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High school graduate eyes child care career path

SIOUX FALLS – Thousands of South Dakota high schoolers are planning their first steps into adulthood this graduation season. Some may follow relatives into the family business of farming, law or teaching.
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Polling precincts published for primary

(First May 20)NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTIONA PRIMARY Election will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in all the voting precincts in Day County.The elections polls will be open from seven o’clock a.m. to seven o’clock p.m. local time on the day of the election.
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Town will apply for grant

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN OF PIERPONT, SOUTH DAKOTA REGULAR MEETING May 8, 2024The regular meeting of the Pierpont Town Board was held on May 8, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Cameron at 6:00 p.m. Trustee Ries and Meagan Moen were in attendance, Johnson via phone.
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Surplus county equipment

(First May 20)NOTICE OF COUNTY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALENotice is hereby given that the Day County Highway Dept. has the following surplus items for sale on the purplewave.
Webster Area School holds annual awards ceremony

Webster Area School holds annual awards ceremony

Webster Area School holds annual awards ceremony

Webster Area School awards night was May 8. The following are scholarship and award recipients, scholarship name and dollar amount, respectively.Brayden Aadland – FFA Range $100.
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Grocery tax repeal validated for the ballot

The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office said May 13 that a petition seeking to repeal the state sales tax on groceries has enough signatures from registered voters to make the Nov. 5 ballot.
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After Lower Brule vote, eight of nine tribes have endorsed Noem ban

Eight of nine tribal governments in the state of South Dakota have endorsed the banishment of Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands.The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe unanimously approved a resolution to bar Noem May 15 according to Tribal Chairman Clyde Estes.
This shot of the northern lights was captured by Berdette Zastrow, taken May 11 at 11:30 p.m., overlooking Pickerel Lake during the solar storm that struck earth last weekend. Experts say this was the largest solar storm to hit earth in nearly two decades. Zastrow described the sighting as “a religious moment.” Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

This shot of the northern lights was captured by Berdette Zastrow, taken May 11 at 11:30 p.m., overlooking Pickerel Lake during the solar storm that struck earth last weekend. Experts say this was the largest solar storm to hit earth in nearly two decades. Zastrow described the sighting as “a religious moment.” Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

‘A religious moment’

This shot of the northern lights was captured by Berdette Zastrow, taken May 11 at 11:30 p.m., overlooking Pickerel Lake during the solar storm that struck earth last weekend. Experts say this was the largest solar storm to hit earth in nearly two decades.