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August 10, 2025, marked the 7th annual “Best of the West” county showcase held in Wessington Springs, SD. Thirty-three counties were invited to take part in the event.

The 2025 Gorillas are anxious to return to the Friday night lights of Mike Dacy Field. Expectations are high after having a productive offseason, which included weight/acceleration training, team camps, and position camps.

At the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council, 6:00 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2025, at City Hall, the preliminary budget for 2026 that Mayor Al Cerny and Finance Officer Trudy Waterman put together was discussed. The budget is balanced with a $31,000 contingency fund. To achieve a balanced budget, funding for the Gregory Economic Development Group and Gregory/Dallas Chamber of Commerce were reduced.

While selling educational books door-to-door is the last thing most people think of when deciding how to spend their summer vacations during their school years, for Latvia native Arta Liepa, who is a summer exchange student in the Tripp and Gregory counties area, it is her key to a successful future.

From 2014 to 2023, there were 971 fatal school-bus-related crashes, and 1,079 people of all ages were killed in those crashes — an average of 108 fatalities per year. New South Dakota law makes passing a stopped school bus from either direction a Class 1 misdemeanor, which means jail time.

Marriages Mason Ray Peck of Burke, SD, age 22, to Samantha Jo Reinartz, Burke, SD, age 20, on August 9, 2025, in Burke, SD. D eaths William Charles Pusl, 66 years, December, 23, 2024, Sioux Falls, SD.

The Department of Social Services is asking SNAP recipients to safeguard themselves against theft by changing their SNAP personal identification numbers (PIN) immediately. A recent discovery revealed that more than 350 SNAP beneficiaries in the Sioux Falls area had their benefits stolen.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) provides daily traffic counts at nine locations for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 85th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally which ran from Aug. 1-10, 2025.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a 42-year-old Fresno, CA man has been indicted on two felony counts after he was arrested Friday night transporting 207 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in Sturgis. The case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office and the Meade County State’s Attorney.

rairie plants to know A native rhizomatous perennial with square stems (an identifying characteristics of the Mint family) with oval to lance-shaped, sharply serrate, opposite leaves. It can grow 2-4 feet tall with many stems.