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The Wagner Community Memorial Hospital-Avera sponsored an 11th annual 8th Grade Career Fair on Thursday, January 20 at the Wagner National Guard Armory. Partnering with the South Dakota Department of Health, the event also included “Camp Med Lanes”, which featured several different healthcare career choices. The event was coordinated by hospital employee, Connie Kaufman RN, BSN.
Read moreThe Wagner Rotary Club met on Wednesday, January 19th for its regular, but very cold, weekly meeting. President Bryan Slaba welcomed everyone and thanked them for staying even though the furnace wasn’t working and the temperature was 57 degrees. Guests were Kristina Ymker of Armour, South Dakota who currently works for Rotarian Amanda Bechen and is also an EMT for the Wagner Ambulance Service and Rotarian Rebecca Brunsing introduced her guest Roberta Haar Duke who was back visiting family from the Netherlands.
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The Wagner Lady Raiders starters take a break after working their way to a good lead to give their teammates an opportunity for some game time action. Photos and story on page 5. Photos by Barb Pechous.
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Blane Nagel and his family have been raising registered beef cattle and farming in Bon Homme County for 30+ years. Blane actively takes care of his grassland pastures utilizing rotational grazing and prescribed fire to keep the native rangeland healthy. Their operation also incorporates cover crops and cattle grazing on cropland to improve soil health. Over the years they have planted shelterbelts and installed erosion control structures. The Nagel family is well deserving of the 2020 Bon Homme County Conservation District Farmer of the Year Award.
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This week we would like to give a shout out to the local volunteer firemen. No matter the time or the weather, when the whistle blows they move into action to protect their district. The Lake Andes fire department has already been busy in the first couple weeks of the new year. They responded to a grass fire Southeast of Lake Andes on January 5th, with below zero wind chill. In negative temperatures the water doesn’t flow very good, but they got the job done. Thank you to all our area volunteer firemen for your service. Courtesy photo.
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The Wagner Pink Ladies are holding a "Queen of the Hearts" fundraiser at Dogger's every Thursday night. Tickets are on sale from 5-7 p.m., with the drawing held at 7:15 p.m. and players must be present to win!
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The Wagner girls traveled to Tyndall to take on the Bon Homme Cavaliers in girls basketball action. Wagner started out fast and never looked back taking a 14-5 lead after the first on this memorable night. Wagner would then out score Bon Homme 20-3 in the second enroute to a 59-24 victory. Wagner shot 24-54 for 44% while holding the Cavs to just 22% shooting 10-45. The Raiders controled the glass out rebounding Bon Homme 37- 24. Wagner turned over the ball 11 times compared to 17 from the Cavs. Emma Yost lead all scorers with 23 points as she would score her 1,000th career point to go along with her 10 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Lydia Yost added 15 points and 5 boards off the bench. Shalayne Nagel would chip in 6 points, grab 6 boards, dish out 4 assists and come away with 2 steals. Macy Koupal also chipped in 6 points, grabbed 4 boards and dished out 5 assists and came away with 2 steals. Sydney Cournoyer added 4 points and 3 boards. Ashlyn Koupal had 3 points, grabbed 5 boards, dished out 3 assists and had 2 blocks. Avari Bruguier rounded out the scoring with 2 points and grabbed 3 boards, dished out 2 assists and came away with 2 steals. “A great team effort on the scoring as we ended with 21 assists. We are setting up teammates for shots and knocking them down. Defensively we did a great job as they were patient and ran down the shot clock. We limited them to one shot and then got out into transition. Congratulations Emma on you huge accomplishment of scoring your 1,000th point.”
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