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With the beginning of the 2025-26 school year the library is happy to invite children to the library after school. Reminders that if children do not attend school because of illness the library policy states they cannot visit the library until going back to school. Also those children who have appts during the school day are not able to visit the library until after school hours.
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The Wagner Rotary club held a weekly meeting on Wednesday, August 13. President Jamie Soukup called the meeting to order with a rap on the Rotary bell. Soukup then lead a prayer for our meal and mission.
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August 10 marked the seventh annual “Best of the West” county showcase held in Wessington Springs. Thirty-three counties were invited to take part in the event. Eighteen counties paid their entry fee as well as some great sponsors including: Bruns Ranch, L4L Sheep Company, Farmers and MerchantsStateBank,Rolling Hills Vet, First Dakota National Bank, Great Plains Farm Mutual Insurance, Dakota Pro Air, Ravine Creek Ranch, Simplot, JP Livestock, NLC Ranch and American Bank & Trust. All monies were paid back out to the top five in each division in cash and prizes. The planning committee consisted of Kama Bruns, Marty and Mandy Michalek, Garrett Bischoff, Steve Zoss and Jim andAudraScheel.SweetGrass Eatery served a delicious concession stand and the barn was packed with spectators. Champions from each county wereinvitedtoattendtheshowcase after winning their local county 4-H shows. Dale Knode, Yankton,SD,evaluatedtherabbits, poultry. Andrew Weber evaluated the dairy divisions. BrianWilliamsofGuthrie,OK, selectedthetopfiveinthelarge livestock divisions. Top Five Breeding Rams: Champion, KayceeScheel,Jerauld-Buffalo County; Reserve Champion Paige Olivier, Aurora County; 3rd Overall, Cason Glanzer, Beadle County; 4th Overall, Cash Fuller, Hughes Stanley County; 5th Overall, Wylie Bracha, Sanborn County. Top Five Breeding Ewes: Champion, Delaney Zoss, Sanborn County; Reserve Champion, Shaden Muller, Sully County; 3rd Overall, Brooke Howard, Aurora County; 4th Overall KamdenJunck,UnionCounty; 5th Overall, Parker Bischoff, Beadle County. Top Five Market Lambs: Champion, Shaden Muller, Sully County; Reserve Champion, Delaney Zoss, Sanborn County; 3rd Overall, BrookeHoward,AuroraCounty; 4thOverall,ParkerBischoff, Beadle County; 5th Overall, Kamden Junck, Union County. Top Five Breeding Goats: Champion,MayliForman,Beadle County;ReserveChampion, DelaneyZoss,SanbornCounty; 3rd Overall, Ryan VanDerWerff, TrippCounty;4thOverall, TayzleeMichalek,BruleCounty; 5thOverall,TenleyOlinger, Jerauld-Buffalo County. Top FiveMarketGoats:Champion, Coy Peterson, Brule County; Reserve Champion, Swayzee Dunsmore, Hand County; 3rd Overall,DelaneyZoss,Sanborn County; 4th Overall, Kaycee Scheel, Jerauld-Buffalo County; 5th Overall, Dusti Laska, Charles Mix County. Top Five Breeding Heifers: Champion, CannonReimann,HandCounty; ReserveChampion,Scarlett Radke, Sanborn County; 3rd Overall, Kenidey Effling, Hyde County; 4th Overall, Kerstynn Heim,Jerauld-BuffaloCounty; 5th Overall, Chance Blum, Brule County.
Read moreWith the beginning of school, Moms in Prayer will be starting up again. This is a Christ centered prayer ministry made of of Moms and other interested ladies desiring to pray for the students and the school. The organization was started over 30 years ago by Fern Nichols. She, along with one other lady met to pray for their children as they started school. That small beginning has grown into an International Organization that has praying groups in all 50 states and over 120 countries.
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With the start of the new school the library is looking to develop programs which encourage reading at all ages. On the state level the South Dakota Library Association has a committee that nominates books for children in the following age ranges ; grades PreK-1 for Prairie Bud, grades 2-3 for Prairie Bloom, and grades 4-5 for Prairie Pasque. The library has invested in these 12 books for each age range and is currently developing an incentive program for those students who participate.
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“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” The man who wrote those words knew a thing or two about the subject. After all, he had authored a Declaration of Independence making the bold, dangerous proclamation that the thirteen original colonies “[were], and of right ought to be, free and independent states.”
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Rural communities across South Dakota are rich with tradition, resilience, and a deep sense of place. These qualities form the backbone of our rural life. Yet in today’s rapidly changing world, our community values must be paired with an openness to new ideas. This openness is essential for our small towns to truly thrive. To become a thriving rural community, we must embrace new ways of getting things done. It also means welcoming fresh perspectives while staying grounded in our shared core values. By leading this way, rural leaders can position their communities for long-term success.
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