First, the Covid situation, vaccination percents, and deaths. Feb. 10 Sask. 75 percent, 1012 deaths; Canada 80 percent 35, 434 deaths; SD 59 percent, 2730 deaths; and USA 65 percent and 918,000 deaths. Jan. Covid deaths peaked at 2,500 per day, mostly in the unvaccinated, and were therefore preventable. “I don’t like the government telling me what to do; over my dead body will I get vaccinated” - careful what you wish for. The US Supreme Court that recently ruled against the federal employee vaccine mandate has an unvaccinated Justice - he is the lapsed Catholic. In the history of the Court, there have been 115 justices, 108 of them white males.

Representative Rocky Blare District 21 Gregory/Tripp Charles Mix/Bon Homme Counties Committees: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vice Chair of Transportation Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

By the time Lewis and Clark visited South Dakota in late August of 1804, mountain men and trappers had already come up the river from St. Louis to find their “El Dorado.” While on their way back down the river to St. Louis in 1806, they met numerous parties going up the river to Montana and the Rocky Mountains.

On Friday, February 18, 2022, Alec James Dostal, Sr. was indicted on four charges: manslaughter - 1st degree, driving under influence, driving with revoked (not suspended) license, and failure to stop after an accident with an unattended vehicle.

A fire broke out at the home of Craig and Mary Soesbe at the corner of 9th and Main Street in Gregory on Monday evening. On Tuesday morning, the Gregory Fire Department again responded to another fire at the same residence, in the attic. The cause of the fire was not known at the time this issue of the Advocate went to press.

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Supervisors was held at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at the Gregory County Courthouse. Additional safety measures are supported Concerned about safety, Carl Koenig asked the board to send a formal letter to the South Dakota Department of Transportation requesting a flashing red light and warning sign be installed when the intersection of US Highways 18 and 281 and County Road 54 is changed.