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SPEARFISH… Black Hills State University has released the Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. A total of 714 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Students that achieved a 4.0 GPA are recognized with an asterisk (*).

Who thinks running is not fun? Just ask the forty-one area youth that spent 3 days attending a distance running camp on June 26-28 at the Randall Creek Recreation Area by the Fort Randall Dam.

The certification deadline for spring planted crops to the South Dakota FSA offices is July 15, 2019. Farmers and ranchers are encouraged to contact the FSA Office in Lake Andes, SD at 487-7632, ext. 2, for an appointment to timely report their crop acreages.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement which would adjust the November 1st harvest date for cover crop on prevent plant acres to September 1st.

Fort Randall Casino held their 26th Annual Indian Day Celebration Contest Powwow June 21-23 with a dance contest, drum singing contest, Jr. and Miss Indian Day Princess Contest at the Fort Randall Casino grounds but due to rain the event was later moved to the Wagner Armory.

THINKING ABOUT HEALTH The Senate Special Committee on Aging has just released one of the most damning https://www.aging.senate.

Moms tend to notice things that don't get done. I'll admit it. I'm guilty. I can drive in the driveway and see that the yard needs to be mowed. I’ll walk in the house and see the pile of shoes by the door or the laundry that needs to be folded.

JOHN 19: 25-30 This scripture is given to record the last minutes of Jesus on the cross also allowing us to know that even at His last breath and blood were leaving Him, after He had been scourged and previous beating hanging there on the cross, so badly ripped up to the point that He was...

During the 2019 Fish Days celebration a group of teammates came together to reminise. These teammates were the 1969 State B Teener Champs, the Lake Andes Teeners. It was quite a journey for the Andes Teener Baseball team back in 1969. They made the paper with quite a few wins and some losses.

Our rural communities have had an unusual year with wet conditions and flooding creating a tough farming environment. Extremely wet weather conditions, changes in road travel, difficult decisions on planting options and an uncertain Ag environment can create frustration and stress.