Magistrate Court

Tori Jo Moos, 24, Fairfax, SD, speeding on state highway, fine $59.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges

$28.50.

Welcoming home South Dakota’s finest Welcoming troops home has always been one of my favorite parts of this job. Seeing the joy that our soldiers feel when they are reunited with their families is truly greater than words could ever describe.

It was only a few years ago that if you stood at a cattlemen’s meeting and said a globalist organization is forming that will bring together global food processing companies, global banks, global food retailers, global pharmaceutical companies, some of the world’s largest feedlots, cattle organizations like the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and several of its state affiliated organizations, and global environmental groups to tell American producers how to run their farms and ranches, you would have been laughed out of the room and told to leave on the horse that brought you.

The earliest settlers to the Missouri Slope (area on the north side of the Missouri River and close to the river between Sioux City and above Fort Randall) depended a great deal on hunting and fishing for their survival. It is true that there were supplies in Sioux City; however, for many, the cost was more than they could afford.

One doesn’t have to be an astute observer to notice that the leaves are still on most trees as we move into the second week of October. Normally, last week’s strong winds would have left the trees bare this time of year, but this year the leaves are not only still clinging to the branches but most are even green.

The Gregory County Board of Commissioners held their regular meeting at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Gregory County Courthouse. Travel approved Travel requests were approved for Julie Bartling and LaNeal Schonebaum to attend the auditor’s election conference October 18-19 in Pierre and for Shelby Jones to travel with the county health nurse to attend the WIC staff meeting October 19 in Mitchell.