By Fred Lee The William H Crippen Post 62 of Humboldt held their regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 5, 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 and...
Hartford, SD- Community Blood Bank and Hartford Ace Hardware will host a community blood drive event on Tuesday, February 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. The public will have an opportunity to donate blood to help local patients in the hospital...
By Paula Jarding The Humboldt Threshers will be meeting on Sunday, February 25, 2024, at the Humboldt Fire Station at 7:00 pm. Topics to be discussed are the 2024 show and the financials. As a reminder, the 2024 show will be August 8 to 11 at the threshing site on SD...
AAA offers tips to avoid seasonal tire troubles and minimize need for a tow SIOUX FALLS, SD – Pothole season has arrived earlier than usual this year, putting drivers at greater risk of a breakdown, the need for a tow and potentially costly repairs. A recent survey by...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced that his office is seeking internship applicants for the summer in his Washington, D.C., Rapid City, Aberdeen, and Sioux Falls offices.Duties of a congressional intern will include researching...
25th District Representative Randy Gross I write this week of the Legislative session about just one topic – but it is an important one, HB1224!Abortion, women’s health, protecting the unborn and other variations of this issue are in the news and will continue to be...
Letter to the editor Have the symptoms of CO2 exposure already reached the people of South Dakota? Symptoms include rapid breathing, confusion, increased cardiac output, and elevated blood pressure.South Dakota does not have a CO2 problem. It has a low production of...
Senator Tom Pischke The 5th week of the 2023 Legislative Session wrapped up on February 9th. Our committees are busy working through the 478 bills that have been introduced throughout the Legislature. In South Dakota, every introduced bill gets a hearing in a...
Tri-Valley Elementary students decorated Valentine’s Day cards to send to local assisted living facilities and deployed military. They were able to send 100’s out to share the love!Students also may have predicted the Super Bowl with the food drive points as both...
Submitted by Danann Tirrel Thank you to the West Central PTA for the generous donation to the West Central Libraries!Hartford and Humboldt Elementary & the MS / HS Libraries were able to purchase 81 books that had been requested by students and staff.
The February Students of the Month in Mrs. Spielmann’s second grade class are: Adalynn Mataya daughter of Samantha Anderson and Alec Mataya; Tyrus Cataldo-White, son of Natalya and Kyle Gile; Camden Tracy, son of Jennifer Patten and Reed Tracy; and Aaliyah Downs,...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class were treated to a Mystery Reader on February 2, 2024. Our Mystery Reader was Jodi Cataldo. We enjoyed listening to the book, “Wild Fibonaccia”, by Joy N. Hulme. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34. Look carefully. Do you...
The students in Mrs. Spielmann’s second-grade class celebrated the 100th Day of School on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. We each brought items of 100. We also wrote about what we thought our world would be like in 100 years. We counted to 100 by two’s, fives, and tens....
Love is the Mission Guatemala helps provide much needed food to the people of Playa de Oro. (Photo/Rhonda Kelsey) Love is the Mission Guatemala will visit Playa de Oro in July, providing medical care as one of their services. (Photo/Rhonda Kelsey) Children in Playa de...
Community members were able to come together for coffee and conversation with their local legislators on Saturday, January 27, from 10-11 a.m. Coffee with your District 9 Legislators was an event held at the Gage House/Hartford Senior Citizens and put on by the...
Dave Baumeister | County Correspondent SIOUX FALLS – Kudos went to current Minnehaha County Treasurer Kris Swanson at the end of her annual report to the county commission this week.Swanson outlined changes that have been made in her office resulting in better...
The Humboldt Sharpshooters held their annual Soup Feed & Fundraiser on Saturday, January 27, from 5-7:30 p.m. The event included a soup feed and auction fundraiser. The free-will offering along with the auction helps to offset the costs for the Humboldt...
By Connie Lueth The Humboldt American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 62, was called to order on February 5, 2024, by President Lorena Dubbe with 8 members present. The meeting opened in regular form with the reading of an opening prayer by acting Chaplin, Dawn Herr. After...
Tea, SD – The South Dakota Legislature overwhelmingly approved Senate Joint Resolution 502, which provides an additional 17.07 million gallons a day (MGD) of ground water rights to the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System (L&C) for its expansion to 60 MGD that...
College news ROCHESTER, MINN. - Each semester, UMR recognizes students who have achieved high academic achievement through the Chancellor’s List. To be listed, a student must have earned a 3.666 GPA or higher and completed a minimum of 12 credits graded A-F. The...