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Krista Dvorak is a student at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota and a member of the "NDSU Marksmanship Club." She will participate at the Collegiate National Shooting Championships in Columbus, Georgia on March 17-19th.

The Wagner Hospital Auxiliary held their monthly meeting February 27 at 1:30 p.m., with 11 members present. A check was presented to Bryan Slaba, CEO for the two packs of mannequins to be used for CPR training. This purchase was made from the quilt raffle tickets sold in 2018.

Week 8 of the 2018 Legislative Session was very busy and with eight days left, we are looking at another week of early mornings and late nights working to finalize this year’s business for the State.

This week I would like to highlight two topics that many of you have asked for more information on. First of all, Senate Bill 68 which would prohibit the intentional misbranding of lab-developed, non-meat products.

This week in the Senate was not as frantic as we skipped committee meetings on Monday because of the weather. Monday was crossover day so all of the bills that originated in the chamber had to be approved by the end of the session.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ Senators have decided to keep in place South Dakota’s presumptive probation policy for some lower-level felonies, voting Friday to reject an expensive proposal from new Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to scrap the practice.

The South Dakota Pork Producers Council is proud to award Sydney Tlam of Mount Vernon; Kristin Kotas of Emery and Alison Knutson of Centerville with a $1,000 scholarship.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) has extended the deadline for when anglers must remove their fish houses from South Dakota lakes. Anglers will not have to remove their fish houses, shelters or other structures by midnight, Thursday, Feb. 28 as was previously announced.

WHY SHOULD A VETERAN PAY FOR MEDICARE? I am a Veteran and all my Medical needs are covered by the VA. Why should I be paying for Medicare out of my monthly Social Security check?

The Andes Central School District will join districts across the state to thank school board members for their leadership and service to our local school district and community during South Dakota School Board Recognition Week from February 18-22.