In a field of 14 teams, the Burke/ Gregory Storm came out on top at the Stanley County Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday, December 4, 2021. With a total of 173 points, the Storm wrestlers outdistanced Lyman’s 142.5 points, Bennett County’s 104 points, and Ipswich/Bowdle’s 78.5.

AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, announced Burke Stampede Rodeo Committee its 2021 Sowing Good Deeds award winner. The award recognizes the committee’s charitable services, civic involvement, and educational activities in the community of Burke, SD. It was presented during the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) 2021 Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, Nevada. As part of the prize, the Burke Stampede Rodeo receives a new Massey Ferguson® 4700 Series tractor from Butte Implement Company of Butte, NE.

By the time you read this little article, when the news will be clearer than it is at the time that I am writing this on November 30. Once again, we are faced with yet another variant of COVID - this one being called Omicron. I wonder how the Greeks feel about the world using letters from their alphabet to name these variants. It seems a bit unpleasant, and I don’t think I would like it if I was Greek.