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Expect road closures south of Canistota

McCook County Highway Department will be replacing culverts on 446th Ave. south of Canistota. Expect closures now through the end of April, as weather permits.

Bridgewater I-90 Exit 357 bridge closing until October

Effective Monday, March 25, 2024, the 435th Avenue bridge crossing Interstate 90 is closed until sometime around October. This is commonly known as the Bridgewater/Canova I-90 Exit 357.However, the on- and off-ramps will remain open, but the bridge itself will not be...

Operation Round-Up® Grant deadline May 1

Do you know of a local organization that could use $250 to $3,000? Applications for Central Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up® grant program are due May 1, 2024. Through Operation Round-Up, local groups and non-profit organizations can request funding for...

Letter to the Editor

In McCook County in the Bridgewater-Emery School District there are 641 registered voters. Hutchinson County has 75 registered voters in the school district and Hanson County has 1921 registered voters in the Bridgewater-Emery School District.I ask the question, “How...

Cheap seeds vs. expensive seeds:Is there a difference?

Garden to go Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener This is a common question that even the most seasoned gardeners debate: Are expensive seeds of better quality than cheap seeds? There is no shortage of companies that sell seeds at a premium rate; however, on the...

Do cats smile?

Paws for Thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent Cats not only smile, sometimes I think they downright laugh at us because of their superiority. As Mark Twain said, “If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.”Our cat...

Evil foreign governments should not be our neighbors

Governor Kristi Noem When you think of South Dakota, you might think about rolling fields of corn and soybeans and hills full of cattle, the Black Hills, or Mount Rushmore. You probably don’t think of the Chinese Communist Party. And that’s a good thing – we don’t...

Sliding into Easter!

Carla Snyders | NCP Writer This year Easter, a Christian celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead, will occur on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Easter is the most important date in the Christian calendar, and it’s also a major secular holiday as well.For Christians,...

Three crosses, two criminals, one Jesus

You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent “Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with Him to be executed,” Luke 23:32. This was a prophecy fulfilled in Isaiah 53:12, the Messiah would be crucified with criminals. Jesus was sinless but He would take...