The Gregory Spiker volleyball team enters the 2025 season with plenty of experience and leadership, returning a strong group of seven seniors who bring talent and maturity to the court. All-around standouts Dani VanDerWerff and Regan Graesser will once again be key contributors, while Ella Sperl returns after a solid year running the offense as setter.

Luke Barreto topped the field by almost 40 seconds in the mens 5,000 meter varsity cross country race in Winner on Friday, August 29, 2025. Barreto had a time of 18:42.40.

One of the biggest challenges parents face today is how to parent well in our digital world. Phones, tablets, social media, and video games are everywhere and for many children these devices can feel as necessary as oxygen. Even as adults, we may have experienced a moment of panic, when we realize we have forgotten or misplaced our cell phone.

The timing was coincidental, though certainly noteworthy. As members from my administration met with industry leaders to discuss how to strengthen our state’s critical infrastructure, we were experiencing our own significant infrastructure challenges. The first meeting of my newly appointed GRIT task force was taking place at the same time as a major technology service disruption that impacted critical functions of all branches of state government.

Up to about the time Fort Randall was established, no white men had made this area their home except a few fur traders who had Indian wives. In the 1850’s, steamers began to ply the river between places east and the forts upstream, and the wood yard business sprang up.

To the Editor, I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who attended the special city council meeting on Monday night. The unwavering and positive support for both the Gregory/Dallas Chamber and the Gregory Economic Development (GED) Group was truly inspiring.