More than 3,400 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2023 semester at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, by being named to the dean’s list. To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

The homes teaders came west to improve their economic status. This was universally the impelling motive in the we s t wa rd settlement of America. The simple functions were performed by these early settlers who had adjusted themselves to the needs of their family and the community.

Over the weekend Guhner Kepler and Brody Boes beat the weather to get to Box Elder and compete in South Dakota’s first “Battle of the Badges” on Saturday, January 13. “Battle of the Badges” (BOTB) is a nonprofit amateur boxing competition to raise money for local charities. Originally, a showdown between police and firefighters in Louisiana, BOTB has expanded across the country and includes veterans from the armed services and other first responders in addition to police and fire fighters. Occasionally the competitions are dodge ball and blood drives.

Mrs. Bartling’s 2nd grade science class was the topic of Gorilla Good News at the Gregory School District Board of Education regular meeting on Tuesday, January 9. The meeting had been postponed a day because of weather-related cancellations.

Boaz Swift is the new veterinarian at Gregory Animal Clinic. Swift grew up north of Burke, and was homeschooled through high school.

Hank and Melissa Wonnenberg’s girls, Elizabeth (12) and Lydia (10), don’t have a gaming system to occupy their time. Instead they have a barn full of animals they raise and show, from rabbits, chickens, dogs, and companion animals to pigs and beef and dairy cattle.