Lifestyle

In October of 2023, the Wagner community heard a rumor that the old bowling alley building had been purchased and was not going to be remodeled with already established local business moving into the space.

In November of 2022, a fire at Wagner’s Good Samaritan Society caused a considerable amount of damage to several non-resident areas of the building.

10 Years Ago - 2014 Wagner summer school welcomed Miss South Dakota 2014, Meredith Gould. She presented the fourth-grade class with a presentation on her platform of “Creating a F.I.R.M. Foundation for Your Future: Financial Integrity and Responsibility Through Mentorship”.

Wagner has been blessed to have two librarians, Anne Podhradsky, Wagner Public Library Director and Nancy Reinbold, Wagner Public Library Assistant in their folds for the last 20 and 10 years respectively.

Local physicians call summertime trauma season. The need for blood rises and the number of blood donations seems to decline creating a scary situation for the community blood supply. All blood donors are being urged to donate as soon as possible.

Rotarian Jamie Soukup presided over the July 24th meeting in the absence of President Jordan Weber. He practiced before the meeting on ringing the bell, but in the end his ringing was pretty weak. More practice is needed Jamie. Rotarian Gerrit Juffer brought one guest to the meeting. Brian J.

The Annual Open Class Show will be held during the Bon Homme County 4-H Achievement Days. If you enjoy making projects or have a hobby and would like to show off your work, here is your chance! You can enter a variety of items to show.

Bon Homme had 15 members go to Huron and participate in 4-H State Horse show from July 8th through July 10th.

Colonel Robert Monfore better known as “The Colonel’s” military service spanned through three wars WWII, Korea and Vietnam. The Colonel enlisted in the Army 12 days before his 18th birthday on September 26, 1946. The Korean War began on June 25,1950 and ended on July 27, 1953.