Food assistance available for area families

Mar 27, 2020 | News

Marylou Nagel | Writer Small towns are known for caring for their citizens, and it has become more apparent in this past month.  Local businesses have reached out to help students and families with daily meals, and to aid with delivering groceries, supplies...

Schools closed

Mar 27, 2020 | News

Sarah Ebeling | Managing Editor Friday, May 1. That is the date that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem set as the date that students could potentially be back in the classroom.  During a press conference on Tuesday, March 24, Noem told reporters that due to...

Colleen M. Jesse

Mar 27, 2020 | Obituaries

58 Thursday, March 19 Hartford Colleen was born Dec. 19, 1961, in Sioux Falls, to Robert and Lois (Burkey) O’Kane. She grew up on the family farm west of Hartford. She graduated from West Central High School in 1980. She attended Nettleton Hairstyling Academy and...

Sherri Zuber

Mar 27, 2020 | Obituaries

83 Tuesday, March 24 Hartford  Sherri Camille Zender was born on Feb. 11, 1937 to Armand and Hilda (Hoscheid) Zender in Billings, Mont. She was the valedictorian of her class in 1955. Sherri continued her education in nurse’s training and worked as a hospital...

Marlys Zimmer

Mar 27, 2020 | Obituaries

94 Saturday, March 21 Marlys was born Dec. 6, 1925, at the Montrose farm home of her parents, Ferdie and Colletta (O’Hara) Erickson, and lived there until the death of her father, Ferdie, in 1936. The family, Colletta, Marlys, Bob and Colleen moved to Buffalo Township...