This month, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation announced that South Dakota ProStart has received a $15,300 grant to support education efforts. This generous assistance for South Dakota ProStart is made possible by Ecolab, who donated a total of $750,000 to ProStart state partners. ProStart is a nationwide, two-year program for high school students that develops the best and ...

The Prairie Hills Golf Course in Mission has set their tournament schedule for the season. Their first tournament will happen on May 29th, as it will be the 8th annual Zondo Swalley Memorial 2 person tournament. They will kick off June with the Johnny Schmitz Memorial 4 person scramble on June 20th. You can find ...

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s economy is growing faster than any state in the nation, according to last Friday’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). South Dakota grew at an annual rate of 9.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, more than double the national growth rate ...

Full Steam Promotions will present the River Run of Destruction Demolition Derby on Saturday, May 22nd in Chamberlain. New this year, will be a 3 man team show. $300 entry fee and a limit of 16 teams. $8,000 payout guaranteed. The derby site will be off Exit 265, turn north a quarter mile, then west ...

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, April 3rd in Gregory, S.D. Ages 0-4, 10:30 AM, East of First Fidelity Ages 5-6, 10:45  AM, Dayspring Park Age 7-8, 11 AM , Sunshine Park The Easter Bunny will be in attendance  around downtown from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

Valentine NE:  Niobrara National Scenic River Superintendent Stephen Thede accepted a new position as the Superintendent of Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding, Idaho starting on May 9, 2021.  “I will miss living and working in Valentine” stated Thede.  “Niobrara is a wonderful river, and in some ways, I still feel like I am just getting to ...

Winner Girls Softball Sign ups will be held for the summer softball season at the Elementary School March 29th and 30th from 4-6PM. This form, payment, deposit, insurance card copy and player’s birth certificate can be brought at the sign-up or given to a board member prior to April 9th, 2021. Registrations are held early ...

The 3 Class All-Star Basketball Shootout took place Saturday in Salem. On the girls side, the AA Girls defeated the Class A Girls, 85-77. Winner’s Kalla Bertram scored 14 points. In game two, the AA Girls claimed victory over Class B, 79-76. White River’s Caelyn Valandra-Prue scored 14 points while Kimball/White Lake’s Kennedy Leiferman scored ...

Governor Noem has signed four pro-life bills into law, including HB 1110, which bans abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome. “The Declaration of Independence summarizes what we all know in our hearts to be true: God created each of us and endowed all of us with the right to life. This is true for everyone, including those with ...

Here are the local first place finishers from Saturday’s Ainsworth Relays: Kenneth Shelbourn of Valentine won the boys long jump. North Central’s Hunter Wiebelhuas won the girls high jump. Ainsworth’s Carter Nelson won the boys high jump. Kaitlyn Nelson of Ainsworth won the girls discus throw.  Kenneth Shelbourn won the boys triple jump. Kaitlyn Nelson ...