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Kevin De Jong grew up on his parent's (Herb and Jessie DeJong) farm west of Springfield and graduated from Avon High School in 1968. Kevin and his wife Tonia (Bechtold) also from Avon, reside in Yankton and are the parents of three children and have four grandchildren.

Where can you enjoy three days of fun? In Lake Andes, the Most Magical Place of 2021, celebrating Fish Days June 4, 5 & 6! One of the Most Wonderful events during Fish Days is the Mr. Carp and Ms. Bullhead competition. This year’s Mr. Carp & Ms.

After 47 years of providing electrical service to the Wagner community, Jim Bastemeyer, Jim's Electric, has the opportunity to turn the electrical business over to Allen Westendorf. Al was a former employee of Jim's Electric 20 years ago.

MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University recently released its spring 2021 dean’s list which includes a total of 303 university students. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a fourpoint scale.

Back Row, from left: Megan Soukup, Madalyn Kocmich, Alexa Sees, Natalie Zacharias,Cassie Stewart; middle row: David Koupal, Gage Bares, Allyson Hamilton, Keely Bares, Ashton Frank;front row: Kristen Namminga. Courtesy Photo

Wagner Community School held their commencement ceremony Saturday, May 15 at 1:30 p.m. for the Class of 2021. The school is so thankful to all the scholarship donors. The students are very fortunate to have a supportive community.

NHS: Riley Boetcher, Kyle Hare, Bradley Dangel, Apollo Weddell, Nolan Black Cloud, Avery Schacht, Jaiden Longe, Emma Hofer, Shawna Godfrey, Kali Maynard, Aaron Hummel, Chel Larson, Trinity Chaison, Bailey Johnson, Keeva Weddell and Gabriala Abdo-Smith.

Jaden Peters' hard work paid off at the LMVC Track Meet in Tyndall Tuesday, May 4th as he took the record for the highest height in South Dakota history. Track results from the Relay continued on page 9. Congratulations Jaden!! Photos by Barb Pechous

Spring is definitely in full bloom at The Flower Shop/Mensch's Retail Greenhouse. Many greenhouses in the region are filling up with Mensch's high quality plants just in time for Spring. Photo by Barb Pechous

ACDC's Varisty Track Team traveled to Menno for ERV PTAK Relays. The results are as follows: Girls 100-5th Nadia Vanzuidam 14.21 200- 3rd Josie Brouwer 28.77 5th Leah Brown 29.27 400-1st Isabella Brouwer 1:04.98, 6th Allison Muckey 1:07.67 800-7th Kalee Dykshorn 2:59.