ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 12/23/24 Tee Riffic Creations, 21-3; Angry Birds, 21-3; Carlock Babes, 20-4; Six Balls, 18½-5½; Old Pioneer, 5½-18½; The Outsiders, 4-20; Buches Bowlers, 3-21; HTG: Six Balls, 721; HIS: TeeRiffic Creations, 2048; HIG: Steven Peterson, 245; Misty Claussen, 173; HIS: Chris Petersen 595; Misty Claussen, 456. Splits picked up: Patty Connealy, 5-7, 6-7-10; Linda Teel, 3-9-10; Chris Petersen, 5-10; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10..

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley calls the December 12 South Dakota Supreme Court decision reversing a circuit court decision that ordered a victim to turn over any mental health treatment records a victory for victims’ rights.

First Fidelity Bank and Gregory Community Foundation presented a grant check to the newly organized recipient, Gregory Arts Council. Pictured from left to right are Rachelle Bloom-Santiago and Julie Braun, representing the arts council, and Sue Hogue and Rhonda Vaughn-Waterbury, board members for the Foundation.

New Year’s means looking ahead. Growing up on my family ranch, we always looked forward to a long year of hard work. After all, calving season wasn’t too far in the future. We celebrated the holidays; we wished each other “Merry Christmas!” and “Happy New Year!” with smiles, good food, and the enjoyment of each other’s company. And then we got back to work taking care of the land and the animals so that they can feed us and everyone else.

Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announces that county auditors have completed their post-election audits for the 2024 General Election. The audits revealed only minor discrepancies (typically 1-2 votes), which were primarily due to manual counting methods, where audit boards focused on determining voter intent rather than strictly adhering to oval marks on the ballot. The vast majority of counties reported no discrepancies between the hand counted audits and the machine tabulated results from election night. “The accuracy and trans-parency demonstrated by this process highlight the strength of our election system,” said Secretary of State Johnson. “Every South Dakotan can be confident that their vote was counted correctly and securely. Our county auditors and their teams continue to uphold the highest standards, ensuring trust and integrity in our elections. Their commitment to fairness and transparency makes me proud to serve alongside them.” Results of the 2024 General Election post-election audits may be found on the Secretary of State’s website.

Dear editor, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 These sacred words were written by a man under the inspiration of God’s Holy Spirit, and there isn’t a man who could appreciate this truth more than the man who penned these words because the man who wrote this once had a reputation for being the enemy of Christians everywhere. Being an enemy of Christians made him the enemy of Christ. This is why in Acts 9, Paul heard the voice from heaven say, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME? What Saul had been doing in harming the church, was indirectly bringing harm to Christ.