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The weather was perfect

The weather was perfect for the annual St. John’s Youth Arts in the Park/BankWest Harvest Festival..

School lunch menu to include 100% locally-grown beef

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, September 13, 2021, at the high school. Two items were added to the agenda.

Medical Cannabis Single Dispensary License - Ordinance No. 2021-03 passes first step at county commissioners meeting

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners was held at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the Gregory County Courthouse. On the road again Travel requests were approved for county commissioners and officials to attend the annual convention in Rapid City, September 12-14, for Sheriff Tim Drey to attend an FBI NICS training in Pierre, September 14, and for Laura Kahler to attend the ETHICS SD trapping program in Pierre, September 20-21.

Know what to do when approaching a school bus with flashing lights

School is now in session, and that means that school buses are again on the roads. Because the safety of our students is very important, some drivers may need some instruction on the law regarding what to do if they come upon a bus with flashing lights.

By whose standard

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchhill By definition, in order to measure something, one needs an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size. That being said, how can a concept like success be measured, but more importantly, by whose standard? Within the first minutes of life, we measure infants, placing them on a scale, assigning a percentage of where they fall on a growth chart.

Cheer and Dance team has a young roster this year

The 2021 competitive cheer and dance season started on August 2nd. This past spring we had a tryout in Gregory for sideline cheer, and we started the discussion with Burke about having their girls join our cheer and dance team.

Recent study shows Agriculture continues to drive SD’s economy

The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) in cooperation with AgUnited for South Dakota, South Dakota Dairy Producers, South Dakota Corn Utilization Council, Central Plains Dairy Foundation, and East River Electric Power Cooperative have released an economic contribution study of South Dakota Agriculture.

It takes a village to end human trafficking

Human trafficking is the act of compelling someone into work or commercial sex through force, fraud, or coercion. It is illegal everywhere but happens every day in big cities and small towns across the United States.