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15 years ago July 27, 2009Day County will become home to two new call centers soon after an announcement by economic development director Jeff Grobe at the county commission meeting. Grobe said deals have been signed with Link IT Software Corporation and Hypothesis Marketing.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Bridge dedication will honor fallen Herr brothers
Annie Witt
Three local fallen veterans who served in World War II will have a bridge dedicated in their honor. The ceremony will take place Aug. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in the Bristol High School Gym.The bridge will be dedicated to the late Herr brothers, U.S. Navy Radio Man Second Class Ordien F. Herr, U.S.
Friday, July 19, 2024
County budget discussions continue
Amanda Dulitz
Day County Commissioners had a few questions answered from different departments regarding their 2025 budgets at the regular commission meeting July 16.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Not everyone is on board with bringing in more wind towers
Amanda Dulitz
Representatives of two separate companies for multiple proposed wind tower projects in Day County attended the most recent Day County Commissioner meeting July 16 and answered questions from both elected officials and members of the public alike.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Reverend Dr. Jason Holt, a Presidential Ministry Associate with American Free Lutheran Church Congregations, places the paid off mortgage paperwork for Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster in a fire pit during a mortgage burning ceremony July 14. The church purchased what was formerly Shopko along U.S. Hwy. 12 in Webster and converted it to their worship center, paying down the 20-year loan in four and a half years, to the day. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz
Tabor Lutheran Church celebrates mortgage burning ceremony
Annie Witt & Amanda Dulitz
Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster celebrated paying off the loan for their worship location with a mortgage burning ceremony July 14 in the parking lot of their new church home.During the ceremony church board president Larry Johnson spoke about the church and its history.
Friday, July 19, 2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tours local lakes, begins investigating what it may take to lower water levels
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tours local lakes, begins investigating what it may take to lower water levels
Amanda Dulitz
A team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited Webster and Day County last week to do site visits at certain points along the area’s lake chain in preparation for a near-million dollar study on the potential and feasibility of lowering the levels of those lakes.
Friday, July 12, 2024
School board happy with where budget sets, discusses demolition of old building wing
Amanda Dulitz
Webster Area School Board members at their July 8 regular meeting held discussions on the upcoming school year’s budget, with board members feeling they’re doing a good job of managing taxpayers money.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Official shares data on SD multi-family housing spree, tight labor market
Joshua Haiar
Six thousand five hundred new housing units worth $1.4 billion were built in South Dakota last year, a state economic development official said June 12, helping alleviate rising home costs.“Our building permits are notably concentrated on multi-family housing, with an average of 1.
Friday, July 12, 2024
High school journalism removed from Opportunity Scholarship
Greta Goede
High school journalism courses no longer count toward South Dakota’s general merit-based scholarship, though schools can seek a waiver, and teachers in the state haven’t been told why.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Farmer’s fight against wetland designation gets boost from U.S. Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling
John Hult
A Fulton-area farmer will have a chance to argue that a federally designated wetland on his property is actually regular farm ground thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.The case will be one of the first in the nation to be re-examined as a result of Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo.
Friday, July 12, 2024