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Funeral Mass for Stanley Swatek was Saturday, March 4, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wagner. Burial was in St John’s Catholic Cemetery, rural Wagner with military honors. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT COMPLETE STRUCTURAL FIRE TRAINING EXERCISE
Read moreRegular Meeting of the Avon Board of Education Monday, March 13th, 2023, 6:30 PM Board Room Join Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/4275296370?pwd=N-
Read moreIfyouareaparentofasenior high school student or an adult who lives in the community and has thought about going on to get more education and training at Mitchell Technical College, Southeast Technical CollegeorLakeAreaTechnical College, but not sure how you would pay for this education and training, then you should read on. The Yankton Sioux Tribe and Build Dakota Partnership Scholarship and the WagnerAreaandBuildDakota Partnership Scholarship are both offering full ride scholarship thatwillhelpmeetthecost of tuition, books, fees and tools needed to get trained for a wide variety of technical jobs. This information has been mentioned state wide and locally for the past few months, except now the 'deadline to apply is here'. If you have an interest in building a better future for yourself, but the lack of money has been an obstacle then you need to contact Dana Sanderson by texting him at 605-4910804 'immediately before the opportunityhasslippedaway”. Good jobs are at the end of this educational opportunity!.
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act to limit parole for violent crimes also called the “Truth in Sentencing bill”. The bill was heavily debated and supported by the State’s Attorneys, the Sheriff’s Association, and the attorney general. I supported the bill to protect the residents of South Dakota from violent crimes. The Tripp and Menno High School senior government classes and several homeSchool groups came to see us in action, as always, it’s a joy to meet thoseofourdistrict.Icannot believethereisonlyoneweek left. Time has flown by and much work is to be done and will be done.
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Avon 15 4 9 14 12 54 ACDC 10 8 14 10 6 49 Avon Pirates hosted the Andes Central/Dakota Christian Thunder team on February 27 where the Pirates defeated the Thunder in overtime to take the win 54-49.
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Every year the American Legion Auxiliary does an Americanism poem and essay contest. This year's poem theme was 'Thanking our Veterans for our Freedom' and grades 3rd through 6th were eligible to participate. This year's essay title was 'What does patriotism mean to you?' Only our 4th graders under the guidance of their language arts teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Hill participated. We appreciate all the students that took the time to participate, and their hard work representing Wagner so well with your creativity and sharing their thoughts about what Americanism means to you. The winners of the poem and essay contest will now be sent on to Districts. Poems and more photos on page 4.
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