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Real estate and home sales are setting records in Sioux Falls and across the country. From cash offers to low mortgage rates to hundreds more real estate agents hoping to jump in the market and help buyers compete for homes, right now might feel like deja vu.

This pandemic does not want to leave us alone. It is a sinister, conniving thing that is finding new ways to cause illness and death. New and more challenging variants have resulted from its sneaky ability to mutate.

The office of the South Dakota Attorney General announced on Friday, July 23, that three arrests were made in Spink and Brown Counties on ​July 14, 2021, following an investigation which began in 2017.

Blake Benson, 43, Rapid City, SD, speeding on a state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50. Rhiley Ellwanger, 23, Burke, SD, animals within parks, fine $50.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $22.50.

Katie Rae Petersen, 28, Gregory, SD, abuse/cruelty minor - less 7 years of age, dismissed - motion by prosecutor; possession controlled substances in schedules I or II, dismissed - motion by prosecutor.

Mass of Christian burial to be held for Leone Thoene Leone Thoene, age 93, of Bonesteel, SD passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at 10:30 a.m.

The Rough & Tumble is making a return appearance in Gregory on Sunday, August 1, 4:00-6:00 p.m., at the Park Performance Center. In their previous appearance, in September 2019, they demonstrated their musical prowess and creativity on instruments ranging from mailbox snares to a suitcase kick drum, a nose harp, an accordian, and acoustic guitars to a banjulele.

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners was held at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 20,2021, at the Gregory County Courthouse. More houses going up in the county Convening as a board of adjustment, the commissioners approved two variance applications.

Last Thursday, July 22, a baler and a hay bale were destroyed when a bearing failed and caught fire. Members of the Gregory Volunteer Fire Department were able to extinguish the blaze before it resulted in even more damage.

Memorial Day 2021 was a little more emotional for Clarence Shoemaker than most other years, and it was all because a stranger decided to take a walk through a cemetery one day. Sheila Day was fulfilling a request from “Find A Grave” to take photos at Highland Cemetery by Adams, NE.