Timber Lake Middle School students are performing in the annual lip sync competition this week, with finals set for January 28. TOP: Homebois VEVO performed “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. L-R are eighth graders Keynon Eagleman, Decker Ward and Dante Schumacher. ABOVE: The Ponytail…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A Spee-Dee Delivery driver sustained minor injuries on Friday, Jan. 22, when mechanical failure in his vehicle resulted in it ending up on top of the ice on Timber Lake. According to the Dewey County Sheriff's Office, the driver was just north of Timber Lake on 252nd Avenue when his van suddenly…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Chairman Harold Frazier and other tribal leaders across the state are celebrating the decision by President Joe Biden, on his first day in office, to halt the Keystone XL Pipeline at the Canadian border.
While Frazier and others see the move as Biden's willingness…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dewey and Ziebach counties this week dropped to their lowest since mid-July 2020, dipping to 25 in a steady drop since a mandatory 10-day lockdown of Eagle Butte was enforced at the end of November. At one point that month, the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Dear Editor,
"Words matter" — the theme of a recent editorial. Sometimes the unspoken words are more damning than those uttered. When a primary election candidate boasted on the campaign stage that he used the leverage of a billion of our dollars to get a foreign official fired did his party ask…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
What fascinates me is the
discovery that we sometimes are
only the one thing they see, and that
how I know me to you may not be.
Most never discover or try to
uncover why we are one thing to one
and to another some other, whether
enemy, friend, neighbor or brother.
Be we cool, kind, aloof,…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
If you believe good government begins with readily accessible information and public accountability, then please join me in voicing your support for House Bill 1050 in the South Dakota Legislature.
House Bill 1050 – supported by South Dakota Newspaper Association and sponsored by Rep. Tim Reed of…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Monday, February 1: Ham rotini bake, broccoli, glazed carrots, applesauce, bread.
Tuesday, February 2: Cranberry meatballs, sweet potatoes, Parmesan green beans, pears, bread.
Wednesday, February 3: Chicken pot pie w/biscuit, seasoned spinach, peaches, cookie
Thursday, February 4: Chicken fried…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Thank you to the Western Dakota Bank for the $25 gift certificate I received from the Christmas drawing. What a nice a surprise.
Faye Kraft
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Isabel News
January 31, 1941
Ben Rempfer was a McIntosh business visitor Tuesday.
Chas. Ellis was confined to his home several days with illness.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meginness, Eagle Butte, a girl on January 23.
Bentley Holt was confined to his home several days this week with an…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
PreK: Cal-Al Mesteth is a wonderful boy who is kind to everyone around him. We can always count on Cal-Al to help in the classroom, especially picking up toys and putting them back in their place. Cal-Al is a responsible, independent, and hard-working student. He brightens our day with his friendly…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A Spee-Dee Delivery driver sustained minor injuries on Friday, Jan. 22, when mechanical failure in…
Jon Flatland
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Chairman Harold Frazier and other tribal leaders across the state…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Dewey and Ziebach counties this week dropped to their lowest…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Timber Lake Middle School students are performing in the annual lip sync competition this week, with finals set for January 28. TOP: Homebois VEVO performed “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. L-R are eighth graders Keynon Eagleman, Decker Ward and Dante Schumacher. ABOVE: The Ponytail Express (7th grade girls) performed “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper. L-R are Emma Johnston, Hailey Roggow and Gailup Bollinger.
News
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its ongoing legal battle against the Dakota…
Ashley Dahlgren Arend
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Topic reached out to some of our readers, asking them to share their reflections about the pandemic. Although we are “all in this together” we do not all…
Kent Meier
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
While the world as a whole has seen many drastic changes in the last 10 to 12 months, the little corner of it that we live in has not been affected as…
Sports
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Junior guard Charles Taken Alive poured in a career-high 28 points for McIntosh, but it wasn’t enough for the TIgers to get past North Central in non-…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Sully Buttes built a 15-point lead but had to hold off a late rally by Timber Lake to collect a 62-54 win over the Lady Panthers in girls’ hoops action in…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
This team of Timber Lake fifth and sixth grade girls played in a tournament in Aberdeen on Jan. 17, where they defeated Watertown Gold and lost to the Groton…
Commentary
Mark Peacock
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
What fascinates me is the
discovery that we sometimes are
only the one thing they see, and that
how I know me to you may not be.
Most never discover or try…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Dear Editor,
"Words matter" — the theme of a recent editorial. Sometimes the unspoken words are more damning than those uttered. When a primary election…
Eliza Blue
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
I’d just started supper when the phone rang. My husband answered. “Really?” He said with the hard laugh he often uses when receiving bad news. “How big are the…
Obituaries
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Vernon Fredrick Traversie, 77, of Rapid City passed away on January 8, 2021 in Rapid City.
Vern was born June 12, 1943 in Timber Lake to Joseph David…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Funeral services for Russell John Peacock, 67, of Bison were held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at the First Presbyterian Church in Bison with Rev. Florence Hoff…
News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Joyce E. Weekes, 91, longtime Ellensburg, WA resident, peacefully passed away at her home on January 14, 2021. Her funeral service was held January 22 at the…
