Hope has power - it drives us to achieve incredible things that we never thought possible or endure difficulties that previous seemed insurmountable. Unfortunately, for the same reasons, hopelessness can hold tremendous power over a person’s life, too. Too often, that loss of hope leads to suicide - a suicide that is entirely preventable. Suicide is a growing public health issue in our country and in South Dakota, and it affects each of our lives in some way.

Magistrate Court Sara Lynn Broesder, 42, Brookings, SD, speeding on other roadways, fine $59.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50. Frances Mahaffey, 79, Bonesteel, SD, seat belt violation, fine $25.00.

Celebration of life to be held for Tallan Smith A celebration of life will be held for Tallan Cierra Smith on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the Colome City Cemetery in Colome, SD, at 12:00 p.m. George Boom Funeral Home of Sioux Falls, SD, is in charge of arrangements.

Members of the board of directors of the South Dakota High School Activities Association served as delivery drivers Thursday, taking new instruments back to their schools that will help student-athletes stay safe when practicing in hot conditions outdoors.

After discussing the need for better sportsmanship in high school athletics at its past meetings, on Thursday, the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors made increased sportsmanship one of its goals for the coming school year.

Early in 1902, the Federal Government ordered that all cattle not currently grazing on their home range be returned to where they legally belonged. Some were as far as several hundred miles or more from where they should be grazing.