Communities join in request

Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor More than 160 municipal and county officials, including several in Minnehaha County, have signed a letter requesting Governor Noem to declare a public health emergency.  Colton, Crooks and Humboldt as well as other neighboring...

Duane Joseph Kappenman

83 Wednesday, April 1 Montrose Duane was born on Oct. 30, 1936, the last of five boys and a twin in his parents’ home north of Montrose. He attended Orland High School and graduated in 1955. He then went into the family business of farming.  Duane met and married...

James (Jim) Edwin Moore

95 Wednesday, April 1 Formerly Hartford Jim was born Jan. 4, 1925, in Stanton, Neb., to Frank Emery and Florian Alice (Dana) Moore. The fourth of six children, he grew up on farms near DeSmet and Humboldt, where he attended elementary and high school.  At...

Duane Joseph Kappenman

83 Wednesday, April 1 Montrose Duane was born on Oct. 30, 1936, the last of five boys and a twin in his parents’ home north of Montrose. He attended Orland High School and graduated in 1955. He then went into the family business of farming.  Duane met and married...

Mark Paul Mathieu

58 Colton Thursday, April 2  Mark was born April 23, 1961, to Harvey and Nancy (Oltman) Mathieu in Madison. He grew up in the Chester area and graduated from Chester High School in 1979. He then went to work on the farm and later did digging for a living. He...