Lifestyle

From the Files of the Lake Andes Wave 10 YEARS AGO Andes Central held their annual Winter Awards Banquet. The event covered wrestling, basketball both boys and girls and cheerleading.

Andes Central FFAers had a great day at the FFA Lyman. The floriculture team finished 3rd. Our Livestock team finished 9th and our horse judging team finished 8th.

Kaylise Drappeau This week’s featured Andes Central senior is Kaylise Drappeau. Kaylise is the daughter of Les and Brad Drappeau. Kaylise is one of ten children and her brothers and sisters include Taylen, Tahni, Scarlette, Bradly, Justin, Dean, Tobias, Kamia and Dominique.

American Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on March 20th, 2025 with 28 members in attendance. We had two guests, Bill Peters who is running for State Commander and is the current SD State Legion Membership chairman. Also in attendance was Steve Muller, District 8 Commander.

Jim “The Barber” Dresden has been a barber for well over 40 years, but has been a part of the Wagner Community barbering for the past 40 years.

Leah Insko of Leah Insko Photography was recently named to SeniorInspire magazine’s Top 100 Photographers to Follow in 2025. This was Leah’s first time entering a contest like this and entering on a whim the day of the deadline definitely paid off.

The Wagner American Legion Auxiliary is proud to announce that Wagner’s Unit Member of the Year is Barb Kucera. Barb is a 25year member of the auxiliary. Barb’s eligibility for auxiliary membership comes from her husband, Bob, who is a Veteran of the United States Air Force.

On Wednesday, March 19th, the Wagner Rotary Club met at Two Spurs for our annual Scholar Recognition meeting. President Jordan Weber brought the bell and gave it a hearty ring to bring the meeting to order.

Charles Kocer One of this week’s featured WCS senior spotlights highlights Charles (Charley) Kocer. Charles’ parent and guardians are Charles R. Kocer Jr. along with Patrick Belling and Kesa Alexander.

The Wagner American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Greer Unit #11 has three delegates that they will be sending to 2025 Girls State. Ali Myer, Jennifer Feucht-Thooft and Romiah Heth will attend the five-day event starting on May 25th through the 29th at the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion.