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Bethany Eggers, MA, LPC-MH For weeks, sometimes months, we look forward to the holidays. There’s anticipation, connection, celebration, time off, and often a break from routine.

At the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council, Tuesday, January 20, 2026, the council discussed the 2026 contract for code enforcement. In 2025, 39 vehicles were brought into compliance, nine properties were cleaned up, and five more properties are working to gain compliance.

Dr. Boaz Swift took over ownership of the Burke and Gregory Veterinary Clinics January 1, 2026.

Katie Biggins has turned a traditional ranch ingredient into a thriving tallow skin care line. Katie and her husband Jessy own Biggins Cattle Company, where they raise quality beef with no hormones or antibiotics, beef that is grass fed, grain-finished, and comes from cows that have never been confined in feed yards.

R ecords Allen Jess Lee Kilgore, 36, Dallas, SD, fail to stop/furnish info after property damage accident, disposition: dismissed-motion by prosecutor, plea: not guilty. Rachael Karolczak, 45, Gregory, SD, domestic abuse simple assault attempt to cause bodily injury, disposition: dismissed-motion by prosecutor.

T ransfers WD; Jensen Design Build, LLC, a South Dakota limited liability company, to Sharon Klein, a single person, The N50' of Lot 6, Block 1, Grandview Addition Gregory, located in the SW1/4SE1/4 of SEC. 12-97-73.

The email listed in the story for Gregory PopUp Book Shop was incorrect. It should be gregorypopupbookshop2025@ outlook.com. You may also access the shop’s email through their Facebook page: Gregory PopUp BookShop.

Two people died and several were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Friday afternoon, January 16, 2026, five miles west of Reliance, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Drew Allen Kellison, the driver of a 2025 Kenworth, was traveling westbound on Interstate 90 near mile marker 244 and had slowed down due to a crash in front of him.

In South Dakota, this winter it’s not Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy, riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo, but rather Rhinestone Plowboy, riding out in a plow on a snow-filled “roadeo”. The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is excited to announce another round of outstanding winners in the sixth annual snowplow naming contest. The contest continues to spark creativity while providing an opportunity to encourage winter driving safety awareness for South Dakotans of all ages.

Northern State University is proud to recognize the outstanding academic achievements of students for the Fall 2025 semester. Alisa Schmitz of Gregory, SD, President’s List.