Todd County High School is hosting a cross country team camp from 10am-3pm today! Presenters that will be in attendance are: SDSU Head Cross Country Coach Rod Dehaven, USD Head Cross Country Coach Daniel Fitzsimmons, St. Thomas More Head coach Royce Wuertz and Rapid City Stevens Coach Jesse Coy. There is no cost to attend and is open to the public. There will be a two mile run and scavenger hunt in Mission as part of the event.
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Central South Dakota rain reports
Certain parts of Central South Dakota had rain fall Monday night! Dennis Hansen at Carlock received 15/100’s. William Soles, five miles east of Gregory, called in half an inch. Pete Haukaas said he had 15/100’s fall. Renae Kaiser in Winner had 20/100’s. Marty Hopkins west of Dog Ear Lake had 75/100’s. Charlotte Piper in Wood called in 25/100’s. Fred Weidner at Dog Ear Lake received 25/100’s. Reports in Iona ranged anywhere from .80 to an inch 70! Domini Turnquist had 80/100’s 13 miles east and 5 miles north of Winner. Tresh Swedlund in Witten had an inch and a half of rain fall Monday night! Austin Davis who lives 28 miles south of Winner had 88/100’s fall. Clint Vanneman in Ideal received 84/100’s and at the Rowe Farm 22 miles northwest of Winner they received 30/100s.
Children's Play set for this week in Winner!
The Winner Community Playhouse will be sponsoring a summer play this weekend! The dates are Thursday, July 20th and Friday, July 21st. The cast for this play is filled with children going into fourth through seventh grades for the upcoming school year. If you have questions you can call the director Molly English at 605-842-1818.
Veterans Stand coming to Gregory
There will be a veterans stand down at the Gregory Lanes parking lot on July 24th from 10am-2pm. All armed service veterans and their families are welcome. Please bring a copy of DD214, dependent information and identification. Services provided will be food, clothing, VA benefit, housing referrals, employment services, legal assistance, counseling and plenty more.
Coverage from the State B Legion Tournament Friday!
Chris Doski will have coverage from the State B Legion Baseball Tournament this weekend on 93.7FM! Friday at 5pm, Chris will have coverage of the Platte/Geddes vs Dell Rapids game followed by McCook/Miner against Winner/Colome at around 7:30. Pre-game will start at around 4:30 as Chris will be visiting with the coaches and also break down state jr teener tournaments going on too!
Sunshine League Amateur Tournament to start on Thursday
The Sunshine League Amateur Baseball Postseason will get started this Thursday in Parkston. In game one, top seeded Alexandria will play Wagner at 6pm followed by two seeded Winner/Colome taking on the Platte Killer Tomatoes at around 8pm. On Friday, Parkston will play at 6pm against Mt. Vernon followed by Dimock/Emery taking on Corsica/Stickney.
Kimball/White Lake and Platte/Geddes junior teeners ready for state!
We want to wish the Kimball/White Lake and Platte Geddes junior teener baseball teams best of luck in Baltic this weekend at the State B VFW Tournament that gets underway on Friday. Kimball/White Lake will play Canova at 2:30. Platte/Geddes will take on Parkston at 5:30 on day one. Stay tuned to KWYR AM and FM for updates from the tournament!
Winner Elks Rodeo to get underway July 28th
The 48th annual Winner Elks Rodeo will take place at the Tripp County Fairgrounds July 28th through the 30th beginning at 7:30 each night! The proceeds from the rodeo this year will benefit the Lifescape Outreach Program. If you would like to enter call 842-5830. There will be ranch bronc riding each night to go along with team penning, mutton bustin and a candy scramble for the kids. If you have questions you can call Ron at 842-2838.
Winner Color Run to happen July 29th
Winner FFA will hold a color run on Saturday, July 29th. It will feature a 5k and 10k run with check-in at 7:45am at the red barn west of Frontier Motors. The race will start at 8. proceeds from the race will go to Sylvia Bear, who recently lost her home to a fire. For more information you can contact Wyatt at wyatt.dejong@k12.sd.us.
Valentine news for the week
Coming up tomorrow, the Valentine VFW will meet at 7pm in the meeting room at the Veterans Club. On Friday, July 21st, the Cherry County Planning Committee will meet in the Cherry County Commissioner’s meeting room in the heart city starting at 9am. Also on Friday, the Valentine Arts Council will host an acapella group beginning at 7pm at the High School Auditorium in Valentine.