Last Thursday evening, April 25, the older students at Montrose took their turn at presenting a spring concert. This included the Middle School Chorus (pictured here), the Honors Choir and the High School Choir.
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Mixed results for new electric bus at Hanson School
Owen Reitzel | Editor In October of 2022 the Biden Harris Administration announced the recipients of the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program. The bipartisan Infrastructure Law awarded $3,600,000 to school districts serving the communities of Alexandria, DeSmet, Garretson,...
Locals to accompany area vets on upcoming Midwest Honor Flights
On May 7th and May 21st, Honor Flight will be flying 85 American heroes on each flight to visit their memorials in our nation’s capital. Three local residents will be accompanying the Veterans on these upcoming trips.Kim Bunger-Tsosie will be traveling with her...
Piano Recital Held Sunday Afternoon
The students of Bonnie Smith and Stephanie Smith held a piano recital on Sunday afternoon, April 28, at the United Methodist Church, Montrose. Pictured around the piano are (back row) Preston Rowley, Autumn Kipp Ben Bergersen, Rosalie Bergersen, Lily Buseman, Denise...
Get your Salem city-wide rummage to the paper
Troy Schwans | Editor If you are having a rummage sale in the city of Salem or near-by rural area during the Salem Chamber of Commerce’s city-wide rummage on Thursday, May 16 and/or Friday, May 17, the Salem Chamber of Commerce would like to help you advertise your...
Peterson appointed Chairman of Legislative Study on Property Tax Assessments
Drew Peterson, a farmer and cattle producer from Salem, South Dakota, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Legislative Study on Property Tax Assessments.As Chairman, Peterson will oversee the comprehensive examination of the current property tax assessment...
Caught Up
You, Me and Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent Chaos broke with the dawn where thousands of people were watching the news discovering the number of people killed in plane crashes and reports of head on car collisions. Fireman and police stations were bombarded with...
Coffee consumption hits a 20-year high
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer This information hit the news lately and although it is astounding it really did not surprise me. Most notably though is the fact that specialty coffee is leading the way. It’s a fact that the US has always loved coffee, so it comes as no...
How do you take action?
Paws for Thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent When our cat Boris is asleep in a comfortable chair, he leaps into action if he hears the can-opener. That quickly, he’s wide awake, at our side, and ready to do whatever’s necessary to get food. Marble is...
Preparing a garden site
Garden to go Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener Most of the questions I get this time of year pertain to preparing a garden for another season of growing, or how to start a garden in a space that has never been a garden before. If you have decided to take up...