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It has been roughly 21 months since a vehicle driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg struck and killed pedestrian Joe Boever of Highmore. What follows is an overview of the events that followed, taken from various news sources.

Thank you to the American Legion Auxiliary for sponsoring me for Girls State. It was a lifechanging experience. I had the opportunity to meet inspiring representatives of South Dakota and take part in legislative discussions. Special thanks to Janice Grenoble and Darlene Shattuck for their time and dedication.

Visiting international students ages 15 - 17 years old are seeking host families in the area for an academic year or semester. Exchange students from countries such as Spain, Poland, Brazil, Italy, Thailand, France, South Korea, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Mexico, and Germany become members of their host families while learning their family’s traditions and sharing their own. It’s a great way to learn a new culture and add a little spark to your daily routine while promoting international diplomacy at a local level.

Winner Regional Health is excited and privileged to welcome Dr. Ken Noguchi to the medical team, with an estimated start date of July 25th, 2022. He looks forward to meeting those in the community and prefers to be addressed as “Ken” or “Dr. Ken”.

Little did ag teacher Mollie Andrews know when she and her students presented the idea of starting an FFA chapter to the public in spring of 2021 that her students would take her for a wild ride in the first year.

When Carma Womeldorf was just eight years old, she couldn’t tell twins Allen and Alvin Edwards apart. “Well,” she said, exasperated.

South Central Storm won a 9-4 victory at home over Chamberlain Mallards on Sunday, June 12. The Storm fired up the offense in the first innings, when Schroeder induced Hunter Van Niewenhuyse to hit into a fielder’s choice, but one run scored.

Gregory County 4-H Held a Fundamentals to Baking workshop on Thursday, June 9, at the Burke Civic Center. There were two sessions - session 1 was from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and was for ages 6 years old to 10 years old; session 2 started at 1:00 p.m. and went till 3:00 p.m. and was for ages 10 years old and older. The youth baked blueberry and chocolate chip muffins and learned many basic baking skills, like how to follow a recipe and how to properly use different baking tools. The youth had a lot of fun and we hope to see them use these skills at our Special Foods contest next year.

Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival on the midway and the Craft Fair & Sue Souhrada Memorial Quilt Show in the school gym kick off the 73rd annual Czech Days celebration on Thursday, June 16th. 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 to conclude the first day of the Czech Days celebration.

New officers of Catholic Daughters of the Americas from Court St. Frances #547 of Gregory/Burke, Court Mary Imelda #1014 of Winner, and Court St. Maria Goretti #1584 of Colome were installed on the evening of 6/9/2022 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gregory, following Mass.