The Governor’s Office of Economic Development is reminding fuel retailers to apply for the Ethanol Blender Pump Grant before the August 31 deadline. This grant program is designed to expand the availability of ethanol blends across the state and help retailers install pumps.

WD; Jason John and Renae Rose Harmelink, husband and wife, aka Jason J. Harmelink, aka Jason Harmelink and aka Renae R. Harmelink, aka Renae Harmelink, to Kolt and Annie Schonebaum, husband & wife, JT WROS NTIC, Lot 6, Majestic West Acres, being in the NW ¼, the NE¼, and the SW¼, less Lot C of R.W. Gaylen’s First Addition, in Sec. 2-96-70.

Ronald D. Potter, 81, Valentine, NE, speeding on state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

Mollie Andrews, teacher for the ag CTE trailer and FFA advisor, delivered the Gorilla Good News at the regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education, held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, August 12, 2024. She had just found out on Friday (August 9) that the Gregory County FFA chapter was recognized as a 2-star chapter at the national level, meaning they are in the top 50% of all chapters that were submitted to nationals. (To submit an application to nationals, a chapter had to be recognized as being in the top ten percent in their state.) They will be recognized on stage at the national convention in October.

The first reading of the wind energy systems ordinance was held at the regular meeting of the Gregory county Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, August 7. Planning and Zoning Board members John Jacobsen and Sonny Plugge as well as Planning and Zoning Administrator Betty Jo Hoffman were in attendance to answer any questions and explain the board’s rationale for regulations in the ordinance.

Charles and Heather Maude, a western South Dakota farm and ranch couple, have been indicted for theft of federal property. The summons, served June 24, 2024, charged that the Maudes, “Beginning at a time unknown, but no later than December, 2020…did knowingly steal, purloin and convert to their own use National Grasslands managed by the United States Department of Agriculture, a department and agency of the United States, namely, approximately, 25 acres of National Grasslands for cultivation and approximately 25 acres of National Grasslands for grazing cattle, having a value in excess of $1,000 and did aid and abet each other, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 2.”