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The South Dakota Department of Health is reporting the first measles case of 2025 in a South Dakota resident. An adult in Meade County developed a measles infection after traveling internationally. The measles patient visited several public locations, and persons who were in the same settings are asked to self-monitor for measles symptoms for 21 days.

Farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and community members are invited to attend a field day hosted by Dakota Lakes Research Farm and board member Blake Foxley on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Foxley Farm, located at 27127 312 Ave., Winner, South Dakota.

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It’s June and summer break is in full swing. As parents you may feel some relief from the rushed mornings and the stress of homework, but if you have school aged children at home for the summer you may carry a different stressor, the challenge of open time.

NEW YORK (AP) - Between collections resuming, courts blocking student loan programs and layoffs at the Education Department, borrowers might be confused about the status of their student loans. Recently, the Education Department announced it would start involuntary collections on defaulted loans, meaning the roughly 5.3 million borrowers who are in default could have their wages garnished by the federal government.

The Gregory Gorilla track team traveled to Avon for the 5B last chance track meet. The boys came away with the team title. This track meet is no longer the qualifier for the state track meet rather the top

The Gregory boys golf team competed in Regions on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell, SD. Cold and wet conditions proved to be challenging for the golfers. Luke Stukel placed 5th with an 80 and will advance to the state tournament. Luke will be golfing in Cattail Crossing in Watertown, SD on June 2 and 3, 2025.

Gregory Public Library is hosting a fundraiser in collaboration with the local Community Arts Council and Dixon Town Hall, and we need you. The library’s Summer Reading theme is “Color Our World,” and what better way to do that than to add some color to the community and hopefully spark a new movement of public art.

Rex Pfaff and Keith Jons from Bonesteel appeared at the regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, to discuss road conditions. Pfaff has to drive six miles out of his way some days because the more direct route is so bad. Jons has filled holes in the road with his own equipment because one hole was so bad that it put people in the ditch. It gets to the point, he said, that there is no gravel left. Maintenance is a big issue. Jessy Biggins pledged that the issue would be addressed.

Svoboda grew up ranching north of Burke after her family moved to the area in 2000. After high school, she attended the School of Mines in Rapid City to study mechanical engineering, but it didn't take her long to figure out that that wasn't what she wanted to do with her life. She came back home, married her husband Bart in 2013, and they started their own operation, in which she is the rancher and he is the farmer.