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South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), is investigating an officer involved shooting and hostage situation that occurred Tuesday night, August 5, in Haakon County.

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Because the school’s conference room has become a classroom for the 2025-26 school year, the regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held in the school library at 5:30 p.m., Monday, August 11, 2025.

Almost five years ago, the American Legion Hutchison Post in Gregory explored the idea of starting a Sons of the American Legion (SAL) squadron. Now, with about 90 members, that squadron is in the top five in the state. Even more impressive, one of those members, Wyatt Reis, has recently been elected Detachment Commander for the State of South Dakota.

TMK Landworks is a relatively new business to the Gregory area. Earlier this year, Tony Weborg launched his business as an answer to land reclamation and clean-up needs in the area. With two of the largest skid loaders on the market and attachments such as an M&M tree shear, a Fecon drum mulcher, a Diamond disc mulcher, and a grapple attachment, TMK Landworks is outfitted to handle jobs like cedar and brush overgrowth, forestry mulching, land and lot clearing, pasture reclamation from cedars and brush overgrowth, fence-line mulching, dirt work, and shelter belt clean-outs.

The Gregory County Planning And Zoning Board reached an impasse on changing the minimum lot size to build a dwelling in an ag district in Gregory County. Faced with a widening division between members of the board, they consulted Brian McGinnis of Planning and Development District III, who advised that the next step was to refer the matter to the county Board of Commissioners to make the decision.

The Craguns are coming back to Gregory for their third appearance at Prairie View Gospel Barn at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2025. The Craguns are a dynamic, family group, comprised of husband and wife, Jordan and Elena Cragun, Ray Cragun (Jordan’s Father) and Savannah Cragun (Jordan’s Sister).

Three people are dead, including one suspect, following a shooting in Lower Brule early Monday morning, according to Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Chairman Boyd Gourneau. According to reporting by the Mitchell Daily Republic, Gourneau said he received a call about the incident around 4 a.m.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol made its largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine when it discovered 207 pounds of crystal meth during a recent traffic stop, according to Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden, whose August 10 announcement said the subject is not a U.S. citizen and is “now in immigration proceedings.”