AVERA CAREFLIGHT’S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Former Salem resident Austin Sabers was recently recognized as Avera Careflight’s Employee of the Month for March. Sabers is shown here with his children Beckham and Camden. Austin Sabers, formerly of Salem, and son of Randy...
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Chase selected as Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week
TOUCHSTONE ENERGY SCHOLAR OF THE WEEK McCook Central senior Abbie Chase accepts her scholarship check from Communications and Public Relations Manager Erica Fitzhugh. Southeastern Electric Cooperative and the McCook Central School are pleased to announce Abbie Chase...
Canistota Seniors Honored With Prestigious Awards
A MOMENT TO REMEMBER Canistota senior Brody Rosone shares a heartfelt embrace with his father, Brian, during the emotional flower presentation at Sunday’s graduation ceremony. SPICER HONORS RETIRING TEACHER IN FAREWELL ADDRESS Graduating senior Bailey Spicer delivered...
Canistota Legion Auxiliary announces Becker as Girls State delegate
Ellie Becker The Canistota Legion Auxiliary is happy to announce their 2025 Girls State delegate, Ellie Becker. Ellie is the daughter of Heath and Crystal Becker of Canistota.Ellie is the first Girls State delegate for Canistota in over 20 years!Girls State is held on...
Meet the Little Huskies Daycare employees
The former Little Learners Daycare in Emery recently underwent a name change to Little Huskies. To celebrate the daycare held an open house on April 27 and these daycare employees were on hand for a photo. They are: (l-r) Skylar Jaeger, Allison Nelson, Sarah Koerner,...
Local priest reminisces about Pope Francis
Fr. Robert Krantz Owen Reitzel | Editor The big international story recently was the death of Jorge Mario Bergoglio or as millions of Catholics knew him, Pope Francis.Pope Francis was elected the 266th Pope on March 13, 2013, and became the first Jesuit and the first...
Graduation time is near for five area high schools
Troy Schwans | Managing Editor May is a month noted for many things, including graduation, and now that the calendar has flipped to May we prepare to celebrate and honor our local high school graduates at our five local schools – Bridgewater-Emery, Canistota, Hanson,...
Montrose FFA Assembles Cake Kits for Food Pantry
At the Montrose FFA’s April chapter meeting, around 30 members put together 50 cake mix kits to donate to the McCook County Food Pantry. The kits consisted of one box of cake mix, a pan to bake the cake in, frosting, candles, a birthday card, and can of pop to use to...
SD Farmers Union celebrates Salem’s Streff Family
EUGENE AND JULIE STREFF AND FAMILY The Streff Family from Salem consists of Eugene and Julie with their sons and their families: John and Hannah with their children, Xavier, Thomas and Sebastian (left side); Mark and Katie with daughter, Bethany (expecting a baby boy...
Benefit success for Raap family
LAINEY RAAP AND PARENTS The Raap family, Andrew, Lainey and Ashlynn, are pictured at the benefit held for Lainey. Lainey was diagnosed with stage two germ cell cancer in February 2024. (Photo/Montrose-Humboldt Knights of Columbus) Sara Stadem | NCP Editor Family,...