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Join the junior high play cast for two nights Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Dixon Town Hall Theater. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m.

The Gregory City Council held a special meeting at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 20, 2025, to convene as a board of equalization to hear additional property assessment appeals. Before any appeals could be discussed, however, Councilwoman Laura Petersen stated that she had contacted the equalization office and was told earlier that day that the board couldn’t make a decision on any appeals that came in after March 13.

Gregory Public Library has been selected as one of eight sites to host the South Dakota Humanities Council’s One Book SD author tour again this year. This year’s One Book SD is The Cost of Free Land by Rebecca Clarren.

On March 11, 2025, Travel & Leisure published their top 10 list of the best places to retire in the Midwest, based on affordable housing, a lower cost of living, and access to quality health care. They used date from Investopedia that analyzed such things as cost of living for two adults, taxes, access to health care, and more.

The Gregory County FFA officer team will again be recognized as a Superior Chapter in South Dakota. They are one of the top 10 chapters in the state, and will find out final placing on the last day of convention, Saturday April 5th.

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Traffic cones along Hwy. 18 have reappeared.

Get ready to walk for a great cause! Burke FCCLA is hosting a Walk-A-Thon to raise funds for Gregory County Laps of Love on Saturday, April 5, from 10:00 am 12:00 pm at the Burke track. Area community members and students will be challenged to collect pledges for walking laps. Come for the morning or stop by for lunch. Concessions will be served.

As bird flu ravages poultry farms across the country—including in South Dakota—fears are growing that the highly contagious avian influenza virus could mutate and begin to spread widely among the world’s human population.

Antibiotics are considered one of the great medical discoveries of the 20th century. Since antibiotics became widely available in 1945, they have been used to keep infectious diseases such as cholera and diphtheria under control as well as treating more common ailments such as pneumonia.