The annual Smoke on the Water Cook-Off will happen tomorrow at the Oasis Campground in Oacoma. A cooks meeting and calcutta take place tonight starting at 7pm. The car show will begin at 11am Saturday morning in the parking lot of Riverview Chevrolet. The corn hole tournament will start at 3pm, before the rib and brisket feed gets underway at 5:30pm.

The T4 Foundation in Winner will host a fall festival on Sunday, October 5th at the Winner City Park from 11:30am to 2pm. There will be pumpkin decorating, food vendors setup, photo ops, crafts and plenty more to explore that day.

A Cattlemen’s Night Out will take place at Elevate Agronomics in Winner on September 11th. A dinner will be served at 6pm. The program featuring numerous different speakers will start at approximately 6:30pm.

On Tuesday afternoon around 4pm, Tripp County Sheriff, South Dakota Highway Patrol, Tripp County Ambulance and Winner and Colome Fire Departments responded to a 2 vehicle accident. One vehicle failed to yield to oncoming traffic causing the collision. 2 people were taken to the Gregory Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Winner American Legion held their annual Labor Day Parade on Monday. The parade float winners were the ball teams to split the total prize money between the American Legion, Winner Gold, Winner Purple, Clearfield Sandburs Softball and Clearfield Sandburs Baseball. The antique vehicle winner was the Southern Belle Cattlewoman Association.

The Winner American Legion’s Demolition Derby was held Sunday. Here’s a look at the results:

Chain Feature 1

Ron Winterberg- 1st
Ryker Parmely-2nd
Ian Lehman-3rd

Chain feature 2
Derrick orth-1st
Trey Welch-2nd
Matrix Noteboom- 3rd

Mad dog chain- Dillon Taylor

Weld
Jahnathan Krueger-1st
Lane Hall- 2nd
Rusty kopeke- 3rd

Mad dog weld- Tony Roth

Tom strand weld- Tony Roth
Tom strand chain- Derrick Orth

The Winner Ranch Rodeo will happen this afternoon at the Tripp County Arena. Calcutta will be at 1pm and the rodeo gets underway at 1:30. Come cheer on the contestants who will be in action!

The Winner American Legion’s annual Demolition Derby is happening this afternoon at the Tripp County Fairgrounds! Calcutta begins at 1pm. They have more cars than last year, and there’s over $10,000 in payouts!

The 13th annual Smoke on the Water Cook-Off will happen on Saturday, September 6th at the Oasis Campground in Oacoma. A car show will begin at 11am in the Riverview Chevrolet parking lot. The corn hole tournament will begin at 2pm, followed by the 30 guns in 30 minutes raffle starting at 3pm and the rib and brisket feed will begin at 5:30.

8-30-25 Rain Reports

Lynn Simkins in Carter reported .99 on Friday

Justin Zeigler, hole number 5 at the Winner Country Club, reported .45 on Friday

Cheryl Schroeder in Winner received .38 Friday night

Chuck Keiser at Jordan Hill reported .30 Saturday morning

Monte Mayes in Ideal reported .10 Saturday morning