District 21 Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Vice Chair Agriculture and Natural Resources, Member of Local Government Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

SPN, the city’s engineering company for the infrastructure project, has finally received comments from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources regarding Phase I. They have revised the plans and specifications per DANR’s request and resubmitted them. They expect approval any day, Mayor Al Cerny reported at the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council on Monday evening, March 4. Originally, SPN had expected to be able to go to bid in December 2023.

This year is a leap year, meaning that February had 29 days instead of the normal 28, which we observed on Thursday. It happens every four years, so it should come as no surprise to anyone when it rolls around. But why do we do this?

Daytona Paris and Libby Krcil were groundbreakers in Gregory County this winter, becoming the first two girls to compete in high school girls wrestling as part of the Burke/Gregory Storm team. Although women’s wrestling made its Olympic debut in 2004, girls wrestling at the high school and college levels is just now gathering steam.

Mungun Munkhbat is a foreign exchange student at Gregory High School this year, living with host family Virginia Dargatz and Clay Peck. Mungun is from Mongolia, a country located between Russia to the north and China to the south.

The South Dakota State High School wrestling tournament was held in Sioux Falls on February 22-24, 2024. The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestling team had four wrestlers compete.