The Isabel Board of Trustees was updated about on-going improvements to the community center building during its regular monthly meeting last Friday, April 12, and okayed a land lease agreement for a tower purchased earlier this year for the town’s remote water meter-reading system. Maintenance…

Services to honor Cole Brings Plenty’s life began last weekend and culminated with services and inter ment at the Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School in Eagle Butte and the Brings Plenty family cemetery in Red Scaffold on Tuesday, April 16. The 27-year-old actor and Haskell Indian University student…

The Timber Lake City Board signed employment commitment agreements with the city’s two full time employees to ensure they stay with the city during the water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects currently underway. The agreements were signed by all parties at the April 10 meeting of…

Plans for building an additional room onto the courthouse to keep records safe was a topic of discussion at the April 11 meeting of the Dewey County Commission. Register of Deeds Deborah Goldade presented information on costs and financing options to be considered if the county decides that…

It’s human nature to tell stories about the past, and doctors aren’t immune to that impulse. The second year medical students rotating through my clinic have me reflecting on my own years as a fledgling physician, and the changes I’ve seen in my decades of practice. I remember one late evening…

I had a dream that I ran my own Japanese restaurant. Now, I am less Japanese than most people…but that doesn’t mean it would be impossible for me to do so. Do I speak the language? No. Eat sushi? Again, no. But dreams don’t care about any such small details. Dreams are at their core just…

Last week, I brought home three orphan lambs to bottle feed, and this week I was expecting the sheep I brought home last month to begin having babies of their own. My old flock is still at the old place, and won’t start welcoming babies until May, but we’ve been keeping the new little flock at our…

TheTimber Lake & Area Historical Society will host a book signing and a volunteer workshop at the Museum on Friday, April 19. Local author Johny Weber will sign copies of her new book, Mountain Ranch, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. MT. This is Book 3 of her series of historical romance novels set in…

(Timber Lake and Isabel) For reservation or cancellation please call 605-848-1632, 24 hours in advance. Please call by Friday 4 p.m. if eating Monday. Monday, April 22: Cheesy broccoli soup, crackers, hard boiled egg, tossed salad, and fruit cocktail. Tuesday, April 23: Pizza casserole, peas and…

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapers Isabel Dakotan April 2, 1914 It is estimated that the wool clip will be the heaviest in the history of Isabel. From all accounts a million pounds of wool will be shipped from this station during the summer. Isabel Dakotan April 2…