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Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz Community members got a glance at a proposed athletic addition to the existing Webster Armory. The competition- size gym is estimated to come with a $15 million price tag, a cost many attendees of the July 7 public meeting at the Roslyn Event Center said was too high a bill for local tax payers. Volunteers of the Continuing Athletic Traditions for Students (CATS) group said, the project has received good support through donations in the short time they’ve fundraised and to-

Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz Community members got a glance at a proposed athletic addition to the existing Webster Armory. The competition- size gym is estimated to come with a $15 million price tag, a cost many attendees of the July 7 public meeting at the Roslyn Event Center said was too high a bill for local tax payers. Volunteers of the Continuing Athletic Traditions for Students (CATS) group said, the project has received good support through donations in the short time they’ve fundraised and to-

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Roslyn, community members turn out to hear about potential armory addition

Amanda Dulitz
Friday, July 11, 2025
“After this meeting and presentation, would you vote yes on a $15 million bond?”Yes or no were the options to check with a section left blank to receive additional comments and feedback from community members after a public meeting on a proposed competition sports complex addition to Webster Armory.
Nathan Breske was presented the Hometown Heros Award from the South Dakota Football Coaches Association July 7 by association representative Bill Weber. Here, Breske is shown with Weber at the Longbranch Bar in Grenville where the award presentation took place in front of family and friends. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Duitz

Nathan Breske was presented the Hometown Heros Award from the South Dakota Football Coaches Association July 7 by association representative Bill Weber. Here, Breske is shown with Weber at the Longbranch Bar in Grenville where the award presentation took place in front of family and friends. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Duitz

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NFL athletic trainer from Webster receives Hometown Hero Award

Leyton Beardslee Reporting By Amanda Dulitz
Friday, July 11, 2025
Bill Weber of the South Dakota Football Coaches Association was on hand at the Longbranch in Grenville July 7 to present the Hometown Hero award to NFL athletic trainer Nathan Breske.Breske, a Webster graduate, is the seventh person to receive the Hometown Hero award.“This is for people who give...
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WHAT’S UP

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Friday, July 11, 2025
Up Bible schoolVacation Bible School is July 21-23, 4-8 p.m. at Fron Lutheran Church.
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People

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Dean’s listAugustana University announced the dean’s list for the spring semester. Area students achieving grade point averages of 3.5 or above include Alivia Baumgarn, Olivia Dorsett and Addison Kuecker, Webster.
Members of Webster High School Class of 1950 are, from left, Don Becht, Asella (Bierschbach) Crum, Marlene (Walton) Knutson and Bev (Olson) Carr. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber Snapshot

Members of Webster High School Class of 1950 are, from left, Don Becht, Asella (Bierschbach) Crum, Marlene (Walton) Knutson and Bev (Olson) Carr. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber Snapshot

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Webster High School Class Renions

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Friday, July 4, 2025
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Grants bolster rural ambulances with training, equipment

John Hult
Friday, July 4, 2025
Motorized cots and chairs, emergency medical technician training and life support dummies are among the purchases made by local ambulance services through two rounds of grant awards from the South Dakota Department of Health.Some of those items came up during the first meeting of the Legislature’s...
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Minnesota trooper dies in Waubay Lake incident

Leyton Beardslee
Friday, July 4, 2025
A Minnesota woman’s body has been recovered from a local lake after a two-day search and rescue effort was held.According to a press statement from Day County Sheriff Jerred Schreur, his office received a call early in the evening June 29 regarding a female who had been boating on Waubay Lake.
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Creamery group to open for Ricky Skaggs

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Historic15 years ago July 12, 2010A popular local gospel group will take the stage in Aberdeen with the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Ronnie Milsap and Russ Taff during GloryFest 2010, a three-day Christian music festival.
Andrew Pitzl of Eden waits for the start of his turtle racing heat during Eden Days festival June 28. Pitzl’s turtle dubbed Speedy couldn’t live up to its name and didn’t make the final round. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

Andrew Pitzl of Eden waits for the start of his turtle racing heat during Eden Days festival June 28. Pitzl’s turtle dubbed Speedy couldn’t live up to its name and didn’t make the final round. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

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Slow and steady

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Friday, July 4, 2025
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