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Webster Area School District bond issue vote set for Nov. 4

Leyton Beardslee

Friday, October 24, 2025

Voting on a bond issue for a sports facility addition and upgrades to the Webster Armory will take place Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the school’s business office for registered voters in the Webster Area School District.The proposed project saw a $12.5 million 20year bond unanimously approved...

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Friday, October 24, 2025

U p Accepting nominationsWebster Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for business of the year and citizen of the year.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

U pFlushingWebster City Water Department will begin flushing water mains Oct. 29.

Waubay High School sophomore Brady Berger won the Northwestern Division Class IV of American Legion Auxiliary’s Americanism Essay Contest which he entered earlier this year. The annual contest this year used the prompt “What does America the Beautiful mean to me?” as the theme for all entries. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

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Waubay student wins American Legion Auxiliary essay contest at national level

Leyton Beardslee

Friday, October 17, 2025

In the spring Brady Berger, a current 10th grade student at Waubay High School, entered American Legion Auxiliary’s Americanism Essay Contest, for a writing assignment, and recently found out he won the Northwestern Division Class IV with his essay on this year’s theme of “What does America the...

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Charitable giving

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Friday, October 17, 2025

Through Basin Electric’s Charitable Giving Program and matching funds from Lake Region Electric Association $20,000 was donated to Knapp & Play Learning Center, Webster.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

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An embarrassment of riches

Jerry Nelson

Friday, October 17, 2025

It was somewhat embarrassing. Not as mortifying as being elbowed by your wife because you were snoring in church, but still.This fall, our garden yielded an embarrassment of riches. Last winter, when I was pining for summer, I begged the garden gods to grant me just a few pumpkins and gourds.

Bob Whitmyre is a lifelong rural Webster farmer who has been appointed as the Day County Water Mitigation Team Leader. Reporter & Farmer | File photo

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Whitmyre brings experience to position as county water mitigation team lead

Amanda Dulitz

Friday, October 17, 2025

It was just another rainy day in Day County when Bob Whitmyre took a break from working on his rural Webster farm last week to speak about his new position as the team lead to address the county’s threeplus decade long flood battle.Whitmyre was appointed to the position of Day County Water...

Two Day County 4-Hers are state ambassadors

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Two Day County 4-Hers are state ambassadors

Leyton Beardslee

Friday, October 17, 2025

Day County 4-H members Kelsey Fischer and Adaline Larson have been named as two of the 11 total State 4-H Ambassadors for 2025-26.Larson and Fischer have known each other since the age of eight.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

U p Players wantedWhist, pinochle and bridge players are welcome the first and third Mondays of the month at 1 p.m. at Webster Golf Clubhouse, upper level.Lutefisk supperLutefisk supper is served Oct. 26, 2-5 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Clark.

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