Former Gregory High School graduate Keeley Klein didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she joined State-A-Thon the Sunday before her first day of college at South Dakota State University. She had met a girl during the European Music Trip in 2019, who emailed her before move-in day who recalled Keeley telling her that she did competitive dance in high school.

Extreme winter weather has caused widespread disruptions across the Midwest, resulting in canceled blood drives and closures of LifeServe Blood Center Donor Centers across Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Illinois. Unfortunately, this has led to the loss of more than 900 blood donations, significantly impacting the supply of blood products for patients in need.

Through a new pilot project, Avera is offering clinic-based food pantries for patients who experience food insecurity in Sioux Falls and Parkston, SD. In collaboration with Feeding South Dakota, Avera Research Institute and Avera’s Community Partnerships program, the food pantries are made possible by grant dollars from the federal Healthy Start grant to improve maternal and infant health.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that court filings in Texas Federal Court are evidence 17 states, including South Dakota, who filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s attempt to bring gender dysphoria as a disability in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are clearly not asking that the lawsuit rule all of Section 504 unconstitutional.

Gregory 61 vs. Wagner 55 In a hard — fought contest, the Gregory Gorillas held off the Wagner Red Raiders last Tuesday night with a final score of 61-55. Gregory set the pace early, surging to a 20-10 lead after the first quarter. The Gorillas kept a slight advantage in the second quarter, finishing the half with a score of 29-22. Both teams picked up the scoring in the third quarter and the Gorillas led 45-37 heading into an exciting fourth quarter. In a tense final period, the Red Raiders cut the Gorilla lead to one point with two minutes remaining but the Gorillas regained control in the final minute, securing the 61-55 victory.

The lady gorillas traveled to Tyndall on February 21, 2025, to take on the Bon Homme Cavaliers. This was a close game throughout the contest. Gregory had quarter stops of 12, 21, 31, and 43, while Bon Homme had stops of 8, 19, 31, 39. Gregory shot six of 23 on twos and eight of 25 on threes and collected seven of 13 on free throws. Gregory put three players in double digits and five in the scoring column. Dani VanDerWerff had 15, Ashlyn Vosika, 12, Regan Graesser, 10, Alison Stevicks 4, and Sadie Carlson, 2.