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Southeast Technical College graduates

College News Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, SD congratulates its students completing their AAS, diploma and certificates at the end of the Summer 2024 semester. A commencement ceremony was held on May 3, 2024, for spring and summer graduates.Among them...

Be aware of lane closures on Highway 42 west of Sioux Falls

Beginning this past Monday, August 5, 2024, lane closures were planned for S.D. Highway 42 from mile marker 358 (466th Avenue) to mile marker 361 (469th Avenue) west of Sioux Falls. This is right on the west edge of Sioux Falls. The closures are expected to be in...

Homemade Summertime Fun

What do you do when it’s in the 90’s with high humidity and you’re a kid enjoying summer? You make yourself a homemade slip-n-slide and have a ball cooling off like these youngsters did in Salem this weekend.

Canistota Sport Days tractor pull results

Congratulations to the competitors listed below as they were either the first or second place winners in their age group during the recent Canistota Sport Days tractor pull. Not all last names were available.4-Year-OldsGirls – 1st Joey LarsonBoys – 1st Hudsyn Aulner,...

McCook County members compete in State 4-H Horse Show

NINE McCOOK COUNTY MEMBERS COMPETE AT STATE Nine members from the McCook RoughRiders 4-H Club, including Mandi Schock (pictured), competed at the State 4-H Horse Show in Huron lately in the new DEX building. The State 4-H Horse Show was another one for the books this...

In the blink of an eye!

Carla Snyders | NCP Writer It happened so fast, all in the blink of an eye!This small statement has come to my attention quite a bit lately. It literally means something happens very quickly, without even realizing it! It would appear to me that more times than not I...

Jesus grieves

You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent We all know firsthand the gloom of a cemetery. When we lose a loved one it will always be a shock and no matter the age it’s always too soon. We may never recover from our grief and we may never be the same again. But if...

Do you know what you want?

Paws for Thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent If it’s related to food, our cat Boris knows he wants it … period. If a treat gripped between my thumb and finger isn’t extended to Boris quickly enough, he lurches up toward it like a dolphin performing at Sea...

SDHSAA to study success factor in high school sports

By Dana Hess For the S.D. NewsMedia Association One of the new goals for the South Dakota High School Activities Association is studying whether a success factor should be used when classifying sports teams.SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos said currently schools...

Salem Cubs earn berth in State Amateur Tournament

Seven of ten District 4B teams earned a berth in the State Amateur Baseball Tournament that began in Mitchell on Wednesday. Among them was the Salem Cubs. The Cubs started the district tournament with a win over the Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks, then suffered a defeat...