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More than 2,100 students at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD, are being honored for their high achievement, during the spring 2022 semester with the release of the dean’s list. Full-time undergraduate students are named to the dean’s list if they received a 3.5 GPA for courses they took in the spring 2022 semester and had no incomplete or failing grades.

South Dakota State University of Brookings, SD, announced the names of the undergraduates who have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. Local students include: Franklin Even of Burke, SD, agriculture, food and environmental sciences; Tyson Mayer of Burke, SD, engineering; Ryahna Schweigert of Burke, SD, nursing; Tyler Murray of Gregory, SD, engineering; Matthew Sinclair of Gregory, SD, engineering; Caleb Stukel of Gregory, SD, arts, humanities and social sciences; Jayd Vanderwerff of Gregory, SD, agriculture, food and environmental sciences..

The University of Sioux Falls recently announced spring 2022 dean’s list. Bethany Swift of Burke, SD, majoring in business administration, was among more than 600 students named to the dean’s list.

Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD, has released its dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. Students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester are eligible for the dean’s list.

The Sons of the American Legion will be holding their monthly meeting on Thursday, June 16, at the Legion Post in Gregory. The meeting will start at 8:00 p.m. and all members and potential members are encouraged to attend.

The Gregory community blood drive will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. Schedule a blood donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call Katie Bolander at (605) 835-5170.

Southeast Technical College of Sioux Falls, SD, has named students to the president’s list for the spring 2022 semester. The president’s list recognizes full-time (12+ credits), degree-seeking students who earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Academic Honors acknowledges degree-seeking students enrolled in 6-11 credits with a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.

One hundred thirty-two rural schools have existed in Gregory County since shortly before the turn of the twentieth century. Now the county has two K-12 schools and one K-5.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, June 6, 2022, at City Hall. Taggart brings concerns to the council Mona Taggart addressed the council during the public forum portion of the meeting with a list of concerns, including the inability to hear warning sirens in businesses and homes along Highway 18, the old school, law enforcement, and semis driving through town on Highway 18 greatly exceeding the speed limit.

Acupuncture is one of the oldest practices in traditional Chinese medicine. Some theories even suggest that it may have been practiced elsewhere in Eurasia during the Stone Age, given evidence of the mummified body of Otzi the Iceman, which had tattoos around the areas where acupuncture needles are used. Today, acupuncture is still used to treat a wide variety of health concerns in humans, but the field of animal acupuncture is a new and growing field.