Featured Stories
Mobridge has produced many smart, talented and successful people, but their ability to go out in the world and be successful can be attributed to the wonderful teachers we have...
There’s an old adage in baseball, saying that if you go to the ballpark every day, you’ll see something you have never seen before most of those days. If you...
Selby anglers, Corey Sandmeier and Brent Reilley, caught 13.04 pounds of walleye to win the 10th annual Denny Palmer Memorial Fishing Tournament on Lake Oahe in Mobridge on Saturday and...
What do you do when your teammate can’t join you for a two-man team demolition derby? You win it all by yourself. That’s what Alex Brandenburger of Forbes, North Dakota,...
Middle schooler Blake Thompson of Mobridge performs a backflip off the high board at the Mobridge Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon. With a heat index of more than 105 degrees,...
Paden Pateneaude works on his forehand stroke at MYO tennis practice on Monday. A dozen or more youngsters are learning the game four days a week. ...
Too much rain in the spring coupled with hailstorms and dry conditions this summer have meant a somewhat strenuous growing season for area farmers. Eleanor J Goetz, Walworth County executive...
News
Board reviews information on 2020-21 year plan
| August 13, 2020
The Mobridge-Pollock School Board Monday, Aug. 10, discussed guidelines for a safe traditional operation for the 2020-21 school year, including issues that may arise. Superintendent...
Jail concept explained to city council
| August 13, 2020
The Mobridge City Council, Tuesday, Aug.11, heard Walworth County Commissioner Kevin Holgard explained a plan for a regional jail in that includes the use of...
Mobridge building basis for new jail concept
| August 6, 2020
Walworth County Commissioners heard a new proposed concept for a regional jail that would be located in the former Shopko building. Commissioner Kevin Holgard, who...
Positive cases increase in surrounding counties
| August 6, 2020
On Wednesday, Aug. 5, the South Dakota Department of Health reported there were 89 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the number of...
Sports
Courtney Nicholson becomes first female umpire at Legion Memorial Field
| August 13, 2020
There’s an old adage in baseball, saying that if you go to the ballpark every...
Big fish lands Selby fishermen Denny Palmer title
| August 6, 2020
Selby anglers, Corey Sandmeier and Brent Reilley, caught 13.04 pounds of walleye to win the...
Solo act wins team title at Mobridge Demolition Derby
| August 6, 2020
What do you do when your teammate can’t join you for a two-man team demolition...
Women top girls for league title
| July 30, 2020
The Mobridge adult women beat the 14U girls in the championship game to win the...
Opinions
BALL FIVE: Fall champs were last ones crowned
| August 13, 2020
I was watching the Tigers prepare for the upcoming football season the other morning when it dawned on me that South Dakota high school sports...
KATIE ZERR: School is important factor in child’s life
| August 13, 2020
How important is it for Mobridge-Pollock students to be back in school this year? There are many factors in having students back in the classroom...
Ball Five: Bubble works for NBA, NHL, wouldn’t for MLB, NFL
| August 6, 2020
I’m a sports talk radio guy. When making short jaunts around town, I like finding out what the sports jockeys have to say. Lately, the...
Obituaries
Emil Biegler was an outstanding basketball player
| August 13, 2020
Mass of Christian Burial for Emil Biegler, 85, of Timber...
If you knew Bea Reierson, you knew she was proud of her Norweigan heritage
| July 30, 2020
Beatrice Adele (Viske) Reierson, 98, of Pollock, died Friday, July...
Brother Yuker was a rodeo roper in his youth
| July 30, 2020
Funeral services for Aloysius “Brother” Yuker, 82, of Glencross, were...
Arlene Bain was well known for her garlic pickles
| July 30, 2020
Funeral services for Arlene Bain, 92, of Aberdeen and formerly...
Tim Overseth loved all kinds of animals
| July 30, 2020
Timothy Earl Overseth, 58, of Wishek, North Dakota, died peacefully...
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