Grant VanAartsen

Area FFA members receive State FFA Degree

324 South Dakota FFA members will be recognized for receiving their State FFA Degree at the 97th South Dakota State FFA Convention this Friday April 4th, 2024, at 4:00 pm. Join us in helping them celebrate! You can also watch the convention live at www.sdaged.org,...

First Dakota National Bank announces changes to board members

CHANGES MADE ON FIRST DAKOTA NATIONAL BANK BOARD RIGHT: First Dakota National Bank announced changes to its Board of Directors, with Sioux Falls President Michael Ness (far right) elected Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President - Market Manager Aaron Ness...

Making sense of college costs and financial aid

That moment when your child receives an acceptance letter to a coveted college is a time to feel pride in their achievements and excited about their future. It’s also a time to make sense of the school’s price tag. That’s where financial award letters come into...

Connie Lynde

Age 82 Mitchell, SD March 25, 2025 Connie Lynde, 82, of Mitchell, SD, died March 25, 2025, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls surrounded by family. Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Mitchell with visitation one hour...

Class AA girls, Class A boys reign supreme at 3-Class Shoot-Out

Troy Schwans | Managing Editor The Class AA girls and the Class A boys topped their counterparts for bragging rights in this year’s 3-Class Shoot-Out in Salem on Saturday.High school all-star seniors from across the state and across the three classes in both boys and...

MCM archers shoot their best at 2025 GFP-NASP Tournament

NASP INDIVIDUAL MS GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS McCook Central/Montrose middle school archers, Olivia Havard (left) and Izabella Gomez (right), won individual state championships at last Friday’s 16th Annual National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Tournament in...

Dewald Receives Academic All-State Award

Daktronics and the South Dakota Association of Secondary Principals are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Academic All-State Teams. High achieving seniors from across the state apply for this distinguished honor and we are proud to recognize these...

Canistota Youth Wrestling State Medal Winners

Canistota wrestlers Callen Taylor and Tate Kunkel were able to make it to the podium this past weekend at the South Dakota AAU wrestling tournament. Callen captured 7th place going 3-2 on the weekend while Tate went 2-3 and took home 8th place. That’s a wrap on the...

MCM NASP archers compete at Tri-Valley Tournament

The McCook Central/Montrose NASP archers recently competed in the Tri-Valley Archery Club Bullseye and 3D Tournament.Congratulations to Cade Hoffman, placing both in the Bullseye and 3D MS Boys Division and to Izabella Gomez who placed in the MS Girls Bullseye...

Eleven MCM wrestlers place at State AAU Tournament

MCM PLACE WINNERS AT STATE AAU WRESTLING TOURNAMENT McCook Central/Montrose had eleven youth wrestlers make the podium at last weekend’s SDWCA State AAU Tournament in Rapid City. They were: (back, l-r) Tayton McGregor, Levi Horstman, Easton Meyer, Zach Gordon;...