The Michael Glynn Memorial Coalition is sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the meth and opioid epidemic. A meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 24th in the multipurpose room at White River Schools at 6:30. There will be another meeting on Wednesday, the 25th at the Norris Community Hall at 6:30 and on Thursday the 26th a meeting will be at the Wood Community Hall at 6:30. Refreshments and door prizes will be on site for all the meetings.

Lyman Kindergarten and Preschool screenings will be held at the Kennebec Gymnasium on Thursday, May 10th from 8:15am-Noon and from 1 to 3:30. Screenings will again happen on Friday, May 11th from 8:15am to 12:30. For more information or to set up an appointment call Marsha at 895-2662, Carol at 895-2579 or Christie at 869-2213.

A statewide tornado drill will be conducted for South Dakota by the National Weather Service between 10 and 10:30am next Wednesday, April 25th. Outdoor sirens will be sounded in many towns. The drill will interrupt out live broadcast. Be sure to use this drill to make plans to protect yourselves in the event of an impending storm.

A dinner and dance event will be held this Friday night, April 20th at the Dallas American Legion. Dinner will be served at 7 to kick things off followed by the dance. This is a fundraiser for improvements to be made on the Dallas Rodeo Arena. It will be a free will offering to get in and the funds will be matched by Modern Woodman of America.

Lyman High School will present its 31st annual “Evening of Fine Dining” this Saturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd. Doors will open at 6pm. Reservations are required for the meal and can be made by calling Lyman Schools at 895-2662 or Kennebec Schools at 869-2213.

The Michael Glynn Memorial Coalition is sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the meth and opioid epidemic. A meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 24th in the multipurpose room at White River Schools at 6:30. There will be another meeting on Wednesday, the 25th at the Norris Community Hall at 6:30 and on Thursday the 26th a meeting will be at the Wood Community Hall at 6:30. Refreshments and door prizes will be on site for all the meetings.

A statewide tornado drill will be conducted for South Dakota by the National Weather Service between 10 and 10:30am on Wednesday, April 25th. Outdoor sirens will be sounded in many towns. The drill will interrupt out live broadcast. Be sure to use this drill to make plans to protect yourselves in the event of an impending storm.

Don’t forget that the Winner School District has rescheduled their annual Kindergarten/Begindergarten screenings from Friday, April 13th to Friday, April 27th. To make an appointment call the Winner Elementary School Office at 842-8170. Screenings are for the 2018-2019 school year.

We want to remind you that a dinner and dance event will be held at the Dallas American Legion on Friday, April 20th! Dinner will be served at 7pm and the dance will follow. This is a fundraiser for improvements that will be made to the Dallas Arena. It is a free will offering event with the funds being matched that night by Modern Woodman of America.

Elections took place in our area. Results of those elections are as follows:

In the City of Winner, for Mayor Jody Brozik received 348 votes and Frank Finney 269 votes. Jody will become the new Mayor of Winner. In Ward 1 for City Council Dave Baker received 107 votes and Roger Root received 95 votes. Dave will keep his seat on the council. For the Main street ordinance there were 347 No votes and 270 Yes votes. Main Street will stay as a one-way.

In the Colome School District, Mathew Bolie received 236 votes, Brent Gill 165 votes, Pamela Haukass 151 votes, and Vince Thieman 113 votes. Matt, Brent and Pamela will fill the 3 seats on the school board.

In the City of Burke, in Ward 2 Vickie Dobesh received 71 votes while Dennis Hoffman received 21 votes. Vickie will keep her seat in Ward 2. In Ward 3 incumbent Mark Benter received 22 votes and Tyler Van Metre also received 22 votes. The winner of Ward 3 will be decided at a later date and we will let you know those results when they have them.

In the City of Presho for Councilman in Ward 2 Chad Penny received 41 votes and Anthony Urban received 20 votes. In the referred resolution to vacate the portion of Birch Avenue, there were 119 votes in favor of closing the street and 56 votes not in favor.

Kennebec had an election for 2 Trustee’s. Rod Bower received 56 votes, Hunter Schindler received 47 votes and Ben Oldenkamp received 46 votes. Rod and Hunter will be the new trustee’s.