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Shooting Sports. Members qualified and competed at State Shooting Sports the end of April. Front Row (L-R) Gus Anderson, Elijah Zeug, Max Biegler, and Isaac Zeug; Back Row (L-R) Levi Berndt, Maya Biegler, and Garrett Nilson. Not pictured: Stella Nilson.

Shooting Sports. Members qualified and competed at State Shooting Sports the end of April. Front Row (L-R) Gus Anderson, Elijah Zeug, Max Biegler, and Isaac Zeug; Back Row (L-R) Levi Berndt, Maya Biegler, and Garrett Nilson. Not pictured: Stella Nilson.

Another great year for Dewey County 4-H!

Exclusion order against Dupree educators lifted

A federal lawsuit filed by two Dupree School educators has been dismissed after the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court reversed a previous decision to exclude or banish the pair from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Supt.

Family Feud

Another legal battle is underway involving Sue the T-Rex, the hulking skeletal remains of a dinosaur discovered on the Cheyenne River Reservation in 1990, but this one isn’t over who owns the rights to Sue.
Small town rural fire departments face many unique challenges. Volunteer firefighters often make do with limited resources, fewer team members and aging - even outdated - equipment. Mix those issues in with geographical factors such as a lack of water sources or long distances between communities, and it’s clear rural firefighters need assistance. Some help is on its way, however, as volunteer fire departments across South Dakota will share $5 million

Small town rural fire departments face many unique challenges. Volunteer firefighters often make do with limited resources, fewer team members and aging - even outdated - equipment. Mix those issues in with geographical factors such as a lack of water sources or long distances between communities, and it’s clear rural firefighters need assistance. Some help is on its way, however, as volunteer fire departments across South Dakota will share $5 million

Much-needed help for rural firefighters

Small town rural fire departments face many unique challenges. Volunteer firefighters often make do with limited resources, fewer team members and aging - even outdated - equipment.
Five-year-old Lydia O’Bryan reacts with wide-eyed amazement at meeting Santa Claus during Timber Lake’s Holiday Extravaganza on Friday, Dec. 1. Lydia, daughter of Vicky Hulm and Taylor O’Bryan, said she’s been a good girl and asked Santa to bring her a stuffed cheetah. Photo by Roger Lawien

Five-year-old Lydia O’Bryan reacts with wide-eyed amazement at meeting Santa Claus during Timber Lake’s Holiday Extravaganza on Friday, Dec. 1. Lydia, daughter of Vicky Hulm and Taylor O’Bryan, said she’s been a good girl and asked Santa to bring her a stuffed cheetah. Photo by Roger Lawien

Santa Shock

Staff at Western Dakota Bank (FRONT) L-R: Jennifer Bollinger (cashier), Amy Taylor (teller), Karma Nash (senior vice-president); BACK: Rusty Gebhardt (senior vice-president) and Kayla Kennedy (teller). President John Templer is not pictured but plans to attend the grand reopening. Photo by Jon Flatland

Staff at Western Dakota Bank (FRONT) L-R: Jennifer Bollinger (cashier), Amy Taylor (teller), Karma Nash (senior vice-president); BACK: Rusty Gebhardt (senior vice-president) and Kayla Kennedy (teller). President John Templer is not pictured but plans to attend the grand reopening. Photo by Jon Flatland

Western Dakota Bank welcomes community to its new home

A spacious lobby, new furnishings, improved work space, and room for expansion make the new Western Dakota Bank building a pleasant place for staff and customers.
Author, historian Joseph M. Marshall offers advice during TL School visit

Author, historian Joseph M. Marshall offers advice during TL School visit

Author, historian Joseph M. Marshall offers advice during TL School visit

One of several ways the Timber Lake School District participated in National Native American Month during November was to invite Joseph M. Marshall to visit the school. The award-winning Lakota author, historian, educator, actor, and public speaker accepted and spent Wednesday, Nov.

SHERIFF’S REPORT

On 11/13/2023 at 3:30 pm, served a Corson County and Ziebach County arrest warrant on a 35-yearold male from Aberdeen. On 11/13/2023 at 3:34 pm, responded to a disturbance at a residence in McLaughlin.