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With summer winding down and Labor Day right around the corner it is time to announce the 2022 Parade Marshal, a person as familiar to the Labor Day Celebrations as the Labor Day Committee limo. The 2022 Wagner Labor Day Committee would like to announce and congratulate this year’s Parade Marshal, Ken Cotton. Ken and his wife Mary have lived in Wagner for over forty years and raised four sons, (J.D., Nick, Steve, and John) here. Together the pair have been involved in numerous organizations and have made themselves pillars of our community.
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Mass of Christian Burial was Friday, August 19 at St John Catholic Church in Wagner. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral service for Adam Hoffman were Wednesday, August 17 at St. John's Lutheran Church near Dimock.
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Funeral services for Javon Ehrismann, 97, of Wagner were held Wednesday, August 17 at the United Methodist Church in Wagner. Burial was in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral service for Kenneth Van Zee, 71, was held Thursday, August 18 at Grandview Reformed Church in Armour. The committal service was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Armour. In lieu of memorials the family requests that you 'Pay it Forward' in memory of Ken. Arrangements by Koehn Bros. Funeral Home in Armour.
Read moreReported by David C. Isebrands, Adjutant American Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on August 18th, 2022 at the Post Home with 26 members in attendance. Commander Clayton Rados thanked the cooks for the delicious meal and then called the members to attention. Assistant Chaplain Mark Wichmann gave the invocation, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion was recited by all members. Commander Rados then called the meeting to order.
Read moreRail to trail update: At the last meeting in Pierre, the supporters said they would be very transparent with information about the rail project. That has not taken place. After two failed proposals, the third was to do a feasibility study. To date, they have not applied for a grant to pay for this study. The only way a rail can be changed to a trail is if the State 'rail banks' the rail. They do this only when they know a train will never use the track again. If the supporters had done their homework, they would know the rail from NAPA Junction to Ravinia has not been rail banked, which means no trail. It would be interesting to know how much of the $5,000 from the Tyndall Development Corporation has been spent on a project that isn't feasible. Most landowners might get some money if the rail is changed to a trail. I took a copy to a state official who said it won't happen, throw the letter away.
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