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It’s Thanksgiving week, which means it’s time to think of all the things we have to be thankful for. Although this is something we should be doing every day, it’s nice to have a day dedicated to being grateful. Several students and staff at the Gregory School were asked what they are thankful for.

Communications Manager, Center for Rural Affairs This holiday season, will you shop at one of the 33.2 million small businesses that make up 99% of all businesses in the U.S? Up and down rural main streets in rural America, shopkeepers are readying their stores for the season. Business owners are stocking special gifts and rolls of wrapping paper to provide added value when you spend your money with a local retailer.

This time of year in particular, we are reminded regularly to be grateful. We know life isn’t perfect, so we also know it is unrealistic to maintain a mindset of positivity, void of any negative thought at all times. Life is complex. Joy and struggle happen simultaneously, but that does not mean that just one should have our full attention as it is important for both blessing and difficulty to be acknowledged.

Tangerine chicken, rice, broccoli, egg roll Tues., DeceMber 2 Walking taco WeD., DeceMber 3 Ham and Au gratin potatoes, green beans, dinner roll Thurs., DeceMber 4 Chicken slider sandwich, mac and cheese Fri., DeceMber 5 Spaghetti, meat sauce, bosco stick Daily Breakfast Menu: Yogurt, Milk, Juice, Fruit Included w/Lunch Milk, Fruit & Vegetable Food Bar This week’s school lunch menu sponsored by nion Gregory, SD • (605) 835-9656 .

Let’s drill down on beef prices. Here’s what we know. At the outset of the COVID pandemic in March 2020, all-fresh retail beef prices jumped significantly, running up about $1.40 per pound in just three months and peaking at about $7.40 per pound in June 2020. Beef prices then fell, but not as far as their pre-COVID level. Then, beginning at the end of 2020, beef prices trended sharply upward, and in August this year they reached over $9 per pound.

The first grade class had bright blue shark balloons

We have been discussing the need for Christians to be continuously willing to examine their biased opinions about life and the Bible. Remember the person who boldly declared, “I am what I am, and this is what I will always be?” It’s sad to imagine how many individuals actually feel this way about what they believe and who they are. Human nature is stubborn and sneaky. We seldom know people on the inside, as the conscience often views life as a poker game, holding certain cards close so that no one can see them. However, humans fail to comprehend that the way we live exposes what we believe we are hiding. We know what is in the well will come up in the bucket, and being secretive with the world does not matter near as much as ignoring and being in denial with God.

Weather not an issue for in-house Thanksgiving parade at Gregory School District

The South Dakota State Veterinarian’s Office issued the following press release on November 20, 2025: The South Dakota State Veterinarian’s Office has been made aware of an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV)/ Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in horses that were at or associated with mid-November barrel racing and rodeo-type events in Texas and Oklahoma.

At the regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners, held at 9 a.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the commissioners scheduled the first public hearing regarding the planning and zoning board’s recommendation to change the minimum lot requirement for a dwelling from 40 acres to 10 acres. The commissioners will have the final say about the ordinance after giving the public an opportunity to express their opinions at two public hearings. The first of the two hearings will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in the commissioners’ room in the courthouse. If a large number of people show up, it will be moved to the courtroom.