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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish Dante and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Wagner held their joint summer religious education program Lumen Christi--Light of Christ June 24th - 28th, 2022 for grade school students. An evening session was held for the junior high and high school students. The parishes enjoyed a potluck and family night on Wednesday and the kids enjoyed the water fight fun on Thursday. Picture in the center L-R Maria Dvoracek, Grace Johanson, Fr. Jim Friedrich, Micah Impecoven and Matthew Harris. Courtesy photo.
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"Week nine of the Fort Randall Casino and Hotel weekly racing series was fast and packed with some awesome racing!
Read moreAvon’s 18U Softball Team competed in the Little Missouri Valley League Tournament on Tuesday, July 5 in Avon. In the first round #5 Avon took on #4 Tyndall. Avon jumped out to an early lead and held off Tyndall for an 8-3 victory. Emma Yost lead Avon with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI. Courtney Sees added 2 singles and Lydia Yost had a single. Lydia Yost pitched for Avon, striking out 5.
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Back when I last fished Saskatchewan’s Lake Besnard in the mid-nineties, the plentiful walleyes ran about 15 inches in length with a 17 inch fish being exceptional. This year our Kisch family group netted two fish over 25 inches with numerous fish running over 23 inches. How does one explain this?
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President Bryan Slaba gave the Rotary Bell a solid whack to bring his last meeting to order as President of the club for 2021-2022. It was enough to make this recorder jump which delighted him. Slaba read a prayer to begin the meeting in the absence of any clergy at the meeting. There was one guest, Maesa Dvorak who is working part time at Bechen & Company this summer.
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R&R Excavation (Randy Rysavy) was recently hired by CHS in Wagner to take down some old grain bins. A few of their bins were damaged from the recent wind storms and the decision was made to take down the old bins which were no longer being used. Rysavy hired Northwest Concrete Cutting & Crane Service out of Sioux Falls to bring down their large crane for this project. Between the two, one bin came crashing down Tuesday with four more to follow next. Photo by Barb Pechous
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A group of veterans from Wagner did the 21 gun salute Thursday night, they were the honor guard for the celebration of freedom at Parkston East Park near the traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial. Courtesy Photos.
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