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Scott and Julie Crouse of Vermillion provided supper last Wednesday night at the home of Jim and Shirley Yonkers.
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The day before Thanksgiving, November 24th the Wagner Rotary Club met for its weekly meeting. The President rang the bell and announced, “A Happy Thanksgiving to All.” Guests were introduced by Kathe Henke who brought her good friend Karen Schneider from Pickstown. Kathe had an ulterior motive however, Karen is an accomplished pianist, and we needed one for our singing portion of the program. Gerrit Juffer brought Frank Kloucek and Sharon Harr to the meeting as guests.
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Read moreThe Parade of Lights committee is very excited about hosting the 4th Annual Wagner Parade of Lights on December 10th. They are working to make this year’s event bigger and better. The Parade of Lights committee sponsors include Buches, Bouza Construction and Lumberyard, Commercial State Bank, Custom Touch & Sip Homestead Farms. The committee is happy to have the City of Wagner, Wagner Chamber and several local businesses participating with additional activities to make this an even great event for everyone. The parade will kick off at 6pm. Float lineup will be at 5:30pm.
Read moreThe LifeServe Blood Center blood drive in Wagner on Monday, November 22nd, had a fantastic turn-out! 41 donors registered and 43 units of life saving blood was donated. Thank you to everyone that came out to help boost the LOCAL blood supply! The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 129 lives! There were several milestone donors, who are listed below and a special thanks to Marlene Stone, the Wagner Ladies Auxiliary, and the Wagner Fire Department for sponsoring and hosting the blood drive.
Read moreIn response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) to immediately cover feed transportation costs for drought impacted ranchers. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will provide more details and tools to help ranchers get ready to apply at their local USDA Service Center later this month at fsa.usda.gov/elap.
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The holiday season is here, and many wonderful activities are happening. As you hustle and bustle, be aware that accidents and injuries can occur. When you see a doctor, they record a diagnosis code explaining the purpose of the appointment. Some codes describe the actual injury and others describe what happened during the injury. For example, Y93.2 is the code for “activities involving snow and ice”. So, if you went sledding, crashed into a tree, and broke your left femur or thigh bone, your medical chart would show these codes: S72.8X2A “other fracture of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture”, W22.0 “striking against stationary object”, and Y93.2.
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