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2025 — the year of the all-school reunions

The De Smet 2025 All-School Reunion is June 13-15. It has been 10 years since the last reunion, so the committee is hoping everyone, including administrators, faculty and support staff, past and …

Funds available for replacing trees

With many of our local towns doing street and boulevard work recently, trees have been cut down in the communities. The Kingsbury Conservation District has Urban Grant Funding to help replace some of …

Bau retires as County Emergency Manager

After 37 years of working as the Emergency Management Director for Kingsbury County, Cindy Bau will be retiring on April 30. Bau started working as the director in April of 1988. “It began as a …

Sunday Funday Brunch adds entertainment

If you enjoyed the Sunday Funday Brunch last November at the De Smet Event Center, the center’s advisory board will be hosting another this coming Sun., April 27 from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., …

De Smet

FFA members attend state convention

The De Smet FFA attended the State FFA Convention April 3 – 5 in Brookings, S.D. Twenty-three FFA members participated in workshops and community service projects, attended sessions and competed in …

Main Street project to begin May 5, completed this year

The De Smet City Council met on Wed., April 9 at 5 p.m. at the De Smet Event Center to discuss project updates, a building permit complaint and free dumping. project updates Karen Schaefers, IMEG, …

A busy schedule of events coming up

The De Smet Community Women (DCW) have a busy month ahead, hosting a “Behind Closed Doors” presentation, holding their annual Easter-egg hunt and teaming up with the Family, Career and Community …

Fifteen inducted to National Honor Society

De Smet High School held an induction ceremony to the National Honor Society (NHS) on Tues., March 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the De Smet School Armory, honoring several students. De Smet High School’s NHS …

Lake Preston

An entire career spent at the LP school

Lynne Brown knew early in life that she wanted to be a music teacher. Brown had a love for music at an early age, and during her junior year, she was chosen to be a section leader. That gave her a …

Former State FFA president encourages members

The Lake Preston FFA Chapter held their annual banquet, honoring the students and their successes this past school year. They also had a guest speaker, Alan Vedvei, State FFA President in 1976-77. As …

An afternoon at the museum

On Thurs., May 1, 34 kindergarten through sixth-grade children and four chaperones from the Kids First program visited the Lake Preston Museum. They first experienced a general tour of the building …

Twenty-eight years of fun in the kitchen

For the past 28 years when coming to lunch, students at the Lake Preston School have been greeted, often with a smile, by Lisa Cleveland; however, Cleveland has decided to turn in her apron. …

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoors

Transmitting turkey

Mike Beyer of De Smet got this 24-pound turkey with his archery tag. It was sporting an 11.25-inch beard, a 1.25-inch spur and a transmitter dating to October 2015. (Submitted photo) Want to become …

Fish are bitin’

Nik Voss of Wessington recently snagged this 34-inch northern pike at Dry Lake #2.

Boat fishing is back

Leighton Robb of St. Peter, Minn., and his dad Trevor got on the walleyes recently on Dry Lake #2. They were using bottom bouncers with crawlers and also pulling plugs, limiting out in just a few …

Cross Country
De Smet Bulldogs

Girls place first, boys fifth in Howard

On Tues., April 22, the Bulldogs traveled to Howard to compete in the Howard Tiger Relays. The girls placed first with 146 points; the boys placed fifth in the meet with 83 points. boys 100m Dash …

Bulldogs run in Sioux Valley, De Smet

On Tues., April 15, the Bulldogs traveled to the Sioux Valley School to compete in the Brace-Hopfinger Relays. The girls placed fourth with 124 points, and the boys placed sixth in the meet with 49 …

Bulldogs run in Estelline, Elkton

On Thurs., Apr. 10, De Smet traveled to Estelline to compete at the Sno Bird meet, where they had an encouraging start to their season. The Lady Bulldogs placed third in the meet with 133 points, and …

Bulldogs nearly pull off overtime win

De Smet traveled on Fri., March 7 to play the Estelline/Hendricks (EH) Redhawks in the first round of regional boys basketball. De Smet had lost to E/H in the last game of the regular season, so they …

Girls have great game, fall short to Ranchers

The De Smet girls basketball team won their regional semifinal game over Arlington, advancing to the SoDak 16 round of games. As seed #15, De Smet was set up to play #2, undefeated Harding County. On …

I/LP Sharks

Busy week of competition for the Sharks

The Sharks had a busy week of competition, competing in Estelline and at O’Gorman; some athletes competed at the 100th Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls. Estelline Girls Shot Put 1st: Hadlee …

Holt breaks school record in Howard

There is nothing better than a beautiful day for a track meet, and the Iroquois/Lake Preston track team competed in Howard on a day with temperatures in the low 70s and very little wind. The athletes …

First outdoor meet in Estelline

Iroquois/Lake Preston tracksters participated in their first outdoor meet in Estelline. The Sharks were one of 13 teams competing at the meet, which included Class B and Class A schools. The boys …

Sharks compete at Sno Bird Meet

Iroquois/Lake Preston tracksters participated in their first outdoor meet in Estelline. The Sharks were one of 13 teams competing at the meet, which included Class B and Class A schools. The boys …

Sharks track & field team compete at SDSU

The I/LP Sharks competed at the Scott Underwood Invitational Track Meet at South Dakota State University on April 7. Hadlee Holt placed fourth in the shot put, while while several other Shark …

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I think we all have recipes we grew up with that remind us of our childhood. One of my favorites is sloppy joes. There is nothing like a warm, messy and undeniably comforting dish to awaken childhood …
Have you ever read a story in the newspaper or on social media about someone who did something over-the-top for a stranger? These are my favorites. Like tipping a server not just the standard 15 or …
In South Dakota, we value personal responsibility, strong families and local control. We believe parents should remain the primary decision makers when raising their children. However, we also …
“Come here, I want to see you!” The directive was the very first phone call made by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant, Thomas Watson. The call was made on March 10, 1876. Bell was …
It has been a busy week on our little funny farm; we have been working to get a fence up so the goats can finally get out of the barn, enjoy fresh air and munch on the grass. We let the goats out …
Our history
10 years ago May 6, 2015 A daughter, Cambree Faith, was born to D.J. and Corrie Holt at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown. She joins two sisters Hadlee and Bentlee. Grandparents are Al and Deb …
10 years ago May 6, 2015 Graduation begins at 2 p.m. Saturday at the high school armory for the De Smet High School class of 2015. A quote by Walt Disney, “Around here we don’t look backwards for …
Around the county
Carthage
Trinity Lutheran Church Worship Service: Sun., May 4, 11 a.m. with the Sunday School singing. The next museum meeting will be on May 10 at 3 p.m. at the museum. People coming into Carthage from the …
Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake Presbyterian Church Worship Service: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. FM 88.1 Live Facebook Pastor Dick Poppen speaks on KXLG 99.1 radio Sunday 8:02 a.m. Easter Sunday was well …
Esmond
Members of the Dunham family and Marlin Clendening attended the farewell gathering for Brad and Mary (Wade) Wienbar held Saturday afternoon in the Iroquois School community room. The Wienbars have …
Ramona
The Francis T. Malone Scholarship Fund was established in 1998 to encourage academic excellence within the Oldham-Ramona School District. Francis Malone understood that community involvement is a way …
Bancroft
Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, His flock under His care. Psalms 95:6-7, NIV. When was the last time …
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