Grant VanAartsen

It is Fair Season

The waning days of summer mean that it’s “Fair Season.” Hanson and McCook Counties both held their 4-H Achievement Days throughout the past weekend. We will be publishing those results as they become available.

Berg among SDSU Extension 4-H scholarships recipients

College News South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD) Extension is pleased to announce the winners of its 2024 4-H state-level scholarships.Fourteen youth from across the state, including Bridgewater-Emery graduate Quinton Berg, were selected to receive these...

Southeast Technical College graduates

College News Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, SD congratulates its students completing their AAS, diploma and certificates at the end of the Summer 2024 semester. A commencement ceremony was held on May 3, 2024, for spring and summer graduates.Among them...

Be aware of lane closures on Highway 42 west of Sioux Falls

Beginning this past Monday, August 5, 2024, lane closures were planned for S.D. Highway 42 from mile marker 358 (466th Avenue) to mile marker 361 (469th Avenue) west of Sioux Falls. This is right on the west edge of Sioux Falls. The closures are expected to be in...

Homemade Summertime Fun

What do you do when it’s in the 90’s with high humidity and you’re a kid enjoying summer? You make yourself a homemade slip-n-slide and have a ball cooling off like these youngsters did in Salem this weekend.

Canistota Sport Days tractor pull results

Congratulations to the competitors listed below as they were either the first or second place winners in their age group during the recent Canistota Sport Days tractor pull. Not all last names were available.4-Year-OldsGirls – 1st Joey LarsonBoys – 1st Hudsyn Aulner,...

McCook County members compete in State 4-H Horse Show

NINE McCOOK COUNTY MEMBERS COMPETE AT STATE Nine members from the McCook RoughRiders 4-H Club, including Mandi Schock (pictured), competed at the State 4-H Horse Show in Huron lately in the new DEX building. The State 4-H Horse Show was another one for the books this...

In the blink of an eye!

Carla Snyders | NCP Writer It happened so fast, all in the blink of an eye!This small statement has come to my attention quite a bit lately. It literally means something happens very quickly, without even realizing it! It would appear to me that more times than not I...

Agnes Kampshoff

Age 102 Epiphany, SD July 30, 2024 Agnes D. Kampshoff, 102, of Epiphany, SD, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Riverview Nursing Home in Flandreau, SD. Funeral mass was on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at the Church of the Epiphany in Epiphany, SD with burial at Holy...