The South Dakota Department of Health on Thursday, May 14, reported that the number of reported COVID-19 cases in South Dakota increased to 3,792. There are 1,312 active cases of COVID-19 in the state at this time. A positive case was reported in Corson County on Tuesday. No other cases were reported in this area. The number of South Dakotans […]
Rath’s grandpa is ‘the most wonderful in the world’
The Oahe Area Retired School Personnel with members from Mobridge, Pollock, Selby, and Glenham, again sponsored the annual Grandparent Essay contest with students from the Mobridge-Pollock, Timber Lake, and Selby schools. There were approximately 75 students participating in the contest this year. Jane Looyenga is the chairman of the project. Essay contest winners for 2020 are: in first place, Shayla […]
BALL FIVE: Our youth playing baseball is great news for Mobridge
Being a baseball guy, that’s what they seem to call us anyway, baseball guys, finding out that we are going to give the grand old game a go this summer was a cause for a jubilant feeling at a time when most of the news is disheartening. When it gets down to developing a schedule, well, that might be kind […]
BETTY STREET: There are good reasons vaccines take time
The global, statewide and in-your-face COVID-19 pandemic is scary. Although we here in Walworth County haven’t been much affected, every day the number of coronavirus cases in South Dakota grows. The number of cases nationwide flourishes at alarming rates because of businesses opening up. Death rates due to the pandemic have risen dramatically and continue to increase. In a very […]
Mobridge-Pollock graduation set for Sunday at Tiger Stadium
Plans are nearly complete for a unique, yet traditional graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 17, for the Mobridge-Pollock Class of 2020. The graduation ceremony will be held at Tiger Stadium beginning at 2 p.m. Graduates and a limited number of family members will be allowed in the stadium. The ceremony is not open to the public. Mobridge-Pollock Superintendent Tim Frederick told the […]