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Number one Miller ends Lady Tiger season in 6A semis

The number one team in state showed its colors with a 3-0 win over the Lady Tigers at the Region 6A semifinals in Miller on Thursday. The 27-2 Rustlers handled the Lady Tigers in a 25-10, 25-8, 25-13 match. “They’re fast,” said coach Rose Henderson about Miller. “That kind of made some of our heads spin. We haven’t seen a […]

Pride stop Panther run

After Timber Lake drove down the field and scored the game’s first touchdown, Canistota/Freeman scored 44 unanswered points and defeated the Panthers 44-20 in the Class 9A semifinals at Doug Kraft Field in Timber Lake on Friday. Despite the Panthers falling one game short of their first trip to the DakotaDome since 1999, coach Jordan Weisbeck said this was a […]

New pastor has X-box, Taekwondo skills

Everett Hornbostle, the new Cornerstone Community Church pastor, has a lot of experience under his black belt, but he didn’t always embrace his calling. “In 2005 or 2006 the Lord impressed on me that I was supposed to be in ministry,” Everett said. “I didn’t know what that meant other than I didn’t want to do it.” He earned his […]

KATIE ZERR: We must move forward together on the jail issue

Voters in South Dakota and Walworth County made their voices heard on Tuesday, casting ballots in an important and historic election. South Dakotans elected the first female governor in our state. Kristie Noem will serve the next four years as head of the state, with Larry Rhoden serving as lieutenant governor. Although I don’t always agree with Noem’s political strategies […]

BALL FIVE: Finals teams have long championship histories

You cannot look at this year’s slate of state championship football games without realizing how many of these teams have been there and done that before. The 14 teams playing this week in the State Football Championships at the DakotaDome in Vermillion have combined for 50 state titles. And you can add another 27 runners-up teams. Class 9AA Six seed […]

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City council rejects airport project bids

The Mobridge City Council, Friday, Nov. 2, voted to reject all bids for the airport renovation project and advertise for rebidding of the project. Todd Goldsmith of KLJ Engineering of Mobridge told the council that when bids were let in July, those bids were good for 60 days. The city had applied for grants that would cover the entire cost […]

Bond issue defeated,Noem elected first female governor

With vote counts lasting late into the night Tuesday, Nov. 6, Walworth County voters let their voices be heard on the new jail facility and South Dakotans elect a female governor for the first time in the state’s history. It will be back to the drawing board for the county commission as voters defeated a bond issue that would have […]