South Dakota State University Extension will host the 2023 Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit conference on December 12.Registration starts at 8:15 a.m., and the conference lasts from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Taopi Community Hall in Colton, South Dakota. Lunch is...
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Farm Management Minute: Harvest is time for reflection, planning
By Nicole Tonak, Instructor Fall has always been my favorite season! The beautiful array of colors: red, orange, yellow and brown. Here in the Dakotas, we not only enjoy the color changing of the leaves, but we are also blessed with some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets...
Remembering the dark day of Nov. 22, 1963
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY VISITs SOUTH DAKOTAPresident John F. Kennedy, visiting South Dakota to dedicate the recently completed Oahe Dam, greets crowds at the Pierre Municipal Airport on August 17, 1962. Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and...
DARE graduation held November 9
The McCook County Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) graduation was held on Thursday, November 9 for fifth graders across the county. Bridgewater-Emery, McCook Central and Montrose participated. Canistota held a DARE graduation ceremony previously.The DARE essay...
Hanson County Achievement Days 2023 results
Below are the results from the Hanson County 4-H Achievement Days held in Alexandria, South Dakota on August 6-7, 2023. The key is: P-Purple, B-Blue, R-Red, W-White Youth In Action Results Fashion Revue Brooklyn Schroeder 3P, 1B; Hannah Schroeder 3P, 1B; Taylor Kayser...
Bridgewater Community Ambulance receives grant from IIASD
LOCAL AMBULANCE RECEIVES $7,500 GRANTThe Bridgewater Community Ambulance has received a $7,500 grant from Independent Insurance Agents of South Dakota (IIASD) that will be used to acquire a portable defibrillator. Sue Rinehart and Jim Julson, representing the...
Hanson County Sheriff’s office to receive bodycams via grant
Owen Reitzel | Editor Thanks to a grant from the South Dakota Attorney General’s office the Hanson County Sheriff’s Office will be receiving four bodycams to replace the old cameras the office is using now.The money was available to law enforcement from a program that...
McCook County SO employees graduate from law enforcement course
BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION COURSE GRADJacob Croghan (LEFT PICTURE) and Christopher Mailloux (RIGHT PICTURE) were the two McCook County Sheriff Office employees to graduate last Thursday from the Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course at the regional...
All-way stop signs erected on Hwy. 38 near Humboldt
According to the SD Department of Transportation, the western junction of S.D. Highway 38 and S.D. Highway 19, west of Humboldt, was recently converted from a two-way stop to a permanent all-way stop.In addition to the newly installed stop signs, plaques, transverse...
Christmas at the Courthouse
Christmas at the Courthouse is open to any business, club, organization, or family in McCook County that would like to decorate a tree in the courthouse.We ask that all trees please be at the courthouse and decorated by Thursday, November 30th, 2023. Please feel free...
