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I was in Pickstown last summer gathering information for a story when Bill Lampman showed me an old newspaper clipping.

July 2022 marked a 388% increase in border crossings compared to July 2020 when President Trump was in office. This number is slightly down compared to June—however— July is the 17th consecutive month under Biden’s presidency that the southern border had over 150,000 illegal border crossings.

Reported by Mary Jo Parker With the 2022-23 school year starting the library takes on a new look. Summer programming was a great time of fun learning at the library, but that doesn’t mean fun learning at the library has to end.

Wagner Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting Minutes Monday, August 8, 2022 noon Two Spurs Call to Order - Lucy Leines, President, began meeting at 12:15pm Welcome Guests - CASA guests Shout Outs! - Thank you to Lavender Lane & Stems and Cells for putting together the Crazy Days Event!

Wednesday August 17th was a special day for the Wagner Rotary Club. The District Governor for District 5610 was present for our meeting. District Governors are obligated to visit each Rotary Club in their District at least once during the year of their office participation.

The Wagner City Council held a special meeting Thursday night. Following the regular business items on the agenda, members of the SD DOT joined the meeting at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the 3-lane proposed highway construction project through Wagner.

The final week of racing presented by Fort Randall Casino and Hotel was packed and our champions were named. The Manthey Farms Sport Compacts feature was won by Taylor Brown (Yankton). Not close behind was Aaron Wilson (Armour). Rounding out the top three was Brady Dufek (Armour).

Reported by David C. Isebrands, Adjutant American Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on August 18th, 2022 at the Post Home with 26 members in attendance. Commander Clayton Rados thanked the cooks for the delicious meal and then called the members to attention.

With summer winding down and Labor Day right around the corner it is time to announce the 2022 Parade Marshal, a person as familiar to the Labor Day Celebrations as the Labor Day Committee limo.

HomecomingTheme - Decades: Through the Years. Parade route will start at the school and head South 1 block, West 2 blocks to Main Street, and then North through Main Street.