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Local holiday business hours

Local businesses will be taking some time off for the upcoming holidays.The Topic will not publish a paper the last week of the year, so this is the last issue for 2024. The first issue of 2025 will be January 2, and the deadline for that issue will be Monday, December 30.

McIntosh School principal’s teaching license suspended

The teaching license of a McIntosh School principal who pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of theft while employed at a school district in North Dakota has been suspended until next summer.The teaching certificate of Scott Klaudt will be suspended until June 30, 2025 as part of a plea agreement.

Rounds rep visiting area communities

G.P Carmichael, representing US Sen. Mike Rounds, will meet with the public in Timber Lake, Dupree and McIntosh this week.He will be at the Ziebach County Courthouse in Dupree on Thursday, December 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

More Hometown Christmas winners

Winners of the $50 gift certificates at The Corner Bar & Grill on December 6 were: Robin Hinsz, Barb Gross, Pam Klein, Delaine Keller, Mersedes Rough Surface, Colin Milliken, Colleen Meier, and Jamie Jones.At Mandy’s Boutique, Kella Schlosser and Luann Lindskov won the gift baskets.

Timber Lake to change sales tax ordinance

The Timber Lake City Board approved the first reading of a revision of its sales tax ordinance at the December 9 board meeting. After a year of consultation with the SD Dept.

A Christmas Tear

If you would check down the list of Christmas Season Movies, you would see names like A Christmas Wish, A Christmas Wedding, etc. There might be tears in these movies, but there is nothing about a Christmas Tear.

Christmas messages from our local clergy

The Proclamation of Christmas! (Luke 2:1-14)A young woman going about her ordinary life visited by an angel and invited to be the mother of God’s Only Begotten son!

Because of Christmas

Luke 2:10-11 “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

O, Holy Night

(English translation by John Sullivan Dwight, 1855)“O holy night! The stars are brightly shining; It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth.Long lay the world in sin and error pining, till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.