Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor of The New Era Spring is just around the corner and with it comes clean-up. This is the time of year when landowners use fire to clean up burn pits, ditches, fields, gardens, and fence lines. It is also the time of year when fires can...
Sara Stadem | Editor Losing a loved one is a heartbreaking time that can leave someone feeling a wide range of emotions - sadness, anxious, lonely, anger, and so much more. Finding someone to lean on or talk to through that time can be comforting and help through the...
Ready to mix it up at the Membership Mixer? The Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their Membership Mixer on Thursday, March 28, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The Mixer will be held at Maple Pass Apartments & Townhomes located at 310 N. Maple Avenue in...
Lisa Miller New Century Press (NCP), parent company of The Minnehaha Messenger, named general manager, Lisa Miller, to the position of chief operating officer during a recent board of directors meeting. She replaces retiring COO Jim Hensley. Miller was also elected to...
Submitted by Donna Beck, Secretary The William H. Crippen American Legion Auxiliary Unit 62 of Humboldt, SD held their meeting Monday, March 4, 2024 in the Community Center. The meeting was preceded by a pot luck supper in observance of the Legion’s birthday....
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) kicks off the sixth year of the Nest Predator Bounty Program as part of Gov. Noem’s Second Century Initiative. The 2024 program opens for South Dakota youth under the age of 18 on March 1. The program will...
The February meeting of the Humboldt Threshers was called to order by President Keith Vockrodt with 35 members present. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were read and approved. Those members on sick call were remembered. Election of officers was held with all offices...
Submitted by Wanda Artz, Secretary Minnehaha County Farmers Union held its annual meeting at the Ed and Wanda Artz home at Touchmark in Sioux Falls, SD, on March 2, 2024.Meeting was called to order at 2 p.m. an those present recited the flag salute. Minutes of the...
County, township and municipal leaders oppose removing the “people’s” power in local government overturning 135 years of precedence in South Dakota law Pierre, SD – County commissioners, township officials, municipal leaders, concerned citizens, and landowners have...
Pierre, S.D.- A video tutorial detailing how to renew your South Dakota driver license from the comfort of your home is now available online on the Department of Public Safety’s website.“Online license renewal is a fast and convenient way to renew your license,” said...
Tea, SD – The FY24 Energy & Water Appropriations Bill that received final congressional approval by the Senate on March 8 includes $18.825 million for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System. This total includes the $6.825 million proposed by the...
Submitted by Fred Lee The William H Crippen Post 62 of Humboldt held their regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 4, 2024. Commander Chuck Dubbe opened the meeting with the salute to the Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes and treasurer’s report was read...
College news BROOKINGS, S.D. -- The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2023 semesters at South Dakota State University. Nearly 1,000 students completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program, and those requirements have been...
Submitted by JoAnne Bohl On Friday, March 8th, eight members of American Legion Post 118 and Post 62 visited the West Central High School World Geography classes and did a lesson on the history, etiquette, and proper folding of the American flag. Sharing in the...
Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Meirose read to Mrs. Spielmann’s second graders on Read Across America Day, March 1, 2024. The book she read was the classic “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss.“Do you like green eggs and ham?” asks Sam-I-am. In a house or with a mouse? In a...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class were treated to a Guest Reader on March 1, 2024. Our Guest Reader was Dr. Knight, our West Central School District’s Superintendent. We enjoyed listening to the book, “Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose,” by Dr. Seuss....
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class were treated to a Guest Reader on February 29, 2024, Read Across America Day. Our Guest Reader was our Hartford Elementary Academic Interventionist, Mrs. Gregg. We enjoyed listening to the book, “The Sneetches” by...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class were treated to a Guest Reader on Read Across America Day, March 1, 2024. Our Guest Reader was Mrs. Johnson, our Hartford Elementary librarian. We enjoyed listening to the book, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” by Dr....
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class were treated to a Guest Reader on “Read Across America Week.” Our Guest Reader was Mrs. Bahrenfuss, our Hartford Elementary Principal. On February 29, we enjoyed listening to the book, “Hooray for Diffendorfer Day”...
Celebrating Read Across America Week The Tri-Valley Mustang 3rd grade teachers embraced Dr. Suess’s “The Cat in the Hat” spirit during the Read Across America Week. (Photo/Submitted) The Mustang students had a week of celebration! The students spent a week celebrating...