The B/F Community Club Haunted House will take place at the Fairfax Hall this Friday and Saturday, and it is slated to WOW! Movie quality props were generously donated to the project and up the scare factor immensely. 300+ hours were put into this wellthought-out maze of spook, which takes about 20 minutes to complete, by the way.

Heartfelt thanks to all who wished me a happy retirement after 33 years. Thanks for all the beautiful flowers, cards, gifts and best wishes. I have enjoyed my nursing career in Burke, Bassett, Gregory Hospitals and Avera Rosebud Country Care Center.

A study that focuses on ways to cool South Dakota’s streams during the hottest times of the year in an effort to preserve the trout population is yielding positive results, officials from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks say.

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 5.9 percent in 2022, the Social Security Administration recently announced. The 5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2022.

Members of the Gregory School Board earned an award for their dedication to enhancing their knowledge of school board work during the 2020-21 school year. The Gregory School Board earned a Gold Level award for their participation in the Associated School Boards of South Dakota’s board recognition program ALL, which stands for Act, Learn, Lead, and honors the work of school boards who strive to enhance their knowledge base of board work.

Distracted driving has become the new normal In April, State Farm released the results of a survey examining distracted driving. It revealed that we are still texting, speeding, looking at social media, grooming, gaming,and taking selfies while behind the wheel.