A short news story of May 7 with a dateline of Wh e e l e r, S. D., appeared in a number of 1906 South Dakota newspapers and reported that Mrs. John Sully had applied for a pension from the government. This application was based on Jack having served in the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War.

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently announced appointees who will serve on the South Dakota USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and are responsible for the oversight of farm programs and county committee operations, resolving program delivery appeals from the agriculture community, maintaining cooperative relations with industry stakeholders, keeping producers informed about FSA programs, and operating in a manner consistent with USDA equal opportunity and civil rights policies.

Every time I travel our state, the best part of my day is just meeting people. I run into old friends at Culver’s or HyVee all the time.

Join the Gregory Junior High School play cast on the train ride of a lifetime at 7:00 p.m. for two nights, Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, at the Dixon Town Hall Theater.

Approximately 120 students attended Gregory Economic Development’s third annual career fair to visit with 31 vendors, five of which represented higher education. The students were juniors and seniors from Gregory, Burke, and Colome, with Gregory including their sophomores as well.

South Dakota family farmers and ranchers met in San Francisco to develop policy that supports the future of their farms, ranches and rural communities during the 121 National Farmers Union Convention held March 5-7.