Colonel Dodge, who was the chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railway, gathered valuable statistics regarding the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo which followed the extension of the railroad across the great plains west of the Missouri and in Texas. He indicated that the building of the Union Pacific Railway in 1886 - 87, from Omaha to Cheyenne (which at the time was in the Territory of Dakota) cut through the center of the great buffalo range.

The popular bluegrass duo, The Purple Hulls, are making a return appearance at Prairie View Gospel Barn for a Veterans Day celebration of bluegrass and patriotic songs on Saturday, November 11. Born and raised on a working family farm in deep East Texas, identical red-headed twins Katy Lou and Penny Lea Clark learned the value of hard work and the goodness of country life, and were blessed to grow up in an environment that cultivated their Godgiven aptitude for music.

Several residents from the Pleasant View Addition were in attendance at the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council meeting on Monday evening to express concern about their streets. They claim they have been told that they are part of Phase I of the infrastructure project but haven’t heard anything about whether that is actually going to happen.

Doug Lindquist served in the Vietnam War in 1969-70. He received his draft notice while he was in college in the fall of 1968. He didn’t return to school, figuring he’d be called up soon, but in February of 1968 he got tired of waiting and went to Burke to enlist.

Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in autumns white, orange, and yellow are way up there.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in South Dakota to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climatesmart practices in fiscal year (FY) 2024 as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which help a wide variety of producers, including urban and organic producers.