The holidays are a wonderful time to spend time together and celebrate traditions as a family. Every family celebrates in their own unique way and develops their own traditions. The Noem family has our own Thanksgiving traditions that we enjoy together.

With the Christmas shopping season starting in earnest this week, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns shoppers that scammers look to dampen the holiday spirit. “Scammers enjoy the holidays for all the wrong reasons,” said Attorney General Jackley.

Those Native Americans living at or near the Whetstone Agency in the winter of 1870 learned from the whites that there were meetings in eastern cities addressed by speakers giving glowing accounts of the richness of the country occupied by the Sioux. These individuals drew entirely upon their imagination for this information, exaggerating in proportion to their ignorance of the actual resources of the country.

Deaths Evelyn May Sundquist, 94 yrs., November 9, 2024, Gregory, SD. Scott Paul Kirsch, 50, White Lake, SD, seat belt violation, fine $25.00.

Funeral services to be held for Karen Geaghan Funeral services for Karen Geaghan, age 75, of Gregory, SD will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Gregory, SD. Burial will follow in the Catholic Cemetery in Gregory, SD. There will be a visitation Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

By Ronda Graber On Nov. 18 the oral interpretation team traveled to Pierre to compete at regions. The eight students qualified in six of the seven categories for the state festival to be held at Sturgis High School this Friday and Saturday.