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The Gregory County FFA Chapter attended the Scotland Career Development Event (CDE) on Thursday, April 4. This contest helped determine the qualifiers for State Convention. To qualify, teams had to place in the top four from their own district (other districts also participated). They could also place individually if they placed in the top ten but weren’t part of a top four team.

A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill untiringly for many a long year. But the donkey's strength was going and the man thought it best that his old friend Donkey retire...

Welcome to Purdy’s Showtime Café, where you can get a burger and the town gossip! This weekend Gregory High School students will be presenting Scrambled, a comedy by Pat Cook. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m.

In a pinning ceremony hosted by the Fairfax American Legion Auxiliary, twenty-five Vietnamera Veterans were honored for their service. Thirteen of those were honored posthumously, thanking a loved one for the service member’s sacrifice.

Whether you intend to release a fish you catch or plan to legally keep it, the fish should be handled properly. For the fish’s sake – and yours.

Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA One of the regulatory fights in Washington, D.C., right now is whether independent ranchers will be afforded the protections granted them over 100 years ago when Congress passed the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. It should surprise no one that the multinational meatpackers are lined up on one side of the fight – as they are who will be regulated by the Act – and organizations like R-CALF USA on the other – organizations that represent the independent cattle and sheep producers who are to be protected by the Act.

Gregory Reading Olympics was held April 5th, 2024, at the Winner School District. Gregory took 49 kids (10 teams) to the competition and came home with some hardware. Vivian Nguyen has participated all six years.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A beloved giraffe at a zoo in South Dakota has died.

Miss South Dakota, Miranda O’Bryan, will be at the Gregory Public Library on Thursday, April 18, to read her book Jericho, the Journalism Kitty and discuss the importance and joy of reading. Jericho the Journalism Kitty teaches children—and adults—what journalism is through a beautifully illustrated lens, giving a brief overview of the job that provides facts and information to communities throughout the world.

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