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Don and Ethel Berndt of Canby, Minnesota, and their daughters, Michelle Anderson of Sioux Falls and Melissa Halsne of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Patrick Crain of North Sioux City, Mary Ann Rucktaeschel of Wagner, Carrie Mikkonen of Parkston, and Matt, Liz and Evie Eggers of Avon were guests of Dave...

A while back someone from here, that no longer lives here, made the rare trip back here for a funeral. He hasn’t lived in the Midwest for more than fifty years now so he’s forgotten much.

South Dakota’s Fallen Hero Bridge program dedicates state bridges to South Dakotans who were killed in action while serving their country or classified as missing in action. These young men and women, so young and in such a short time, met their destiny on far off battlefields.

Joshua Kaczor – 74 Tammy Swanson – 69 Michael Dangel – 91 Challenger Joshua Kaczor and Incumbent Michael Dangel will take the oath of office at the regular board meeting on July 11, 2022. 1. The number of registered voters of the school district on the date voter registration closes – 1,314 2.

Lake Andes Fire Department did a presentation at the 4-H Safety Day. Courtesy photo.

If you haven’t noticed there have been some big changes going on at the Lake Andes Farmers Coop. Land and a building have been cleared to allow for a new 116 foot outdoor scale. The scale has been set in place and the Coop plans to have it operational for small grain harvest in a few weeks.

If your children missed Summer Programming at the Library last week it is not too late to join us! In order to attend the Incentive trip in Yankton at the conclusion of programming a student must attend 21 of the 30 sessions and complete a summer reading program.

Eleanor Anderson celebrated her 100th Birthday. She and residents and staff at Wagner Good Samaritan Society were treated to birthday cake. Pictured are, from left: Sally Medricky, Eleanor and Jeanne Uherka. Courtesy Photo.

President-Elect Becky Brunsing rang the bell with a “soft” ring (compared to President Bryan Slaba) on Wednesday, June 8th in Slaba’s absence. Our two Rotarian Pastors were also absent, so Brunsing asked Rotarian Ken Cotton to offer a prayer which he did quite nicely.

Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival on the midway and the Craft Fair & Sue Souhrada Memorial Quilt Show in the school gym kick off the 73rd Annual Czech Days celebration on Thursday, June 16th. The Tabor Bluebirds baseball game with Lesterville will be at 7:30 p.m.