Some of our readers have had questions about the pool fund balance shown in the Gregory Times-Advocate from time to time, so the City Finance Office provided the following explanation to help clear up any confusion: Although it is perfectly clear to me, I realize that I am sitting in front of all these numbers that I have meticulously organized and broken down in this file in the cabinet and that file on the computer, but it occurred to me that maybe this is not as clear to those that do not stare at numbers all day. I thought I would take a moment and better explain the pool funds/accounts.

The South Dakota Commission on Child Support is soliciting public input on potential changes to South Dakota child support guidelines and related state laws. Information on the potential changes is available on the Division of Child Support website at dss.

Brindy Bolander of Winner is one of 14 South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences students awarded a grant that will allow them to conduct a research project under the mentorship of a college faculty member. Bolander will use stable isotopes to determine the effect of hypoxia on Largemouth Bass diets in a research project in the area of natural resource management. David Coulter from the natural resource management department will mentor Bolander on the project.

On July 10, 2025, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ordered the immediate closure of southern border ports to livestock trade following renewed threats from New World Screwworm (NWS) spreading north from Mexico. The latest case was located just 370 miles south of the U.S./Mexico border.

Eliza beth “Libbie” Custer never forgot the spring blizzard which raged in Yankton in April of 1874. The wife of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer had celebrated her 31st birthday with her husband less than a week earlier in a railroad car on the train carrying the Seventh Cavalry Regiment to a new assignment in Dakota Territory.

The Fort Randall Dam is taking on a massive modernization effort as the Major Unit Rehabilitation Project is officially in motion. Over the next eight years, all eight units of the powerhouse will be replaced. The first of the new units started to arrive the week of July 9. These hydro-powered turbine units are over three stories tall, far too tall to be delivered in one piece. So, piece-by-piece, parts of the new unit will be delivered and set up at the staging grounds near and inside Ft. Randall Powerhouse. Over the next 18 months, the first old unit will be removed and the new pieces will be assembled into a brand new unit, marking one of the largest upgrades in the dam’s history. Standing more than three stories tall, each unit is a towering feat of engineering. After some testing to confirm the new unit is running smoothly, the rest of the units will be similarly removed and replaced two at a time.