Pierre, S.D.-- The South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) is seeking nominations for the 2023 South Dakota Specialty Crop Producer of the Year Award. Producers and members of the public are invited to nominate a farmer who has made a significant...
Garden to Grow Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener One of the most common, yet beautiful plants of the holiday season is the Poinsettia. What used to only come in red, now comes in a wide variety of colors and custom decorative add-ons like glitter and...
New AAA study finds that despite dangers, drivers continue to engage in deadly actions on the roadway SIOUX FALLS, SD – While the holiday season is often characterized as a time of merriment and good will toward others, it can also be the season of distraction,...
The Mustang 6th graders recently kept busy with the Tower Challenge! Students researched towers, read, and learned about the tallest towers in the world. From there, the students designed and constructed their own towers from straws, pipe cleaners, and paper clips.The...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second grade class were treated to a Mystery Reader on November 29, 2023. Our Mystery Reader was Carrilee May. We enjoyed listening to the book, “How Santa Got His Job,” by Stephen Krensky. In this book we learned that when Santa was...
The West Central Library hosted a Makerspace morning on Tuesday, December 5. This Makerspace morning had middle school and high school students working cooperatively to make bags of holiday treats. They made a total of four bags, one for themselves, one to gift to...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second grade class worked on research about holidays that are celebrated around the world in our Social Studies class. They researched family traditions, fun facts, flags, the various versions of Santa Claus, as well as food and drink....
The Main Ave Casino is owned by Karen Burgers and Benjamin Parker. Burgers and Parker thought the casino would add one more option to the downtown area in Hartford. (Photo/Submitted) Main Ave Casino opens in Hartford Abby Mitchell | Staff Intern On November 15, a...
Submitted by Amy M. Farr The Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Business Meeting on Monday, November 27th at GreatLIFE Central Valley. It was a great meeting with over 40 members in attendance. During this meeting, those members in good standing...
Marylou Nagel | Writer Humboldt’s Got Heart, a community service organization, will help local families celebrate the season with Kid’s Christmas Crafts. The event will take place on Friday, December 8, from 5-8pm, at the Humboldt Fire Hall.Several festive activities...
Sara Stadem | Editor Despite the fact that it might feel as though summer was just here and school just started a short time ago, reality is that winter is right around the corner. Winter wonderland will be there before we know it and snow removal will commence....
Dave Baumeister | County Correspondent SIOUX FALLS – Commissioners praised a plan from county auditor Leah Anderson to “define and adjust election precinct boundaries” during this week’s Minnehaha County Commission meeting.The impetus for the auditor’ office to make a...
Turkey Hunters CarePictured (left to right) is Greg Boddicker, Barb Foote (Humboldt Food Pantry) & Byron Dietsch. Recently, the CVSG donated ten turkeys to each of the local food banks in Hartford and Humboldt. (Photo/Submitted) Hartford & Humboldt, SD: The...
The holiday season is one of the best times of the year! Between cooking, cleaning and keeping guests entertained, it can also be pretty demanding on your time and energy. In fact, during the holiday season, adults are five times more likely to say the level of stress...
BROOKINGS, S.D. (11/21/2023)-- Ellise Otheim, a first-year nursing student at South Dakota State University, is the recipient of a $5,000 Sanford Health Military and Veteran Scholarship.Otheim, a sophomore from Hartford, was surprised with a scholarship announcement...
Students of the MonthBrooklyn Sundermann and Cooper Ball. Chartacters of the QuarterJacob Phillips and Amelia Hawks. Student of the Month NomineesLeft to right: Grayson Pischke, Jacob Phillips and Rylan Bowles. (Photo/Submitted) Student of the Month NomineesLeft to...
Sara Stadem | Editor West Central Middle School has an award for their students to earn which is called GRIT. The acronym stands for having guts, resiliency, initiative, and tenacity. This award is given to students that are persistent, keeps working and trying even...
The Tri-Valley elementary ELL classes learned how to make pies before heading home for their Thanksgiving break. An extra bonus with this, thanks to Thrivent Financial, was that students were able to take home ingredients to make a pie with their family for...
Tri-Valley students in 4C were in charge of saving the last turkeys in the world! The students had to work in teams to decipher four different codes to save the turkeys. With effort, determination, and teamwork, everyone in 4C saved the turkeys with students and...
Dr. MacKenzie French is Hartford ChiroSport’s new chiropractor. (Photo/Submitted) Hartford’s newest chiropractor is a familiar face to the community.Dr. McKenzie French, a 2016 West Central graduate, has accepted a position with ChiroSport.French, originally from...