Majority Whip Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair of Transportation, State Affairs Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

District 21 Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair of Health & Human Services, Executive Board, Agriculture and Natural Resources, State Affairs Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Law officers from across South Dakota and out of state flashed their emergency lights in unison as hundreds of mourners packed a sports stadium to honor a South Dakota deputy killed in the line of duty.

District 21 legislators were in Gregory Saturday afternoon, February 10, for a cracker barrel, hosted by The Gregory Times-Advocate at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. About a dozen local residents were on hand to hear from Senator Erin Tobin, Representative Rocky Blare, and Representative Marty Overweg and ask their thoughts on a variety of issues.

The decision on Joseph Yoder’s application for a variance to build a dwelling on a parcel of less than 40 acres (6.21 acres) in an agricultural district was the hot topic at the regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, February 7.

Superintendent Sara Anderson brought up the fact at the regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education that the current opt-out is expiring this year. For six years the school has used this money to hire three additional teachers to meet the demand of increasing enrollment. The school’s policy is to cap elementary classrooms at 25 students, which Superintendent Anderson estimates will require a fourth teacher be hired to accommodate the fifth grade next year.