The Gregory City Council held a special meeting at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9, 2025. The only business item on the agenda for the meeting was to con-vene in executive session to discuss hiring an applicant for the position of public works superintendent.

One of the major items the South Dakota State Legislature will hash out this session is the budget for 2026. In her budget address earlier this month, Governor Kristi Noem discussed what she would like to see reflected as priorities for 2026 and a few areas that could be cut to pay for them.

Sometime this month Gov. Kristi Noem will get her seal of approval from the U.S. Senate to become the nation’s next secretary of Homeland Security. That paves the way for Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden to be the next governor of South Dakota.

We stand here at the start of the 100th session of the South Dakota State Legislature. So today, I’m going to share with you the top-10 reasons why South Dakota will continue to be an example to the nation.

ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 01/7/25 Carlock Babes, 59-13; Tee Riffic Creations, 54-18; Old Pioneer, 49½-22½; Angry Birds, 47½-24½; Six Balls, 39-33; The Outsiders, 7-65; Buches Bowlers, 5-67; HTG: Six Balls, 711; HTS, Six Balls, 2023; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck 248, Paula Bortz and Paula Dobesh, 173; HIS: Paula Dobesh, 491. Splits picked up: Chris Petersen, 5-10, 5-10; Justin Parkis, 8-5-10; Paula Dobesh, 4-5; Chris McCauley, 3-10; Augie Bortz,4-10, Paula Bortz, 2-3-4-7-10.

In their last game before the Christmas break, the Lady Gorillas JV team hosted Platte-Geddes on December 20. Gregory jumped out to a 7-5 first quarter lead, but a cold second and fourth quarter led to a Platte-Geddes 37-16 victory.