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Big schools may face regional test before One-Act Play Festival

Dana Hess

Friday, May 2, 2025

PIERRE – South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors found themselves in unfamiliar territory April 24, trying to find a way to cut down on the number of students participating in a state event.At issue was the three-day One-Act Play Festival which has gotten unwieldily due...

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Activities association to elect four new board members

Dana Hess

Friday, May 2, 2025

PIERRE – At its annual meeting April 23, representatives of schools belonging to the South Dakota High School Activities Association nominated candidates for four positions on the SDHSAA board of directors.Leaving the board will be chairman Marty Weismantel of Groton, the small school board of...

Webster Area Middle and High School students of the month for April were named. Pictured, by grade, from left are, front, 11th Karli Sannes, 10th Kenley Grewe, 12th Erin Sannes; back, eighth Sophia Wilson, seventh Avery Kvernevig, sixth Easton Ermer and ninth Jackson Baumgarn. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

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April students of the month

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Friday, May 2, 2025

Webster Area Elementary School students of the month for April by grade, are from left, front, second Sofia Perez, first Cody Carey, kindergarten Oliver Siglin; back, fifth Luis Perez, fourth Aaliyah Lone and third Hunter Ruff. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

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April honorees

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Friday, May 2, 2025

First graders Thea Sigdestad, Harlow Heupel and Leo Siemonsma perform during Webster Area School’s elementary spring concert April 24.

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Webster Area Elementary concert

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Friday, May 2, 2025

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SDSU Extension helps first responders train for crashes involving livestock

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Friday, May 2, 2025

BROOKINGS – The first time Brandon Wingert responded to a vehicle accident involving livestock was in 2017 when a livestock trailer with 99 cattle tipped over.

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Crop report shows slight improvement in soil moisture

Leyton Beardslee

Friday, May 2, 2025

Crop condition reports exhibit an increase in soil moisture over last week but still show drier conditions.According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Northern Plains Region crop progress and condition report for the week ending April 27, topsoil moisture supplies were rated 25...

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Seat belt was not in use for adolesents

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Friday, May 2, 2025

PoliceApril 24Citation for child not buckled properly.Individuals arguing over property.April 25Two traffic citations for exhibition driving.Warning issued for illegal parking at 600 blk.W. 3rd St.April 26Report of individual trying to get into business at 1200 blk.

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Growth of Webster’s St. Mary’s Hospital

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Friday, May 2, 2025

15 years ago May 10, 2010Newspaper route carrier Frank Kettler has been a fixture in Webster and many other towns along Hwy. 12 for the last two decades. Later this month he will hang up his carrier bags after 18 years of service to Aberdeen American News and four years for the Reporter & Farmer.

A springtime visit brought five generations of the Sandve/Mattson family together in Aberdeen. Pictured are, seated, Esther Sandve, Webster with, standing, from right, her daughter Marilyn Jean Mattson, Aberdeen; Marilyn’s daughter Amy Jean Macke, Prior Lake, MN; Amy’s daughter Brittany Jean Halloran holding her daughter Cecelia Jean Halloran, East Bethel, MN. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

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Five generations

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Friday, May 2, 2025

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