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Waubay Senior Center had an inflatable pond for kids to pick out a rubber-duck for a prize at their Christmas celebration Dec. 6. Scott Harrington helped his son Noah Harrington pick out a toy to take home after picking a duck from the pond. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

Waubay Senior Center had an inflatable pond for kids to pick out a rubber-duck for a prize at their Christmas celebration Dec. 6. Scott Harrington helped his son Noah Harrington pick out a toy to take home after picking a duck from the pond. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

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Families pick out gifts for christmas

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Friday, December 12, 2025
Royce Birney rolls and announces bingo numbers at Waubay Senior Center’s Christmas celebration Dec. 6. Community members celebrated the holiday season with bingo, food, seasonal activities and Santa, Mrs. Claus, The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who meet and greet. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

Royce Birney rolls and announces bingo numbers at Waubay Senior Center’s Christmas celebration Dec. 6. Community members celebrated the holiday season with bingo, food, seasonal activities and Santa, Mrs. Claus, The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who meet and greet. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

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Waubay Senior Center hosts community bingo

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Friday, December 12, 2025
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to media during an announcement at the St. Joseph Academy in Sioux Falls Nov. 11. State Education Secretary Joe Graves (left), Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen (right) and St. Joseph Academy students stand around him. Reporter & Farmer | Makenzie Huber for South Dakota Searchlight

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to media during an announcement at the St. Joseph Academy in Sioux Falls Nov. 11. State Education Secretary Joe Graves (left), Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen (right) and St. Joseph Academy students stand around him. Reporter & Farmer | Makenzie Huber for South Dakota Searchlight

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State opts into Trump’s education tax credit program

Makenzie Huber
Friday, December 12, 2025
South Dakota is the fourth state in the country to commit to President Donald Trump’s federal education tax credit program, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Nov. 11 in Sioux Falls.
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Robocats place 16th at nationals in Wichita

Connor Handrahan
Friday, December 12, 2025
Webster Area Robocats took 25 students to Wichita, KS Dec. 5-7 for the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) National Robotics Competition. Robocats competed against 33 teams and placed 16th in the robot category.
Watertown VVA Chapter 1054 president Jerry Denman, left, helps veteran Bob Dolney of Bristol load up groceries at Mike’s Jack & Jill in Webster Nov. 24 during the VVA’s veteran holiday meal give-away. The VVA will be organizing a second holiday meal give-away for Day County Veterans at the same location from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 22. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

Watertown VVA Chapter 1054 president Jerry Denman, left, helps veteran Bob Dolney of Bristol load up groceries at Mike’s Jack & Jill in Webster Nov. 24 during the VVA’s veteran holiday meal give-away. The VVA will be organizing a second holiday meal give-away for Day County Veterans at the same location from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 22. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

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Veteran holiday meal give-away

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Friday, December 12, 2025
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‘Twas the night before a deer hunter’s Christmas

Berdette Zastrow
Friday, December 12, 2025
‘Twas the night before Christmas when out in the woods, The stately Whitetail buck calmly stood.Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.And the buck stayed a long ways away from a house.Hunters were hiding up there in their blind, Dreaming of getting a shot yet, but only in their mind.
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