Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, SD congratulates its students completing their AAS, diploma and certificates at the end of the fall 2024 semester.Among them were Mallory Iwan of Bridgewater, LPN, Diploma; Michelle Virtue of Canistota, Registered Nurse,...
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Knights to host free throw competition Jan. 5
Salem St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shoot will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2025. All boys and girls ages 9-14 encouraged to attend!Registration at 1:00 p.m. with shooting starting at 1:30.There will be a new location this year. It is at McCook Central...
Salem Community Library holiday closures and winter updates
Salem Community Library will be closed December 28 and January 4 for The Christmas and New Year’s holidays.Also, please check Facebook for any other times the library will be closed because of bad weather or school basketball or wrestling tournaments being held at the...
Meet Zane Carter, Employee of the Month at Good Sam
Zane Carter has been employed with the Good Samaritan Society-Canistota for 6 months. In those six months he has become a crucial member of the Dietary staff.Zane’s positive, can-do attitude, great words of advice, and willingness to pitch in makes him a favorite to...
Restocking Food Pantry After Remodeling
McCook County Food Pantry volunteers were busy restocking shelves after a much-needed remodeling of the food pantry building in Salem. The remodeling, which included removing of some walls and enclosing the back garage area to more than double the pantry and storage...
Weather expert predicts dry growing season for South Dakota
By Lura Roti In Farm and Ranch Country, weather gets a lot of attention. And Eric Snodgrass stands out among the climate experts farmers and ranchers follow, explained Miller rancher Andrew Canham.“Eric explains the weather in a way that I can understand,” Canham...
Do you take the time?
Paws for Thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent While preparing meals, our cat Boris watches our every move with interest, ready to pounce on anything that falls. The way he enjoys food, we’ve often thought that his favorite activity is eating. He even likes...
Another trip around the sun
You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent The Christmas tree may still be up, lights are shining bright, families are homebound. But one present remains under the tree; an overlooked gift sadly not everybody desires. The gift has been bought and paid for. It is...
And just like that 2024 comes to an end!
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer I’m not sure about you but this time of the year has always hit hard for me. I don’t remember when I have ever felt more like going back in time so I could feel and experience things a little more deeply. Yes, there are times that I wish I...
McCook County Food Pantry Wins $5,000 Donation
Thanks to a promotion by the sports retail store Scheel’s and many votes on Facebook, the McCook County Food Pantry was awarded a $5,000 donation. The money was part of a promotional giveaway campaign called the Scheels Day of Giving where $50,000 is donated to local...