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Lesmeister reports from Pierre

Lesmeister reports from Pierre

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Lesmeister reports from Pierre

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
District 28A Representative Oren Lesmeister (D-Parade) In Senate State Affairs Senate Bill 3, which barely passed out of the Senate, failed in committee on a 8-3 vote. This is the bill to decriminalize marijuana within our state.
Good weather for building

Good weather for building

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Good weather for building

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
The mild winter weather has provided some good days for Martin Biegler and his Three Seasons crew to make progress on the new Western Dakota Bank building in Timber Lake. This is the view from Main Street when rafters and roofing were underway last week.
Blue Ribbon banners

Blue Ribbon banners

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Blue Ribbon banners

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
At the recent Teacher/Support Staff of the Year assembly at Timber Lake School, banners were presented to the High School and Middle School Student Councils recognizing the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence awards announced last fall.

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CRSTTA applies for funding for fiber for 865

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (CRSTTA) has submitted an application for the USDA Rural Development ReConnect3 grant to deploy fiber to the rural Timber Lake exchange (865) in Dewey and Corson counties.

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Petitions filed

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Since the last issue of the Topic, the following candidates have filed petitions to run for elective office in 2022: Jeff Ward of Timber Lake, a Democrat, has filed for Dewey County Sheriff. Rick Farlee, a Republican, has filed for Ziebach County Commissioner-at-Large.

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No petitions yet for school board

News Staff
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
As of Tuesday, no one had filed a petition for either of the vacancies on the Timber Lake School Board. The seats held by Jake Kraft and Rae O’Leary are open this year. The filing deadline is March 29.
Bids for a new 80 x 100 foot highway shop will be opened at the April 7 meeting of the Dewey County Commission. Plans and specs for the building, to be located north of the Timber Lake rodeo grounds, were prepared by North Central Steel of Mobridge. The bid notice appears on page 18 of this issue and bid documents are available at the Dewey County Auditor’s Office in the Courthouse.

Bids for a new 80 x 100 foot highway shop will be opened at the April 7 meeting of the Dewey County Commission. Plans and specs for the building, to be located north of the Timber Lake rodeo grounds, were prepared by North Central Steel of Mobridge. The bid notice appears on page 18 of this issue and bid documents are available at the Dewey County Auditor’s Office in the Courthouse.

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Commissioners proceed with bids for new highway shop, approve pandemic premium pay for 2020 employees

Kathy Nelson
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
The Dewey County Commission voted on March 3 to advertise for bids for a new county highway shop and to give premium pay to county employees who worked during the pandemic in 2020. Both subjects have been discussed at many previous meetings.
Learning to be coffee beans

Learning to be coffee beans

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Learning to be coffee beans

News Staff
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
The kindergarten class visited Kasey Maher’s Grounded Coffee and Gifts last week (ABOVE) as part of Coffee Bean Week at Timber Lake School. Everyone at the school read Coffee Bean, a book by Damon West and Jon Gordon which talks about being resilient during hard times.
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