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Andes Central FFA members participated in a virtual online State FFA CDE contest May 6 and 7th. Members that participated were Bradley Dangel, Ag Mechanics; Riata Bultje, Livestock, Horse; Avery Schacht, Horse, Vet Science; Seth Stluka, Horse; Abigail Svatos, Livestock; Cole Bergin, Livestock.

A thunderstorm moved in Saturday evening bringing heavy rainfalls with reports received of up to 2.8 inches.

What a difference a year makes. How can one year make so much difference? Here we are in the thick of spring planting season (many may be done when reading). A year ago, the biggest concern was “when or will we be able to plant anything?

The much anticipated 2020 racing season at Wagner Speedway will officially get underway on Saturday, June 6th beginning with the annual Car Show and Test and Tune practice night. The Car Show will be from 11am to 4 p.m., at Midtowne Oil and Wash on SD Highway 46 in Wagner.

I am a Nursing Home employee. I am a caregiver. In the past, I always struggled going to the Nursing Home. We went to visit my grandpa and I never knew what to say, how to act, and as he got to his last days I didn’t like the realization that time is short and death is something we all have to face.

The headlines have been grim. Seventeen bodies piled up in the morgue at a New Jersey nursing home. Fifty-five residents dead in Brooklyn, N.Y. In one week, 104 residents dead in a facility in western Pennsylvania and 102 dead at a home in San Antonio.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion organizations in Wagner have decided to cancel the annual Memorial Day Program.

I’m sure most of you have noticed the flags in the Wagner City Park as they wave in the breeze on Federal holidays, but do you know the story behind them?

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION OF DRAINAGE Notice is hereby given that the applicant whose name is set forth below filed application for drainage in the Office of the Charles Mix County Auditor, Lake Andes, SD.

The Charles Mix County Commission has ordered the Courthouse to be closed to the public with limited staff until further notice. We are asking all residents to conduct business with the County by mail, internet or phone.