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3rd Quarter Honor Roll SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL (4.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
NWAS Academic Olympics scheduled for April 9
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Northwest Area Schools ACADEMIC OLYMPICS is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, April 9 at Bison School. Students from the following schools plan to participate: Bison, Dupree, Eagle Butte, Faith, Harding County, Lemmon, McIntosh, and Timber Lake.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Timber Lake, Eagle Butte to have city council elections
Kathy Nelson
Timber Lake and Eagle Butte voters will fill seats on their city boards this year while Dupree and Isabel will have no elections. Timber Lake’s election is April 8 and Eagle Butte’s is June 17.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
TL School Board okays negotiated teacher contracts
Jon Flatland
Timber Lake teachers will see a two percent increase in base salary and extra-curricular pay as well as five personal days under a negotiated agreement approved by the school board last week for the 2025-26 school year.In addition, the board approved a $1.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Missouri Breaks research symposium to be held April 15
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Missouri Breaks Industrial Research Inc. in Eagle Butte will host its seventh annual Wellness and Research in Indian Country symposium on Tuesday, April 15, at the Oglala Lakota College Center in Eagle Butte.The one-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Bobbi Kammerer, 22, of Philip gave a presentation on distracted driving to Dupree School students recently. She is required to make presentations as part of her court sentence for causing a fatal accident while distracted driving. Photo by Patty Peacock
Multiple candidates seeking TL, Dupree School Board positions
Jon Flatland
Recent decisions by the Timber Lake and Dupree school boards regarding four-day school weeks are believed to be the reason why both districts have a large number of candidates seeking seats in upcoming elections.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Tye Boldt (left) and Tucker Stocklin share a laugh while dishing up fish and French fries forTim Johnson at the annual Knights of Columbus fish fry at the Isabel Community Center last Friday, March 28.The K of C fish fry moves to Trail City this Friday, April 4, and will be held in Timber Lake on Friday, April 11. (See advertisement on Page 11) Photo by Jon Flatland
K of C fish and French fry Fridays
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
School funding uncertain after Dept. of Ed. eliminated
Stu Whitney Sd News Watch
At a White House ceremony on March 20, surrounded by school children in desks set up for the ocasion, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with the stated intent of dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Standing Rock Tribe mourns passing of former chairman
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Funeral services will be held Friday, April 4, in Fort Yates, SD, for former Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman and Sitting Bull College President Ron His Horse is Thunder. His Horse is Thunder, 67, died last Wednesday, March 26, on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
CRST Chairman meets with HHS Secretary
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Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Ryman LeBeau participated in the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) meeting held in Washington, D.C., late last month. The meeting marked the first STAC meeting under the leadership of new (HHS) Secretary Robert F.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025