A major storm ripped through Burke and parts of Gregory County last night, as major damage has been reported to the Burke Civic Center, high school and gym, along with businesses, buildings and dwellings. Many power lines are also down this morning. Rosebud Electric is reporting that the city of Burke will be without power until at least tomorrow, and consumers from the north of Gregory to the Iona Area will be without power until at least tomorrow as well. The National Weather Service issued several warnings for Gregory County last night, most of which were of the severe thunderstorm variety. Burke also sought the assistance of several Central South Dakota fire departments last night, including the Winner Fire Department, to help with the damage. We’ll have further updates throughout the day today on KWYR News.

The third Winner Summer Nights of the summer will be Thursday, August 8th from 5:30pm to  9:00pm .   Farm animals, sack races, a trick animal contest,  a bounce house, live music by Weston Frank and more will all be apart of Thursday evenings festivities.

Resources to support healthy environments such as building resiliency coping strategies for children and providers will be held Wednesday, August 7th from 6-8pm at the Tripp County Library in Winner. Registration available when calling 605-773-4755.

The Rosebud Pheasants Forever Chapter #99 is hosting its annual Outdoor Youth Day event on Saturday, August 17th.  Check in will take place at 8:30am with outdoor events taking place 9am to 1pm at the Rosebud Arrow, Rod, and Gun Club.  To preregister or for more information people can contact Mike at 840-9992 or Tim at 830-0220.

There will be a puppet show, “Dragons Are Too Seldom” at the Winner Community Playhouse on Tuesday, August 6th at 7pm.  Prizes will be awarded to the participants of the summer reading program.

Barbecue Pit Row is happening in downtown Winner.  Public tasting begins at 7pm tonight.  Come enjoy a day of great music and fun, including a bean bag tournament  and music requests on 93.7FM throughout the day and early evening.  After Barbecue Pit Row, the Black Lab will have a live band outdoors.  The Barbecue Pit Row is sponsored by the Winner Chamber of Commerce.

The Lakers “Mighty-Mo” Car Club 25th Annual Car/Truck/Motor Cycle  Show and Shine will be taking place August 17th, 2019 at the American Creek Campground. If need be the alternate location will be South Main St. by the Avenue of Flags.  Registration will be 10am to 12pm and the Show and Shine will kick off at 12pm. The cost of registration is $20.00 which includes a T-shirt.

Central South Dakota and Nebraska have seen pockets of heavy rain so far today with rain reports of 5 1/2 inches of rain in a short amount of time in Chamberlain today from Elaine Larson and the department of transportation reported that Iona received 8 inches of rain earlier today, prompting the closure of Highway 47.  As of now Highway 47 is back open.  The department of transportation also reported that they needed to use snow plows to clear debris near Iona.

A Black Angus Bull is currently missing out of a pasture 5 miles east and 10 miles south of Colome along Highway 18.  It weighs 2,200 pounds. Please contact Ray Pertersek with any information at 840-2521 or 842-3356.

The Dog Days Street Dance is Saturday, August 3rd from 9pm to 1am with Dustin Evans and the Good Times Band.