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Water Quality Last year, the City of Gregory monitored your drinking water for possible contaminants. This report is a snapshot of the quality of the water that we provided last year.

Private applicator certification is required before an agricultural producer can purchase or use a restricted use pesticide. A producer who has the potential to produce more than $1,000 of an agricultural commodity must be certified to use any pesticide. There is no fee for a private applicator certification, which is valid for three years and expires on the last day of February.

Historically, curiosity, wonder and awe have been set aside for the dreamers, the creators, musicians, artists and children. As adults, the “American Way” has not valued these abilities in the same regard as things like individualism, capitalism and self-reliance. Yet if you are someone who stops to take in the beauty of a sunrise or sunset, pauses to feel the cool wind whipping at your face, marvels at a golden wheat field in July, or pauses to say a prayer of thanks for the rain in a dry summer you are practicing a moment of awe.

The annual District 3 Spring Meeting of the South Dakota American Legion will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Winner for Legionnaires from Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Gregory, Lyman, Tripp and Hand counties.

The Gregory Volunteer Fire Department sold 500 raffle tickets for a fund raiser for the department. The drawing was held during the dance on Saturday, March 8, 2025 with the following winners announced. They were Mike Schrader, 1st - $5,000; Gary Jacobsen, 2nd - $4,000; Shelly Day, 3rd - $2,000; Troy Sundquist, 4th - $1,000; and Matt Poehlman, 5th - $500.

In what is likely to be a record year for influenza cases and hospitalizations in South Dakota, schools have been hit particularly hard by illnesses this winter. When several students fell ill and then a few teachers also became sick in late January, Menno schools superintendent Kory Foss made the decision to shut down the district for a day.

Gregory County 4-H hosted the annual Youth in Action Day Special Foods contest on March 1, at the Burke Civic center with fifteen youth participating. In a special foods contest, youth prepare either a snack or meal within a 90-minute time period and also must complete a nutrition interview and a proper place setting. Their dish must also fulfill a daily nutrient requirement from one of the five food groups: dairy, fruit, vegetable, protein or grain. This year, our 4-H’ers went above and beyond with some complex meals.

Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chair Government Operations and Audit, Vice-Chair House State Affairs, Member of House and Joint Legislative Procedure Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

Jim Halverson District 21 Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Education, Health & Human Services Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

Former Gregory High School graduate Keeley Klein didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she joined State-A-Thon the Sunday before her first day of college at South Dakota State University. She had met a girl during the European Music Trip in 2019, who emailed her before move-in day who recalled Keeley telling her that she did competitive dance in high school.