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South Dakota State University Extension is hosting an educational soil health workshop for women and couples involved in agriculture on June 20, 2025, at the Sweetheart Ranch near Iona. This hands-on workshop is a collaboration with the Svoboda family of Sweetheart Ranch and The Resilient Ranch Coach, operated by Sarah Svoboda, and will focus on the relationship between soil health, grazing management and cattle production.

After spring planting is complete, agricultural producers in South Dakota should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline.

The boards that oversee South Dakota’s 10 public colleges are drafting policies in accordance with a new state law that will allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. Starting July 1, 2025 the fouryear and technical institutions will no longer be able to restrict the lawful concealed carry of firearms and weapons on campuses.

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Gregory community members stepped up in a big way this June, turning compassion into action at the most recent Gregory Community Blood Drive. Thanks to their generosity, 31 units of blood were collected from 24 donors – enough to support up to 93 patients in local hospitals, many of whom are cancer patients in urgent need of blood during treatment.

Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival on the midway and the Craft Fair in the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home kick off the 76th Annual Czech Days celebration on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The Tabor Bluebirds baseball game with Lesterville will be at 7:30 p.m. in Leonard Cimpl Park followed by the Rich Schild Memorial fireworks display will conclude the first day of the Czech Days celebration.

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Four members of the Gregory Gorilla track team have earned a spot in the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, June 19-22, 2025. The sprint medley relay team of Max Cook, Luke Stukel, Pierce Stukel, and Fin Adams will be competing against some of the best teams in the US at the Hayward Field on the University of Oregon Campus.

On Monday, June 9, 2025, two separate crews began simultaneous work on chip seal and fog seal projects on various highways in the Mitchell area. The contractor’s crews will move from one project to the next in the following scheduled order, please note all completion timelines are weather dependent: