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Hunter Loeffler This week’s featured Andes Central Senior is Hunter Loeffler. Hunter is the son of Tootie and Chad Loeffler. Hunter has one sibling, Ruger. During his high school years, Hunter has been involved in football, basketball, track, baseball, JAG and FFA.

DennisRuckerisbeinghonored as Lake Andes’ March Veteran of the Month. Not only is Rucker a Vietnam War Veteran, but he also served during Operation Desert Storm. Rucker enlisted in the Army on January 30, 1969 when he was 18 years old.

There are six schools that are a part of the Missouri Valley Regional Spelling Bee including Andes Central, Burke, Dakota Christian, Gregory, Platte-Geddes and South Central. Every year the regional spelling bee is held at a different school’s location.

Living on a ranch, I’ve never had much time for technology. I’ve always preferred riding a horse over online entertainment, and at work, I stick to the traditional pen-and-paper approach. However, I do rely on my phone daily.

When businesses support working parents, they're not just boosting their bottom line – they're helping prevent child abuse and neglect. In South Dakota, 72.

Well, we’re in the home stretch as they say, with two weeks left in the Session and most of the work behind us. We still have the budget to finalize but talking to our Appropriators it sounds like things are coming together and we should be able to pass a balanced budget by the end of Session.

Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 7:00 PM Wagner Community School Board Room 566 1. Opening Items 1.A. Call to Order 1.B. Pledge of Allegiance 1.C. Conflict of Interest Declaration 2. Communication Items 2.A. Community Input-- 3.

As you know since I started writing these reports to you folks, my weeks have always ended on Thursday so that I could write this article and have it to your newspaper people before 5:00 on Friday. So today I get to start my weekly report with what happened last Friday.

The American Legion Auxiliary held their annual Americanism Essay and Poetry Contests this year. The Americanism Essay’s theme was “What America the Beautiful Means to Me” and the Americanism poetry contest was “Honor Our Heros”.

This year National FFA Week is celebrated on February 15th – February 22nd. It is a week where chapters share with their school peers what FFA is and the role that FFA plays in members’ everyday lives.