Area youth participate in piano auditions and recital

Students of Suzanne Olawsky played auditions for National Piano Guild at Northern State University Music Department in Aberdeen. Students played programs of memorized pieces from the baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras.

What is your knowledge of secret societies?

Last weekend I was bored and decided to watch some YouTube videos. When I watch YouTube it’s either something kind of dumb or something educational about a topic or event that is irrelevant to an everyday person’s life.

Honor the mother figures in your life

Coming up next weekend is a holiday that often gets a lot of attention – and I believe it’s for all the right reasons. Mother’s day is May 12, basically right around the corner.

Commissioners seek disaster designation

Historic Events15 years ago May 11, 2009Water levels across Day County aren’t as high as flood years, but they are higher than they’ve been in the last five years and higher than ever in some spots.

Accident prompts questions

Dear Editor,What’s going on with our law enforcement system/ personnel in Day County?I had an accident a couple months ago (no fault of mine).

When mothers have the heart of a warrior

Everyone has a faith journey. Perhaps your childhood was a faithfilled experience growing up, or maybe it was completely the opposite with no faith to speak of.

Planting season is in full swing

It’s that time of the year again when farmers are hard at it, rushing to beat the clock and weather in order to get their crops in the ground.After months of a forced slower pace due to frozen conditions, most farmers have been chomping at the bit to get back out there and work the land.Growing up...

Banning and burning books displays a level of immaturity and ignorance

Reading, and the ability to read, is such an important aspect of life which most modern people take for granted. It has only been over the last few hundred years, with the help of advanced education and industrialization, that people have really become literate and educated.

Reiprich sets new girls discus record

15 years ago May 4, 2009Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $615.8 million in water and environmental projects will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The town of Waubay had one of two projects funded.

Group says it’s filing petition signatures to put grocery tax repeal on ballot

South Dakota and Mississippi are the only states that have a full state sales tax rate on groceries, but that could change in November.Circulators of a petition to repeal the state sales tax on groceries said they planned to turn in enough signatures April 24 to the South Dakota Secretary of...