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The SDSU Extension Office is pleased to announce that Michael J. Koranda has filled the role of 4-H Youth Program Advisor as of March 1. Michael will split his time between Bon Homme and Charles Mix Counties. Hours in Bon Homme County will be Wednesdays and Fridays with a rotating Tuesday. We’d like to invite you to stop by the Courthouse Annex and welcome him back to the area.
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The Wagner Area Health & Wellness Consortium held the 5th annual February Fitness Challenge. The challenge was divided into two categories: Individual Team Challenge with four-person teams and the Business Challenge. Participants gained points by doing different intensities of physical activity in 20-minute increments.
Read moreThe Wagner Rotary Club met for the first time since October 2020 at the Clubhouse on Main Street last Wednesday, March 10, 2021. This was almost a year to the date when meetings were canceled indefinitely last year as the COVID-19 Pandemic began to spread across the country.
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Roger Schroeder, Council President presented Joshua Knodel with a certificate of achievement for successful completion of the Law Enforcement Academy training and becoming a certified police officer for the City of Wagner. Courtesy Photo
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Legion Sweepstakes winner -Jeremy Ortman. Courtesy Photo
Read moreFollowing some unfortunate events in the spring of 2020 where remembrance items were removed and destroyed from the sites of local graves, local families gathered last summer at an open community meeting held at Wagner Lake to discuss the future of the ZCBJ Cemetery. Community members in attendance volunteered to serve on a newly formed board to manage the perpetual care and maintenance of the local cemetery. Research into the ZCBJ Cemetery was conducted and there no longer being a ZCBJ Lodge in Wagner, the closest lodge in Utica did not want to be responsible for a cemetery in Wagner. This gave the community board the opportunity to reorganize recently as the Wagner Cemetery Association and the former ZCBJ Cemetery winnow be known as the Wagner Cemetery. Work has been going on to transfer the care of the former ZCBJ Cemetery to the Wagner Cemetery Association. A volunteer board has been formed consisting of the following members and officers. Mike Medricky-President, Chad Peters-Vice President, Patty Frei-Secretary, Linda Youngbluth-Treasurer, Dave Robertson, Todd Johannsen and Melissa Zacharias. The Wagner Cemetery is the portion from the old original cemetery in the middle to the southern edge. St John the Baptist Catholic Church maintains their own cemetery as a separate entity on the northern end.
Read moreThe Wagner Red Raiders had five wrestlers compete at the state wrestling tournament this year. The state tournament was held in Rapid City February 25th through the 27th at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The wrestlers included Karstyn Lhotak, Jhett Breen, Bradyn Lhotak, Riley Roberts and Nolan Dvorak. We returned home with four place winners, Jhett Breen (2nd), Bradyn Lhotak (3rd), Riley Roberts (8th), Nolan Dvorak (8th), capturing a 13th place finish as a team. Our senior, Bradyn Lhotak, wrestled an excellent tournament, ending his career with a well-deserved 3rd place finish. Bradyn battled back from a tough loss in the quarterfinal bout and later avenged that loss in the third and fourth place match-up against Lucas Huser (EPJ). Bradyn has been an excellent leader for this team and will be greatly missed. There is no doubt Bradyn will continue to do great things because of his strong work ethic and drive. We wish the best of luck to Bradyn in his future endeavors. Jhett Breen wrestled a flawless state tournament, unfortunately, he ended his season after his semi-final match where he dislocated his elbow in the final seconds of the match, leaving him unable to compete in his final match. Karstyn Lhotak wrestled a very tough tournament beating his first-round opponent, Gavin Braun, in a close match. Karstyn’s record against Braun is 3-2 with each match being within a couple points. Karstyn came up just one match short from placing. Riley Roberts exceeded expectations, entering the tournament unseeded and finishing in 8th place. Riley has been fun to watch as he has shown huge improvements from the beginning of the year to the end. Nolan Dvorak is another wrestler that wrestled above his seed. Nolan was seeded tenth coming into the tournament and due to some hard fought performances he ended up on the podium with 8th place. Overall, the Wagner wrestlers had a great season and look forward to many more.
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