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Daycare needs state certified director to continue operation

Timber Lake Community Daycare is facing a crisis and needs help on several fronts. First and foremost is to hire a certified staff person. A person with a Child Development Associate (CD) credential or equivalent is required to maintain the daycare’s state certification from the S.D. Dept.
Ruby Maher, an eighth grader at Timber Lake Middle School, submitted this second place entry in the Poppy Poster Contest sponsored by the Timber Lake and Isabel American Legion Auxiliary.

Ruby Maher, an eighth grader at Timber Lake Middle School, submitted this second place entry in the Poppy Poster Contest sponsored by the Timber Lake and Isabel American Legion Auxiliary.

Ruby Maher

CLARIFICATION

reported the town of Isabel received $1,247,039 from a state revolving loan fund to help finance a more than $2 million sewer improvement project. That amount is the total that was received through the fund, with $828,204 being a loan and the other $391,500 in the form of a grant.

SHERIFF’S REPORT

On 5/15/2023 at 1:01 pm conducted a welfare check on a female and small child that were sitting on the side of the road on Highway 12, eight miles east of McIntosh. On 5/16/2023 at 11:23 am, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Highway 12, six miles east of McIntosh for speed.

FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT

Corson County, McIntosh May 16, 2023 Lisa Schmaltz, 57, of McIntosh, careless driving. Fine and costs $132.50. Simone Manegre, 44, of Squamish, BC, speeding. Fine and costs $97.50. Joe Grotsun, 30, of Cold Spring, MN, speeding. Fine and costs $117.50. Michael Holzwarth, 47, of Rapid City, speeding.
Halsey Hall, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, with his mother, Lorita Hall of Timber Lake, and his daughter Halle of Rapid City, at his promotion ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument at Custer. US Army National Guard photo by Col. Scott Linquist

Halsey Hall, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, with his mother, Lorita Hall of Timber Lake, and his daughter Halle of Rapid City, at his promotion ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument at Custer. US Army National Guard photo by Col. Scott Linquist

Halsey Hall is first Native American to become Chief Warrrant Officer Five in SD Nationall Guard

The South Dakota Army National Guard promoted Halsey Hall of Rapid City to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five during a ceremony at Crazy Horse Monument on Saturday, April 29. Chief warrant officer five is the highest rank achievable in the warrant officer corps.

USDA mails Ag survey to farmers and ranchers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is collecting data from approximately 1,600 South Dakota farmers and ranchers for the first phase of the 2023 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Surveys should already be arriving in their mail boxes.