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A modest crowd turned out for the public meeting at the community room in Gregory Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, July 27, to learn more about the proposed multi-million dollar wastewater system and water distribution plan.

Gregory County 4-H held a nature workshop at Burke Lake, where the youth went on a hike and got to learn about plants, animals and about the history of Burke Lake. This workshop was held on Monday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For this workshop, the youth were able to lead the workshop and explore nature, ask questions, and learn from seeing, touching, and even tasting. They found some mulberries, and everyone got to try some.

Gregory County 4-H held a Mix Up Mash Up workshop for cloverbuds on Tuesday, July 20th at the Burke Civic Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The youth painted a picture of the beach, played bug bingo, turned socks into fish, and played sharks and minnows in the gym. They had a busy workshop and were all tuckered out by the end.

A zoo animals workshop for cloverbuds was held by Gregory County 4-H at the Burke Civic Center on Thursday, July 22nd from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The youth watched a virtual zoo tour and learned about various animals, performed veterinarian checkups on stuffed animals, played some fun games, and made their own zoo animals out of paper bags.

A judge overseeing the criminal trial of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has ordered medical providers to turn over their health records for the pedestrian who was struck and killed by Ravnsborg last year.

The pool fund has started to accumulate some money, and this thermometer will help keep track of where the balance stands in relation to the total goal. Although the $4 million price tag looks intimidating, the city doesn’t have to come up with the total amount.

Two companies seeking to build thousands of miles of pipeline across the Midwest are promising the effort will aid rather than hinder the fight against climate change, though some environmental groups remain skeptical.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Friday, July 23, that she is looking to make widespread changes in the state’s prison system after meeting with tired and discouraged employees working short-handed at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

We have officially closed the curtains on another Burke Stampede Rodeo. This time it was our first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) event. We were amazed watching these professional athletes and performances, and we hope you were too!

“Together we unite and hope for a cure” is the theme of the 14th annual Wagner Cancer Walk. The annual walk is back after a scaled down version last year because of the pandemic.