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The Avon Pirates are the 2023 Class 9B State Champions with their big win over Faulkton Area Thursday, November 9th at the DakotaDome in Vermillion 32-30. The Pirates started off slow in the first quarter, allowing Faulkton Area to get on the scoreboard first 8-0.

The annual Veteran’s Day Program for Lake Andes was held at the Andes Central School Friday, November 10th. The program was designed and put together by the Andes Central Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) students.

Wagner Community School students honored area veterans on Friday, November 10 with a Veterans Day program held in the school gym. As veterans entered the school, FFA students welcomed them.

Wagner Raiders volleyball team is heading to State after their big win over Mobridge-Pollock 3-2 at SoDak 16. The ladies will face off against Miller at the net to start their State Volleyball action Thursday, November 16 at 6:45 MT at the Summit Arena at the Monument in Rapid City.

It’s plain and simple – only girls should play girls’ sports. This is a matter of basic biological fairness. Many Republican governors across the country have signed laws protecting girls’ sports.

Etched into stone at the Korean War Memorial are the words, “Freedom is not free.” The generations of Americans who have made immense sacrifices in service to the United States know all too well what it costs to defend our country and secure our freedoms.

On Monday, I hosted my first Level Up Youth Conference in Rapid City.

According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in the United States, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer does not just affect women. It is estimated that in 2023, 297,790 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.

How much blood flows through your joints? Would you be surprised if I told you “None”? That’s right! Inside the joint there is a clear, viscous, slippery fluid that lubricates the joint surface, but no red blood flows inside the joint. Doctors do not want to see blood in a joint.

Fall has always been my favorite season! The beautiful array of colors: red, orange, yellow and brown. Here in the Dakotas, we not only enjoy the color changing of the leaves, but we are also blessed with some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets as the weather begins to cool and harvest season begins.