The 14th annual Winner Fire Department Poker Run will happen on Saturday, August 1st! Registration will go from 11am to Noon at the Winner Fire Department. They will leave town at 12:30. Prizes will be awarded at the Pheasant Bar at 6:30pm. It’s just $25 per ride, or $40 for a couple. All forms of transportation are invited to take part.

The 57th annual Winner Elk’s Benefit Rodeo wrapped up on Sunday night at the Tripp County Fairgrounds. Here’s a look at the results:

Bareback Riding- Lane Stuwe of Hoven with a score of 76

Saddle Bronc Riding- Cy Hughson of Crawford. Nebraska with a score of 83

Bull Riding- Burke Vanderpool of Bison, South Dakota with a score of 75.

Tie Down Roping- Billy Waln of Martin, South Dakota with a time of 10.1 seconds

Steer Wrestling- Beau Wiebelhaus of Springview. Nebraska with a time of 5.8 seconds

Mixed Team Roping- Bodell and Lane Hall of Sutherland, Nebraska with a time of 7.5 seconds

Sr Men’s Breakaway- tie for first between Myron Heathershaw of Martin, South Dakota and Chuck Hamlin of Highmore, South Dakota who both finished in 3.1 seconds.

Team Roping- Coy Ludemann of Fort Pierre, South Dakota and Jaten Jewedt of Beresford. South Dakota in 5.5 seconds.

Barrel Racing- Madison Helfrich of Winner in 18.04 seconds

Goat Tying- Kassidy Dunagan of Whitehall, Montana in 9.6 seconds

Breakaway Roping- Libby Diedricks of Wall, South Dakota in 1.9 seconds

Here’s a look at a few of the highlights from the National High School Finals Rodeo on Saturday in Lincoln. Nebraska:

Taos Weborg of Gregory County tied for 9th in Bull Riding in the short go. Roper Moore of Tripp County finished 12th in the short go in boys cutting. Team South Dakota finished fifth in the world in the girls team standings, while the boys team finished third in the world.

Miracle Treat Day will take place on Thursday, July 30th at the Dairy Queen Grill and Chill in Winner. For every dollar raised from miracle balloons, proceeds will go to the Sanford Children’s Research Hospital. Balloons and Miracle Treat Day coupons can be purchased now.

7-24-26 Rain Reports

Brian Hofeldt in Milboro- .30

Jason Bartels in Witten- .75

Jeff Farner in Winner- .76

Brent Ring at Turtles Buttes- .37

Pete Haukaas in Okreek- .90

.85 at the Winner Country Club

Jim Vaughn in Winner- .89

Chuck Keiser at Jordan Hill- .85

Joel Foxley in Platte- .78

Jeff Schramm on East 10th Street in Winner- 1 inch

Elaine Larson in Chamberlain-.80

Dennis Hanson at Carlock- .65

Stan Bicek, 10 miles south of Colome-.60

Delbert Klein- four miles east of Burke, an inch 60

Bev Keegan in Gregory-.73

Roger Evans, 2 and 3 quarter miles west of Hamill- .78

Chris Phillips in Chamberlain-.90

Short Haley in Colome-.97

Bob Schaeffer in Dixon-.88

Fred Weidner at Dog Ear Lake-.58

Lynn Simkins, west of Winner-.82

Gary Vomacka at Ponca Creek- 1 inch

The Winner Volunteer Fire Department will hold a street dance tomorrow night on Winner’s Main Street. The Rude Band will begin playing in the 8pm hour. Cost to attend will be $10 admission and all ages are welcome. Those under the age of 18 will be allowed to attend until 10pm, and shuttle service will be available too.

A free will lunch benefit for fifteen year old, Tyson Bohnet, will happen this Saturday, July 25th at the old Community Room in Burke from Noon to 5:30. Proceeds will help defray medical expenses for a back injury. They will be serving sandwiches, chips, beans and drinks.

The 14th annual Winner Fire Department Poker Run will happen on Saturday, August 1st! Registration will go from 11am to Noon at the Winner Fire Department. They will leave town at 12:30. Prizes will be awarded at the Pheasant Bar at 6:30pm. It’s just $25 per ride, or $40 for a couple. All forms of transportation are invited to take part.

A two day community blood drive will take place at the Winner City Offices on Wednesday, July 22nd and Thursday, July 23rd. It will run from 10:15am to 3pm on the 22nd, and continue on the day of the 23rd from 1 to 5:30. It’s being sponsored by Winner Regional Health. To schedule an appointment, call Lyndsey at 842-7137.

The Burke Stampede Rodeo wrapped up Sunday night. Here’s a look at the winners from the weekend:

Bull Riding- Lante Swallow of Batesland, South Dakota with a score of 83.5

Barrel Racing- Abbigail Graham of Bokchito, Oklahoma in a time of 17.10.

Team Roping- Wheston Jones and Cordell Collins of Oklahoma in a time of 4.7

Saddle Bronc Riding- Zane Magner of Breda, Iowa with a score of 86.

Tie Down Roping- Steve Kuntz of North Branch, Minnesota and Judd Grover of Cresco, Iowa tied in a time of 11.7.

Breakaway Roping- Kellie Dunlop of Rolla, North Dakota in a time of 2.4.

Steer Wrestling- Colten Herbert of Watford City, North Dakota in a time of 4.2.

Bareback Riding- Cole Gerhardt of Mandan, North Dakota with a score of 84.5.

The Geddes SDRA Rodeo came to a close Sunday night too. Here’s a look at first place finishers:

Barrel Racing- Tara Webb in 16.40

Saddle Bronc- Leif Meidell with a score of 73.

Bull Riding- Tate Meyer with a score of 74.

Senior Men Breakaway- Marty Jandreau in 2.1

Team Roping- Braden Pirrung and Riley Curuchet in 6.9

Bareback- Lane Stuuwe with a score of 76.

Calf Roping- Trey Young in 9.8

Mixed team roping- Bailey Peterson and Jeff Nelson- 7.3