Michele R. Huls, 43, Jackson, NE, speeding on state highway, fine $19.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

WD; James R. and Candi Mann, husband and wife, to Robert F.

It’s back-to-school season; a busy time filled with excitement for students and teachers, as well as parents eager to snap those “first day of school” photos. The outpouring of positivity for students at every grade level has always been a great way to kickstart the school year.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Jack Billion’s letter to the editor in the Burke Gazette, August 4, 2021. The problem, from the very outset of this pandemic, has been politics, and the involvement of government.

In South Dakota, habitat destruction has been the major reason for the population decline of both the Piping Plover and Least Tern. Construction of the Missouri River dams has resulted in the loss of much of their sandbar habitat. Those remaining sandbars are susceptible to human activities, predation, and water fluctuations as the result of dam operations. Also lost with the flooding of the bottomlands behind the dams was the cottonwood trees which grew all along the river from Nebraska to North Dakota.

Lloyd Hanson (left), one of the South Central Storm men’s amateur baseball team’s biggest fans is shown here with Bob Altenberg, formerly of Gregory. Hanson threw the first pitch for the South Central Storm in their state tournament game against Winner/Colome in Mitchell on Sunday.