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Moreau-Grand members to elect three directors

News Staff
Thursday, October 8, 2020
At Moreau-Grand Electric’s annual meeting on October 14 at Timber Lake, members in District 3 will elect one director to the co-op’s board. Candidates are incumbent Kelly Landis of Trail City and Warren LeBeau of rural Gettysburg.

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State DOT takes tribe to court over LaPlant speed limit signs

Jon Flatland
Thursday, October 8, 2020
A federal judge on Monday denied a request by the State of South Dakota for a temporary restraining order preventing the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) from changing speed limit signs on U.S. Highway 212 near LaPlant, but scheduled a hearing during the week of Oct.

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SHERIFFS’ REPORTS

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Dewey County Sheriff Dan Assman September 27 Traffic stop, warning issued, Hwy 20/MM 157 Citizen assist, handled by officer/ deputy, Parade Ambulance, patient treated, transported by EMS, Timber Lake Controlled burn, fire control or extinguishment, Habitat by Eagle Butte October 1 Traffic...

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FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Ziebach County, Dupree September 29 Jeremy Reede, 45, of Dupree, careless driving. Fine and costs $132.50 Dewey County, Timber Lake September 8 Todd Allen Jones, 57, of Toronto, disorderly conduct. Dismissed by motion of the prosecutor. September 21 State of South Dakota vs. Chad A.
Local saddle bronc virtuoso Kaden Deal is SDRA champ.

Local saddle bronc virtuoso Kaden Deal is SDRA champ.

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Eagle Butte cowboy wins SDRA Finals saddle bronc title

Jon Flatland
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Kaden Deal of Eagle Butte was crowned saddle bronc riding champion at the South Dakota Rodeo Association’s 2020 Finals Rodeo in Sioux Falls last weekend, winning the average by two points over Louie Brunson of New Underwood.
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Man at work

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Man at work

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Norman Hieb of the Timber Lake City Maintenance Department paints new lines on the crosswalks on Main Street in front of the Timber Lake School.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum presents Ron Hepper’s military ID tag (dog tag) to his widow, Ruth Hepper of Bismarck and formerly of Isabel, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. Also pictured are (L-R) Maj. General Al Dohrmann, Hepper’s daughter Julie Hornbacher and her husband, Jim, and Ron Hepper’s brother Stanley Hepper and his wife, Kathleen.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum presents Ron Hepper’s military ID tag (dog tag) to his widow, Ruth Hepper of Bismarck and formerly of Isabel, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. Also pictured are (L-R) Maj. General Al Dohrmann, Hepper’s daughter Julie Hornbacher and her husband, Jim, and Ron Hepper’s brother Stanley Hepper and his wife, Kathleen.

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Family of Ron Hepper receives dog tag lost in Vietnam 51 years ago

Jon Flatland
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Ron Hepper was proud of his service in the U.S. Army, but he was always a little bothered by the fact that he did not have a military ID tag - or dog tag - that was issued to him when he volunteered for the draft in 1967 and lost while he served in Vietnam.

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Dog tags have been used since Civil War

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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Military identification tags, or dog tags, were created during the Civil War due to the military’s inability to identify battlefield casualties. Historians estimate that 50 percent of those killed during the four-year conflict were either unaccounted for or simply marked unknown.
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