You, me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent Jochebed was weaving a basket together using papyrus reeds found near swampy areas along the river. Her nimble fingers worked steadily as there was no time to waste. She wiped away tears from her cheek with the back of...
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Have you ever felt cornered?
Paws for thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent I was awakened by a loud, fierce, cat shriek recently. As I bolted upright, I looked toward the direction of the sound and saw our cat Boy standing on the floor in the corner near a wooden cat-scratching ramp....
From the Senate chambers. . .
Kyle Schoenfish, District 19 senator The 2024 legislative session is almost half over with the completion of week 4.In Senate Taxation we heard Senate Bill 167, a bill to limit annual valuation increases on owner occupied homes. The change would result in increased...
From the South Dakota House
Representative Drew Peterson The last two weeks have been a flurry in the Capitol as we have efficiently worked through the bills brought before us. The hot topic bills regarding pipelines and landowners, primary vs. convention, and school vouchers are hitting...
Are we tapped out?
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer Being tapped out can mean many different things. It is easy to feel tapped out with so much we have to deal with these days! Our emotions can be overloaded and many times we wonder how to deal with them. I am sure we all have our own...
News from the Capitol
Representative Jessica Bahmuller The final number is in! January 31st was the last day to introduce individual bills and 478 have been filed. Not as many as I suspected but, still more than last year. We have much work to do.The Local Government Committee was very...
City of Salem receives $10,000 Vermillion Basin Water Development District grant
CITY OF SALEM RECEIVES $10,000 GRANT The Board of Directors of the Vermillion Basin Water Development District (VBWDD) recently awarded a $10,000.00 grant to the City of Salem. Accepting the grant check is Salem Finance Officer Lori Heumiller, receiving it from Steve...
Bridgewater-Emery advances to state one -act play festival
Bridgewater-Emery High School’s One-Act Play cast and crew of Quinton Berg, Alex Clark, Thomas Clark, Tessa DeWitt, Oscar Fink, Austin Kjetland, Brynna Koerner, Cash Martinez, Alaina Olson, Cadence Romereim, Tucker Stacken, Katrina Thon, Dylan Wollman, and Ginny Zorr...
Bridgewater-Emery School CTE Program receives grant
BRIDGEWATER-EMERY CTE PROGRAM GRANTA $1,500 grant was presented to the Bridgewater-Emery Career and Technical Education program. Picture here are: (l-r) Central Electric General Manager Ken Schlimgen, students Kenny Tschetter, Kaden Trautmann, Tucker Stacken, Corbin...
Canistota one-act advances to state
The Canistota One-Act Play received second in Region 3B with “Gossip” by Brian Hampton and will be performing at state on Thursday, February 1st at 1:45 p.m. in Brandon. This is the first time ever that Canistota One-Act has made it to state. Canistota’s state...
