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.

After the election on October 1, 1889, for the temporary seat of government, the folks in Pierre felt confident that it would become the permanent capital. Before the October election, plans had been made for the construction of a frame capitol building. This was to be a gift from the city of Pierre to the State of South Dakota.

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners was held at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at the Gregory County Courthouse. The minutes of the January 18, 2022, meeting were corrected as follows: “regarding holidays, the words “granted as paid leave” should say “granted as time off,” the highway department employee mention is David Jaros rather than Doug Jaros, and the Dixon Bridge number should be #27-030-081.

Groundhog Day, the celebrated day when a groundhog purportedly emerges from his winter slumbers to investigate whether or not he has a shadow in order to predict the onset of spring, was last week. It’s a strange tradition, looking to a furry burrowing mammal to forecast the weather, but the roots of this observance go back a very long way.

Nine Gregory fourth - sixth grade students were chosen to sing in the Elementary Festival Honor Choir held in Brookings, SD on Thursday, February, 10, 2022. Gregory students selected are: George Timanus, David Biggins, Jaelyn Birkeland, Eliana Fiebelkorn, Jerilee, Hanson, Hadley Braun, Gracelyn Lanz, Otto Reber, and Elizabeth Wonnenberg.

The regular meeting of the Gregory City Council was held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 7, 2022, at City Hall. Hamilton’s launch almost complete Former City Administrator/Finance Officer Al Cerny was present to ask the council to extend the time given to help train his replacement, Alex Hamilton.