In March, 1858, George Fiske, an employee of Frost, Todd & Co., reached Yankton and pitched his tent near the river bank at the foot of the present Walnut Street. He had charge of the mercantile affairs of that firm at Yankton and was the first white man to take up his permanent abode within the present corporate limits of the city.

Private Graveside services to be held on Wed. Private graveside services for Peggy Powell, age 89, of Gregory, SD, will be held on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in Gillette, Wyoming.

The husband and wife duo of Jamie and Michael Thompson have been hard at work getting their new business, Gregory PopUp Book Shop ready to open in what used to be the flower shop on Main Street. With the light at the end of the tunnel now in sight, they have scheduled a grand opening for March 1, 2026.

The Gregory Quiz Bowl Team brought $500 home on Saturday by placing second in the Q1073 Quiz Bowl championship in Mitchell. Parker won the championship. Other teams who qualified for the final eight were Dakota Christian, Platte-Geddes, Menno, Mt. Vernon, Mitchell Public, and Sanborn Central.

The first order of business as the Gregory County Board of Commissioners opened their first regular meeting of 2026 on Tuesday, January 6, was election of chair and vice chair. Commissioner Byrain Boes nominated Jessy Biggins for another term as chair, and the board was quick to approve the selection. Doug Janousek was also elected to continue in his role as vice chair.

The Gregory school library has acquired four new 3-D printers, and Librarian Holly Whitney has been putting them to good use. Whitney and Jaimie Braun presented the Gorilla Good News at the meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education on Monday, January 12, 2026. As part of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) activities Mrs. Whitney leads in the library, the 3-D printers provide additional hands-on opportunities for the students to design and print various projects. Mrs. Whitney also uses the printers to produce items for the “Banana Store” where students cash in their banana bucks earned for positive behavior.