Spring will officially arrive on Monday, March 20. If you thought the first day of spring was supposed to be March 21, you would be right - some years.

A Gregory, SD, man has been identified as the person who died early Friday morning in a one-vehicle crash south of Gregory. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 pickup was eastbound on 302nd Avenue, a half mile west of South Dakota Highway 251 (13 miles south of Gregory), when the vehicle entered the south ditch and rolled.

South Dakota’s Republican dominated Legislature passed a general sales tax cut of $104 million per year, lowering the taxes on groceries but not eliminating them entirely as Gov. Kristi Noem had urged.

In what seems to have become a family tradition, George Johnson, following in the footsteps of his father Charles “Rick” Johnson and grandfather George Fielding Johnson, recently won a high-profile murder trial.

The Gregory Economic Development Group (GED) will host the third annual career fair Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Gregory Memorial Auditorium. Students from Gregory, Burke, and Colome will have an opportunity to visit with representatives from a variety of businesses and schools as they explore career options in or near their hometowns.

A discussion about appreciation events for high school sports officials led to the revelation that there have been 87 ejections of players, coaches, and fans at high school sporting events this year. At Wednesday’s South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors meeting, SDHSAA Assistant Executive Director Randy Soma said there have been 87 ejections this year compared to 30 last year.