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LIVE MUSIC AT THE FARMERS MARKET Locals can enjoy live music during the Downtown Hartford Farmers Market, which takes place the last Thursday of May through September from 5-8 p.m. This year’s live music lineup can be found on the Downtown Hartford Farmers Market Facebook page. (Photo/Submitted) FUN FOR EVERYONE There are a variety of free kids’ activities...
Pink Ladies to kick off summer in Humboldt
KICK OFF TO SUMMER COMING TO HUMBOLDT There will be many vendors for patrons to visit during the Kick Off to Summer event on Saturday, May 31. The Pink Ladies will be hosting the...
Local voice announces his statewide vision
HANSEN AND LEMS CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER Republican Rep. Jon Hansen has announced he will run for South Dakota governor, with Republican Karla Lems running to serve as his lieutenant...
Current News
Current News
Trojan softball gets two big wins on back-to-back days
FUTURE TROJANS CHEER ON WEST CENTRAL SOFTBALL TEAM The West Central Trojan softball team recently...
Tri-Valley baseball held hitless, falls to SF Christian
TRI-VALLEY BASEBALL WINS THREE IN THREE DAYS Mustang Mason Hemme had a double and two RBIs when...
Mustang boys second, girls sixth at Dell Rapids Track Invite
MUSTANG TRACK COMPETES AT DELL RAPIDS The Tri-Valley track team traveled to Dell Rapids on Monday,...
Mustang girls golf plays in West Central Invite
Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The Tri-Valley Mustang girls golf team traveled to Hartford for the...
Mustang track team travels to Lennox
Mustang Tyler Gibson took fifth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:07.89 at the Terry Bong Invite...
Two big innings help Tri-Valley softball to win over Beresford
Mustang Syenna Halverson had two hits, one a double with an RBI, when the Mustangs played the...
Trojan girls win, boys second at Beresford Lions Track Meet
Trojan Sarah Johnson took first place in the 3200m run at the Terry Bong Invite with a time of...
West Central baseball rolls past Tri-Valley
The West Central Trojan baseball team took on the Baltic Bulldogs on Wednesday, April 30. The...
Trojan girls golf places seventh in Dell Rapids
Trojan Ari Jacobs finished 10th individually at the Dell Rapids Invite on Tuesday, May 6, with a...
Panthers stun West Central softball in final inning
Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The Dakota Valley Panthers rallied in the bottom of the seventh for...
Tri-Valley baseball drops two on back-to-back days
Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The Tri-Valley High School baseball team played home games on...
Trojan softball wins Dak-12 tournament
During the Dak-12 Tournament, Trojan Elisabeth Miller pitched six innings, allowing one hit and...
Obituaries
Peggy Ann Berge
65 Colton, SD February 4, 2025 Peggy Ann Berge, age 65, of Colton, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A Celebration of Life open house, Peg-style, will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, at Taopi Hall in Colton. Big...
Verla A. Thompson
91 Formerly of Colton, SD May 2, 2025 Verla A. Thompson, age 91, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Colton, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 12, 2025, at First Lutheran...
Marion C. Vander Plaats
99 Colton, SD April 19, 2025 Marion C. Vander Plaats, age 99, of Colton, SD, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Dow Rummel Village and Senior Living in Sioux Falls, SD. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Faith Community Church in Colton...
Barbara J. Warne
72 Hartford, SD April 11, 2025 Barbara J. Warne of Hartford, SD, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025, at Diamond Care in Bridgewater, SD.Barbara Joan O’Kane, daughter of Robert and Lois (Burkey) O’Kane, was born February 18, 1953 in Sioux Falls, SD. She grew up on...
William Broveak
83 Sioux Falls, SD March 29, 2025 William (Bill) Broveak died March 29, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD, with his wife by his side. He was 83. William Edward Broveak was born April 23, 1941, in Sioux City, IA, to Lowell and Marie (Morgan) Broveak. He...
Joseph P. Schartz
99 Sioux Falls, SD March 28, 2025 Joseph P. Schartz, 99, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Hartford and Humboldt, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025 at Prince of Peace Retirement Community in Sioux Falls. Funeral mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025,...
Dwane Matthies
94 Hartford, SD March 6, 2025 Dwane Matthies, a devoted family man, farmer, and lifelong resident of Hartford, died on March 6, 2025, in Denton, Texas, at the age of 94. Born on December 10, 1930, in Sioux Falls, to William “WC” and Meta (Muchow) Matthies, Dwane...
Dane Christian Krull
35 Wayne, Indiana February 26, 2025 Dane Christian Krull passed away February 26, 2025 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dane was born October 31, 1989, in Omaha, Nebraska to Richard and Stephanie (Deardorf) Krull. Growing up, his family called several places home, moving to...
Sports
West Central baseball blanked by Brandon Valley
WEST CENTRAL BASEBALL CONTINUES THEIR SUCCESS The West Central baseball team has won three of their last four games, beating Tri-Valley, McCook Central/Montrose and Garretson. West Central fell to Brandon on Monday, May 12. Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The West...
Girls second, boys fifth for Trojan track in Madison
The West Central Trojan track team traveled to Madison for the Dan Barker Relays on Friday, May 9. The girls finished second with 106 points. The boys team took fifth with 72 points.Aubrey Borns won the 800m run with a time of 2:26.29. Brooklyn Sunderman won the 1600m...
Mustang softball scores big win over Huskies
MUSTANGS TAKE ON THE HUSKIES Mustang Kadence Davey had a home run and a double with two RBIs during their game on Tuesday, May 13. Tri-Valley defeated the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies 15-4. (Photo/Submitted) Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The offense came in the second...
Trojan softball gets two big wins on back-to-back days
FUTURE TROJANS CHEER ON WEST CENTRAL SOFTBALL TEAM The West Central Trojan softball team recently had a Future Trojans Night for all 8th-grade and younger softball players at West Central. They were able to join the Trojans softball team on game night, have their name...
Tri-Valley baseball held hitless, falls to SF Christian
TRI-VALLEY BASEBALL WINS THREE IN THREE DAYS Mustang Mason Hemme had a double and two RBIs when Tri-Valley played Madison/Chester. He also had three hits, one a double and three RBIs, when the Mustangs took on McCook Central. (Photo/Holly Egger) WINGEN GOES FOR THE...
Mustang boys second, girls sixth at Dell Rapids Track Invite
MUSTANG TRACK COMPETES AT DELL RAPIDS The Tri-Valley track team traveled to Dell Rapids on Monday, May 12, to compete with Mustang Corven Jensen taking sixth place in the long jump with a jump of 18’3.5.” (Photo/Submitted) Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The Tri-Valley...
Mustang girls golf plays in West Central Invite
Matt Larson | Big Sioux Media The Tri-Valley Mustang girls golf team traveled to Hartford for the West Central Invite on Monday, May 12. The team did not have a team score, but two golfers competed in the varsity tournament and one in the JV tournament.Emmie Hansen...
Mustang track team travels to Lennox
Mustang Tyler Gibson took fifth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:07.89 at the Terry Bong Invite in Canton. (Photo/Submitted) Mustang Colby McAreavey took fourth place in the long jump with a jump of 18’11” at the Terry Bong Invite in Canton on Thursday, May 1....