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The Wagner Red Raiders traveled to Salem on Tuesday to take on Sioux Valley in the SoDak 16. The Red Raiders came out hot shooting the ball well from 3 and taking an early lead. The Cossacks fought back and took an 18-14 lead into the second period. Sioux Valley made 7 three point baskets in the second period and took a commanding 43-24 lead into half time. The Cossacks continued to shoot the ball well in the second half and defeated Wagner 79-49. The Red Raiders were led by Toby Zephier who had 13 points and 3 assists. Alex Cournoyer added 10 points and 6 rebounds, Dustin Honomichl scored 7 points and had 4 rebounds, Simon Freier scored 6 points, Nolan Carda added 5, Jaden Peters, Marcus Zephier, Chris Nelson and Matt Link all scored 2. Wagner finished the season 11-11.
Read moreLifeServe Blood Center, the sole supplier of blood products to more than 120 hospitals in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, is asking for donors to help with the blood supply. It doesn’t take a tragedy for hospital patients in the area to need blood donations to survive. Every day, local hospital patients need blood transfusions to survive. The only way cancer patients, premature babies, transplant recipients, and other patients can receive blood is when a generous donor rolls up their sleeve!
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Temps are rising and the sun isn’t setting at 4:30 in the afternoon — that can only mean one thing — Daylight Saving Time (DST) is here.
Read moreThe Bon Homme Community Choir is making final preparations for the 2021 Easter Cantata Performances. This year’s cantata is comprised of songs from past cantatas and new contemporary music. Our message is that of “Hope”. In the midst of our struggles and the storms of life, we will overcome. We can have Triumphant Hope, Open our eyes and see the relief... the Victory...the HOPE, that in the end, God does indeed win. Hallelujah, He is Risen.
Read moreThe Wagner Rotary Club met at the clubhouse on Main Street last Wednesday at Noon. Members were surprised to find the meeting room in disarray. The “Rotary Building” originally was the Barkl Building and consisted of three levels. The top level was home to the Duggan Hospital at one time and later was turned into apartments. The second or main level has hosted many business enterprises over the years, but The First State Bank was the first business to begin in the Barkl Building. There was an artesian well flowing on Main Street in front of this building and a watering trough was placed there for watering horses. The last occupants of the portion of the building which now houses the Rotary was Don Piroutek and his father Emil who conducted an insurance business there for many years. Don was a Rotarian, and he deeded the building to the Wagner Rotary.
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While Democrats have tried to sell their recently signed $1.9 trillion spending legislation as a COVID relief bill, the truth is it isn’t one. Just 1 percent of this bill actually goes to our top COVID priority—vaccinations — and less than 10 percent of this bill is directly related to combating the virus. There’s been a lot of talk about how this bill is a liberal wish list — which it is. But that’s almost being too generous.
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This week, the 20211egislative session came to a close. In South Dakota, we keep things short; the session lasts a maximum of 40 legislative days. Every bill gets a hearing, its opportunity to be weighed and vetted by the 105 legislators that you elect to serve you in Pierre.
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