As the Salem community grows, the McCook Central School District is also seeing increasing numbers in the classroom. New growth brings conversations and considerations to how our school district will support this growth today and lay the foundation for the years to...
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Weathering it together!
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer As the month of May comes to an end, I feel like June is going to bring with it some interesting weather! Unlike the past couple of years there appears to be a change happening. I know that sometimes it takes a while to come full circle with...
Tax collectors
You, Me and Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent Jesus walked into Jericho for the sole purpose of seeking and saving the lost. One of the lost was a vertically challenged man named Zacchaeus. He climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus but didn’t intend to be seen by Him....
Do you like to play?
Paws for thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent While I was washing grapes, a grape fell to the floor. Immediately, our cat Marble started batting the grape around on the tile floor like it was a new toy. The round grape sped across the smooth tile with every...
More things to consider before you vote on June 4th
Letter to the Editor The investment firm BlackRock owns a large percentage of Summit Carbon Solutions. There are two kinds of tax credits available to whoever builds the pipeline. If these credits weren’t available they would never build it. The Governor and...
Paul Kostboth’s Letter to the Editor
After growing up on a small farm near Canistota in rural District 19, I have spent my entire career either working in or closely with both state and local governments. Those couple decades have also included the opportunity to work with many legislators on numerous...
J Hoffman’s Letter to the Editor
To Whom It May Concern,I am writing to express my wholehearted support for the reelection of Representative Drew Peterson for South Dakota District 19. As the Vice Chairman of the McCook Central School Board, I have had the privilege of witnessing firsthand the...
Letter to the Editor: Regarding the upcoming election:
My name is Ross Tschetter. I am a 4th generation family farmer and cattleman in between Bridgewater and Salem, SD. I am writing today in support of Drew Peterson, who is running for re-election to serve District 19 in our House of Representatives.In the many years I...
Program will explore community’s Russian roots
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the wave of Germans-from-Russia immigrants that began arriving in Dakota Territory in 1874. But the story of that migration goes back to Europe and southern Russia prior to the exodus of thousands of German-speaking people who...
Several area Memorial Day programs planned
Troy Schwans | Managing Editor Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, is a significant U.S. holiday dedicated to honoring and remembering the men and women who have died while serving in the military. Its origins date back to the Civil War era, initially...
