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Timber Lake School menu

Monday, August 24: Breakfast: French toast sticks, bacon, juice, fruit, and milk. Lunch: Chili Crispitos, green beans, apples, and milk.Tuesday, August 25: Breakfast: Bananna bread, juice, fruit, and milk.

Thank You

The family of Rita Ullmann extends our gratitude to everyone who honored her memory through your prayers, flowers, cards, masses, food, kind words, and presence at her services.

Correction

In the photo of the TLHS Class of 1986 reunion in the August 13 issue of the Topic (Page 12) the person identified as Bobby Ducheneaux was Darren Marshall. We apologize for the error.

Other Fallen Heroes Bridges

The Highway 1806 bridge over Oak Creek, south of Wakpala, will be dedicated to US Marine Corps Private First Class Randolph Hutchinson on Friday, August 21 at the Wakpala School at 1 p.m. MT. Hutchinson was a member of the Timber Lake High School Class of 1963 who was killed in Vietnam.The Hwy. 65...

Soil testing approved for County Road 10 project

The Dewey County Commissioners met electronically with a representative of Soil Technologies of Mobridge on August 6 to discuss bore samples of County Road 10 as part of the Promise Road project.The company that will grind the road has requested these samples before grinding.

Dry conditions keep local volunteer fire departments busy

After two weeks of extreme heat and little-to-no precipitation, the South Dakota Drought Monitor still indicates Dewey County is nearly droughtfree and experiencing only abnormal drought conditions.Tell that to the Timber Lake and Isabel Volunteer Fire Departments, who have been kept very busy in...
The sun setting behind a field of sunflowers growing along Highway 20 between Timber Lake and Isabel creates a colorful landscape. Photo courtesy of Lavon Booth

The sun setting behind a field of sunflowers growing along Highway 20 between Timber Lake and Isabel creates a colorful landscape. Photo courtesy of Lavon Booth

Sunset on Sunflowers

Dry conditions take toll on corn crop

Weather has been the subject of small talk for as long as small talk has been a concept, it seems. In every conversation with a farmer, the same sentiment pops up over and over when it comes to the weather: “We could really use some more rain.”