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Gus Walther passed on his love for the outdoors

Funeral services for Gerald “Gus” Walther, 74, of Mobridge, were held on Friday, April 5, 2019, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Gerald passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at Sanford Health in Bismarck, N.D., following a lengthy battle with cancer. Gerald Dean Walther was born in […]

Duane Phillips gave everything he had to his family

Mass of Christian Burial for Duane Phillips, 80, of Ft. Yates, N.D., was held on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Ft. Yates. Burial was at the Kenel Catholic Church Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Duane passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D. Duane […]

Greeks have long history cooking for Bridge Citians

The second nationality to be featured in this coming Fourth of July’s Living History, staged by Klein Museum, is Greek. Marlys Jundt has written the story of Mike Spilos who will be portrayed by Tom Dafnis, who has Greek ancestors. Mike ran the Windsor Café when he first came to Mobridge and then moved down Main to run Spilos Quick […]

Huffman’s marathon quest reaches 21st race

Mobridge runner Curtis Huffman checked another marathon off his list when he ran in the Publix Atlanta Marathon in Atlanta, Ga., on March 17. It was Huffman’s 21st marathon. He’s run in 20 states in his quest to run races in all 50 states. The St. Patrick’s Day marathon and half marathon had more than 16,000 runners combined. The full […]

George W. Turner was ‘The Farmer Wrestler’

Before there was Gorgeous George, Superstar Billy Graham, Hulk Hogan, Jesse “The Body” Ventura, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, Mean Gene Okerlund or Reginald “The Crusher” Lisowski, there was Walworth County’s own George W. Turner, The Farmer Wrestler. According to the website Legacy of Wrestling: “George W. Turner was one of the most significant wrestlers […]

2019-04-10

KATIE ZERR: To hug or not hug? Biden needs to learn that lesson

Are the women who say Joe Biden made them uncomfortable harming a movement that is necessary in today’s society? As a person who has been referred to as a “Feminazi” by some of my male friends and relatives, I have applauded women sparking the Me Too movement by finally coming forward and telling their stories. I stood up and cheered […]

BALL FIVE: Losing Early Bird, Rotary Relays to snow is nothing new

Last year on this Wednesday, my article about the late winter weather started like this. “As you may have noticed, 6.8 inches of snow fell in Mobridge on Sunday.: So, I guess the snow that’s falling this morning is actually three days behind last year’s schedule. Our student/athletes not getting to run in either or neither of the annual home […]

Stroeder, Fried elected to MP School Board

The Mobridge-Pollock School Board will have a new member for the 2019-2010 school year and beyond as incumbent Eric Stroeder and challenger Chris Fried received the most votes in Tuesday’s election. Voters in Mobridge, Pollock and Mound City cast ballots for two of the three candidates for the two available seats. Current Mobridge-Pollock School Board President Eric Stroeder of Glenham, […]

City to hire another police officer

The Mobridge City Council, Tuesday, April 9, approved the hiring of an additional full-time police officer for the Mobridge Police Department. Police Chief Shawn Madison told the council his department is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week. T0here are times when there is only one officer on duty with multiple situations in need of attention. There are […]