Lending a helping paw

Aug 21, 2020 | Features

Almost Home Canine Rescue volunteers work toward giving pets a second chance through foster homes Katelynn Groenewald of Hartford has been a foster volunteer for over two years and has fostered over 20 dogs. As a foster, Groenewald has found that her work can truly...

Hartford welcomes new sheriff deputy

Aug 21, 2020 | News

Damian Kardas became the new sheriff deputy of Hartford on July 28. He is a California native who moved to the Sioux Falls area in 2008 for college at the University of Sioux Falls where he majored in criminal justice. (Photo/submitted) Melissa Voss | Editor After...

Teachers and parents appeal to school board on masks

Aug 21, 2020 | News

West Central has had three school board meetings since August 11 to discuss whether or not masks should be mandated within the schools.  A notion to approve the second reading the “Starting Well” plan, which included masks being worn within the school...

Lisa D. Buckneberg-Stratmeyer

Aug 21, 2020 | Obituaries

44 August 12 Worthing Lisa was born on November 19, 1975, at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, to Elmer and Cornelia (Kuhl) Stratmeyer. She attended United Baptist in Sioux Falls and in later years obtained a GED. After attending high school, Lisa married Patrick Toft,...

Clare Robert “Bob” Ollerich

Aug 21, 2020 | Obituaries

89 August 13 Dell Rapids  Bob was born in Tea on June 22, 1931, to August and Elizabeth Ollerich. His mother passed away from childbirth. His grandmother, Louise, grandfather, Paul, and his Uncle Bill raised him. They farmed near Tea until he entered the Army in...