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319 South Dakota FFA members, including several locally, will be recognized for receiving their State FFA Degree at the 96th South Dakota State FFA Convention, Friday April 19th, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Join in live to help them celebrate or you can also watch the...

Board bulletin -The Negotiations Committee met with the McCook Central Education Association, and contracts have been approved by both groups for the 2024 - 2025 school year.-McCook Central conducted its first E-Learning Day on Monday, March 25th. The E-Learning day...

On February 20, 2024 I became unresponsive for an unknown amount of time. Because I didn’t answer my phone four times Sue Rinehart came to find me on my living room floor. That’s when I woke up. Jim Julson came about two minutes later. The Bridgewater Ambulance took...

Carla Snyders | NCP Writer As the owner of a very spoiled lap dog, I thought I would share a few jobs my dog thinks he was hired for. He doesn’t know he is a dog by the way, he just randomly runs around and barks his demands at me as we go through our days. He is...

Garden to go Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener Did you get an Easter lily for the Easter holiday and now you are left wondering what to do with it? Many people think that once the flowers fade away and the leaves start to turn yellow and wilt away that the...

Paws for thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent At bedtime, our cat Bela lies on my legs. At some point each night, I need to reposition myself and roll over. Bela is profoundly affected by the change when I roll over, because it abruptly forces him out of a...

You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent Light of the World, The Resurrection and the Life, The Bright and Morning Star, Alpha and Omega; these are a few names of grandeur given to our Lord and Savior. There is no end to Jesus’ attributes: loving, forgiving,...