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Photo by Kathy Nelson

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A little help from some friends

News Staff
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The students in the Northwest Area Schools Building Trades classes at Timber Lake High School built a 10 x 12 ft. utility shed to raffle off for Breylan Hansen, who is battling cancer. L-R are Rance Martin, Cullen Biegler, T.J.Alley, Chris Lemmon-Peterson, Curtis Conner, and Jesse Ridl.

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130 SD National Guard soldiers deploying to Germany

Joshua Haiar, Sd Searchlight
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The South Dakota National Guard announced Monday that about 130 Mitchell-based soldiers have been activated for overseas service in Germany.The 665th Support Maintenance Company will deploy to Grafenwöhr Training Area, the U.S. Army’s largest permanent training site in Europe.

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LOOKING BACK

News Staff
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersTimber Lake Topic December 2, 1965 West River Chorus will present Handel’s “Messiah”The first presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” by the West River Chorus this year will be Sunday afternoon at Isabel.

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School districts vote to end CTE program

Kathy Nelson
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Tiospaye Topa casts dissenting vote in 6-1 decisionIn a 6-1 vote, the school boards that make up the Northwest Area Schools Multi-District have voted to end the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program as of June 30.

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Shop Small Bingo begins , TL sets holiday open houses

News Staff
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TheFourBandsCommunity Fund is once again sponsoring Shop Small B-I-N-G-O through Dec. 12 for $100 gift cards from businesses in Eagle Butte, Isabel,Timber Lake and Dupree.Also, Timber Lake merchants have set Thursday, Dec. 11 to host their holiday season open houses and a visit from Santa Claus.
Wheels up to Wisconsin

Wheels up to Wisconsin

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Wheels up to Wisconsin

News Staff
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
John Templer, president of Western Dakota Bank at Timber Lake and Isabel, was happy to fly Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft home from Dallas after his recent surgery for an ACL injury. They flew from Texas’ Love Field to Green Bay in Templer’s Cessna Conquest I on November 17.
State vet warns horse owners about Equine Herpes Virus

State vet warns horse owners about Equine Herpes Virus

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State vet warns horse owners about Equine Herpes Virus

Jon Flatland
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
South Dakota State Veterinarian Mendel B. Miller issued a warning last week about a highly contagious deadly virus that is rapidly spreading through horses in a half-dozen states.
Volunteers had to be called in to push out a Takini School bus that became stuck on one of the nearly impassable roads in the Cottonwood area on Tuesday, Nov. 25. No students were on the bus at the time it became stuck. Schools across the area cancelled classes and activities on Tuesday due to dangerous travel conditions.

Volunteers had to be called in to push out a Takini School bus that became stuck on one of the nearly impassable roads in the Cottonwood area on Tuesday, Nov. 25. No students were on the bus at the time it became stuck. Schools across the area cancelled classes and activities on Tuesday due to dangerous travel conditions.

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AG convenes task force to review state open meeting laws

News Staff
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
By John Hulst SD SearchlightA 15-member task force established by South Dakota’s attorney general will review the state’s open meetings laws and ponder possible changes.
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