Teacher Amy Sandquist, Native American Education Coordinator for the Timber Lake School District, assists fifth grader Kyree Blue Coat in making a drum at one of the activity tables set up at Family Night held last Wednesday, March 20, at the Timber Lake Elementary School. See more photos and a…
The premiere of South Dakota Public TV’s Dakota Life episode featuring Timber Lake will be shown to the community on Tuesday, April 2 at the Timber Lake School Theater at 7 p.m. MT. The public is invited. Production of the program began in May, 2023 when longtime SDPTV producer Brian Gevik…
A public meeting postponed Mo n d a y, March 25, due to winter weather has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 4, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Timber Lake Community Center. The meeting, sponsored by the Timber Lake Topic, is to discuss the future of Timber Lake’s ambulance service. Short staffed,…
The South Dakota Dept. of Transportation (SDDOT) will host a meeting with landowners who have property along SD Highway 63 south of the 20/63 junction on April 8 at Timber Lake. Engineers from Felsburg Holt & Ullevig will be present to discuss project details and answer questions regarding the…
District 6 representative Ronald Rousseau may face removal from office A District 6 representative on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council was convicted earlier this month of aggravated assault and abuse of an elder and now faces up to a year in jail as well as removal from his elected council…
Timber Lake Elementary School hosted a well-attended Family Night with the theme “Game On” last Wednesday, March 20. Here are the prize winners from PreK to 5th grade classrooms: Coloring Contest winners: Pre-K: Layson Gimbel and Dylan Dupreez JrK: Ronarya Rousseau and Hannah Crowe K: Blakely Brown…
AT RIGHT: Shyanne LeBeau (LEFT) playing Sorry with kindergartner Nienke Fourie. BELOW: Engaged in a game of “Hungry Hippos” are l-r: Luhan Fourie (blue shirt), supervisor Mel Mareska (sitting on bleachers), Leah Eigelaar (black shirt) holding the legs of Kateri Laurenz-Ducheneaux, Ali Eigelaar,…
The Sacred Heart Parish of Dupree held their monthly drawings Sunday, March 17 following Holy Mass and potluck supper at the church hall. Winners were: $50–Gavin Farlee, Timber Lake, and Bud Neigel, Eagle Butte; $25 – Dustin Jewett and Virginia Hertel, Dupree, and Ray Lenk. (Since Ray had recently…
The South Dakota American Legion’s District 1 spring convention and awards program will be held Saturday, April 13, at the Brattvet-Green Lemmon American Legion Post 66 in Lemmon. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch and introductions as well as separate Legion, Auxiliary, and…
The Takini School did not open on Tuesday, March 12, after school officials were notified by the South Dakota Department of Health that a tuberculosis (TB) case had been reported at the school, with last contact at the school being on Jan. 31. In a letter from Kit Veit, Chief Administrator, there…
These Dupree School students brought home awards from the annual Northwest Area Cooperative Spelling Bee held March 20 in Faith. Front (l-r): Briella Dupris took 5th place in the written category for 1st grade, Hendrix Emery placed 4th in written for 1st grade, and Jovani Perez Martinez won 1st…
The premiere of South Dakota Public TV’s Dakota Life episode featuring Timber Lake will be shown to…
A public meeting postponed Mo n d a y, March 25, due to winter weather has been rescheduled to…
District 6 representative Ronald Rousseau may face removal from office A District 6 representative…
Teacher Amy Sandquist, Native American Education Coordinator for the Timber Lake School District, assists fifth grader Kyree Blue Coat in making a drum at one of the activity tables set up at Family Night held last Wednesday, March 20, at the Timber Lake Elementary School. See more photos and a list of prize winners on Page 16.
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