scored seven runs on six hits in...
Koepsell’s big day propels Post 140 past Volga
SMC Legion Baseball Wrap Luke Koepsell collected five hits in five at bats, as SMC Post 140 (Salem/Montrose/Canova) defeated Volga Legion Post 114, 12-6, on last week Wednesday at Volga. Koepsell singled in the fourth inning, singled in the sixth inning, doubled in...