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Fr. Scott Bullock, bishop-elect of the Rapid City Diocese, will visit Gregory and Tripp Counties October 3-4, 2024, for the annual Bishop’s Hunt for Seminarians.

The City of Gregory has collaborated with Gregory County to reduce costs to have access to an emergency notification system. Through AlertSense, Gregory County is in a territory with Lyman and Tripp Counties, under Winner Dispatch, so alerts can be sent seamlessly throughout the three counties.

Applications are now open for South Dakota high school students interested in serving as pages for the historic 100th Session of the South Dakota Legislature. The program is open to high school juniors and seniors, including home-schooled students, from any school district in South Dakota, and gives them the opportunity to experience the legislative process firsthand by serving in the House of Representatives or the Senate for one of five terms during the session's main run.

Area farmers are reminded that the deadline to purchase a NAP policy on Rye is September 30, 2024. The Gregory County FSA Office in Burke, SD may be contacted at 605-7759122.

Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson would like to provide important information regarding absentee voting in the November 5, 2024 General Election.

Memorial services scheduled for Jim Lebert Memorial services for Jim Lebert, age 76, of Aurora, CO, will be held at Prairie View Gospel Barn in Gregory, SD, on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Inurnment will follow in the IOOF Cemetery. Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The annual District 3 fall meeting of the South Dakota American Legion will be held Sunday, September 29, 2024, in Miller, SD, for Legionnaires from Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Gregory, Lyman, Tripp and Hand counties.

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Al's Oasis, the South Dakota travel landmark just off I-90 at Oacoma, will soon have its restaurant operated by G.F. Buche Company, a South Dakota retailer since 1905. The company purchased the Al's Oasis complex in 2022, opening a Buche Foods grocery store in the facility while leasing the popular restaurant to an independent operator.

September 16, 2024 For the week ending September 15, 2024, there were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 20% very short, 33% short, 46% adequate, and 1% surplus.