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Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Company of Burke, SD, will hold their 108th Annual Policy-holders Meeting on March 15, 2022, at 1:15 p.m. at the Civic Center in Burke, SD. Plan to attend this informative business meeting. Drawings will be held for cash prizes, and lunch will be served at the close of the meeting.

How many women does it take to clean one freezer?! The women, pictured clockwise from the top, Sandy Smith, Darlene Shattuck, Janice Grenoble, Cheryln Shaffer, Cindy Diekman, Sandy Jones, and Sally Shaffer, were part of the crew that helped clean out the old and move in the new kitchen equipment at the American Legion. Not pictured are the men who helped: Dick Shaffer, Ron Shattuck, Greg Smith, Bob Fenenga, Gerald Gergan, Joe Klein, Harold Winter, and Ed Eagle Star.

The second grade class at Gregory Elementary enjoyed 2-22-22. With no school on “Twosday,” grade 2 celebrated on Thursday. They completed centers revolving around the number 2. Students practiced homophones, double consonants, and compound words. In math, they added double digits and solved 2 step problems. In writing, they enjoyed imagining what their lives would be like in 22 years. The teachers for the second grade classes are Jacqueline Bartling and Britany Reber.

The annual District 3 spring meeting of the South Dakota American Legion will be held Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Colome, SD, for Legionnaires from Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Gregory, Lyman, Tripp, and Hand counties.

The article about Alec Dostal in the 02/23/22 edition of the Gregory Times-Advocate stated that he had been indicted on only four charges. It should have stated that he had been indicted on all of the following eight charges: Count 1: manslaughter in the first degree - dangerous weapon; Count 2: vehicular homicide; Count 3: driving under the influence - .08 or more; Count 4: driving under the influence; Count 5: threatening law enforcement officer or family; Count 6: possession of loaded firearm while intoxicated; Count 7: driving while revoked; and Count 8: speeding.

MAGISTRATE COURT Erin Louise Soesbe, 40, Gregory, SD, compulsory school attendance, dismissed - motion by prosecutor. Rocky Dale Blare, 66, Ideal, SD, speeding on a state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

Funeral services to be held for Mike Gassen Funeral services for Mike Gassen, age 73, of Bellwood, NE, formerly of Gregory, SD, will be held on Friday, March 4, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 2022, at City Hall. The meeting was delayed from Tuesday because of the weather.

The “Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service” was recently awarded by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association to Stephanie Johnson Pochop of the Johnson Pochop & Bartling Law Office LLP.

Chris Nelson announced that he will be a candidate for re-election to the Public Utilities Commission in 2022. Chris made the announcement to a crowd gathered for the Hughes County Lincoln Day Dinner in Pierre.