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Are the governments of the State of South Dakota and the Standing Rock Reservation preparing for the possible oil boom West River? Have lessons been learned from how the people of the Affiliated Tribes on Fort Berthold Reservation suffered because of BIA assets and mineral right management decisions? These are important questions to raise with the prospect of the oil […]

Walworth County State’s Attorney Jamie Hare and law enforcement officials are warning residents not to fall victim to the multitude of scams that are hitting the area. Hare said a recent increase in reported scams is alarming. “They are running the whole gambit,” he said. He said recently residents have reported getting calls from scammers posing as IRS employees telling […]

Former Walworth County Deputy Kari Beaman addressed the Walworth County Commission, Tuesday, April 17, concerning an event that caused her termination. Beaman had been terminated after it appeared that she had refused to answer an emergency call at 2:38 a.m. on Tuesday, April 3, during a snowstorm. According to the Mobridge Police report, an employee of Mobridge Regional Hospital and […]

The Mobridge-Pollock Spring Concert season continues this week as the younger students present their musical talents for the public. On Thursday, April 19, the kindergarten and first grade students will present “Down On Grandpa’s Farm,” in the Middle School Theater at 7 p.m. The students will perform a variety of songs about the animals on Grandpa’s farm…and some of them […]

The perfect storm of dropping student numbers, changes in the state aid formula and the increase in teacher salaries forced the Mobridge-Pollock School Board, Monday, April 9, to make two tough decisions: to eliminate a staff position; and to opt out of the tax limitation. The board made the decision after a lengthy discussion on the financial challenges facing the […]

Despite the sunshine and warm temperatures a low turnout of the registered voters in Mobridge went to the polls Tuesday, April 10, to elect new members to the city council and school board. The only seat open on the Mobridge City Council was in Ward II where incumbent Jeff Landreaux was challenged by Peggy Jackson. Landreaux held on to his […]

Area residents will be going to the polls on Tuesday, April 10, to elect new members to the city councils and town boards and school boards. In Mobridge, two people are vying for the seat in Ward II, incumbent Jeff Landreaux and challenger Peggy Jackson (see candidates questions in this issue.) There will also be an election for the three-year […]

The Mobridge Chamber of Commerce Surf ‘n Turf fundraiser will be held Friday, April 13, at Oahe Hills Golf Course. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the meal starting at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction to follow at 7:30. Each year the Chamber asks area cooks to enter their best wild game dishes in the annual contest […]