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Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft, a native of Timber Lake, was presented the Packers 2025 Community Service Award last Friday, Aug. 22. Presenting the award was Ryan Krumrie, a partner at Hager, Dewick & Zuengler, S.C. and Chairman of the Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Madison Morris courtesy of Green Bay Packers.

Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft, a native of Timber Lake, was presented the Packers 2025 Community Service Award last Friday, Aug. 22. Presenting the award was Ryan Krumrie, a partner at Hager, Dewick & Zuengler, S.C. and Chairman of the Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Madison Morris courtesy of Green Bay Packers.

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Kraft selected to receive Packers 2025 Community Service Award

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Timber Lake native and Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft was named the recipient of the team’s 2025 Community Service Award at the annual Green Bay Chamber of Commerce “Welcome Back Packers” luncheon last Friday, Aug. 22.
Self-taught toy manufacturer Evan Schweitzer, 16, shows off just a few of the 100-or-so fidget spinner designs he has made and currently offers for sale. Fidget spinners - popular about 10 years ago, are making a comeback, he says, not just as toys but to help those with ADHD, anxiety, autism and more. Photo by Jon Flatland

Self-taught toy manufacturer Evan Schweitzer, 16, shows off just a few of the 100-or-so fidget spinner designs he has made and currently offers for sale. Fidget spinners - popular about 10 years ago, are making a comeback, he says, not just as toys but to help those with ADHD, anxiety, autism and more. Photo by Jon Flatland

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The Fidgety Entrepreneur

Jon Flatland
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Some people doodle. Some people click their pens. Still others jiggle their leg.They’re fidgeting - and a toy introduced nearly a decade ago that became the trend for controlling those tics - fidget spinners - are making a comeback, according to one local young entrepreneur.

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$2 million Powerball ticket sold in Mobridge

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Someone is $2 million dollars richer after matching all five white balls and adding a Power Play in the Powerball drawing on Saturday, Aug. 23.According to South Dakota Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at Gas-N-More in Mobridge.
Biegler’s Timber Lake Service in Timber Lake is undergoing a facelift to freshen up the exterior of their building. Doing the work are Roger and Tina (Keller) Salwei of Loveland, CO. Photo by Jon Flatland

Biegler’s Timber Lake Service in Timber Lake is undergoing a facelift to freshen up the exterior of their building. Doing the work are Roger and Tina (Keller) Salwei of Loveland, CO. Photo by Jon Flatland

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Biegler’s Timber Lake Service

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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Road work underway between Morristown, Watauga

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Crews began asphalt concrete surfacing on Monday on the recently completed grading project on U.S. Highway 12 between Morristown and Watauga.In addition, five miles of Highway 12 and approximately one and onehalf miles of S.D.

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McLaughlin man gets 31 years for sexual abuse of child

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
A 67-year-old McLaughlin man has been sentenced to serve more than 31 years in federal prison after being convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a three-year-old child.Kurtis Charles Cross was sentenced in U.S. District Court last Monday, Aug.
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