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The Gregory County Highway Department would like to take the opportunity to clarify a misconception regarding snow removal activities across the county. Gregory County has implemented a new policy to employ residents on a part-time basis in the event of inclement weather.

Representatives from Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) and MidAmerican Energy Company (MEC) held a couple public meetings on Wednesday, January 25 - one at 1:00 p.m., and a second at 5:00 p.m. - at the Burke Civic Center.

Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., has released the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester. Students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester are eligible for the dean’s list.

With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging. U.S.

Stanley and Elma spent their entire life in the Gregory area. They raised their three children on the farm that Stanley was born and raised on. Their three children, David, Linda, and Julie all attended and graduated from Gregory High School. Dave and Roxie’s three children were raised on that same farm and all attended and graduated from GHS.

South Dakotans can check out state park passes from many public and academic libraries across the state through the new Check Out South Dakota State Parks program. The program is made possible through a partnership between South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) and the South Dakota State Library.

SD Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state’s Republican attorney general, said on January 24 that the state will prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion-inducing pills following a recent Food and Drug Administration rule change that broadens access to the pills.

David Adler is president of The Alturas Institute, a non-profit organization created to promote the Constitution, gender equality and civic education. This column is made possible with the support of the South Dakota Humanities Council, South Dakota Newspaper Association and this newspaper.

Twenty-five years ago, as a very excited new social worker, I had the opportunity to work with a collaborative program in Worthington, MN, funded by the corrections program and housed within the elementary and middle schools. We built a teen peer mentoring program based on tools from the Search Institute’s developmental assets survey.

Winner Regional Health recently announced that its Sleep Lab Program recently passed its review by the Center’s for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This is a very intense and rigorous process that not only allows Winner Regional Health to accept Medicaid and Medicare services, but to provide the highest level of care for their patients. This process is required every three years, and this has been their third accreditation over the past nine years. This demonstrates Winner Regional Health’s commitment and ability to meet a high level of performance and highlights its focus on patient care. Being accredited at the national level allows Winner Regional Health to provide services on a local level and in a timely manner, preventing the community from having to drive hours for similar services. Another advan-tage of providing this service on a local level is our ability to provide Home Sleep Studies (HST) for patients who prefer to complete their sleep study in the comfort of their own home.