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Tammy Jean Martin took over as the Director of Equalization/Planning & Zoning Administrator on November 3. With no experience in this type of work and even less with living in South Dakota, she was ready for a change.

Horse thieves, hidden treasure, murder, and dinosaur bones are just a sampling of the exciting elements found in Dr. Marvin Braun’s latest book, Kid Wade’s Gold.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 6, 2021, at City Hall. All employees are in good standing Beginning with executive session to discuss employee evaluations for the first hour, the council agreed to the following upon adjourning: all employees except Tara Engel, Marty Jung, Alex Hamilton, and Dean Rivers will receive a three percent raise.

Eli Barreto received a superior in the humorous division at state. Christian Spann received a superior in storytelling in addition to the superior he received in readers theatre.

South Dakota investigators probed an email account belonging to billionaire banker-turned philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, as well as his cellular and internet service providers, for possible possession of child pornography, according to search warrants unsealed Wednesday.

The South Dakota Democratic Party said Friday, November 19, it has paid a $40,000 penalty and rid its accounts of $2,500 in contributions for campaign finance violations during the 2016 presidential election.

I suspect all of us were taught the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In more contemporary English, treat others the way you want to be treated. If you want to feel better about life and its manifold challenges, then striving to live according to this adage can help that happen in your life.

On November 15, 2021, the Gregory Oral Interpretation team traveled to Pierre to compete at regions. Four of the seven pieces qualified for state in the categories of poetry, humorous, storytelling, and readers theatre.

A South Dakota newspaper is preparing to launch a second lawsuit if the House Speaker does not disclose the names of lawmakers who called for a special legislative session this month to consider whether to impeach the state’s attorney general.

South Dakota lawmakers will meet next month to hear from a former state employee at the center of questions over whether Gov. Kristi Noem interfered in a state agency that was evaluating her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license.