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The best and brightest from the Class of 2022 were recognized for their academic achievements during their high school career.
Read moreLocal physicians refer to summer as trauma season. The need for blood donations rises during the summer months due to increased travel and summertime accidents. LifeServe Blood Center, the SOLE supplier to over 130 hospitals in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, is seeking eligible blood donors to give blood immediately as we approach the summer holiday season. Please schedule your appointment for the upcoming community blood drive by visiting www.lifeservebloodcenter.org or by calling 800-287-4903.
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Read moreEveryone knows what lawn chairs are. In fact, many of people have more than one. They are handy to have and are comfortable to use when no other options are available. It is also fair to say that everyone also knows what a cardboard box is what you can do with them. However, have you ever seen a cardboard box used to make a boat and cross a lake? Have you ever thought about how you might construct a boat out of cardboard if all you had was duck tape? Are you aware that you can go to lots of different places in this country and everyone will know what a lawn chair is or what a cardboard box is and everyone will be able to tell you what they are without hesitation? However, ask the average person what a kolache is and they will probably now have a clue. Do the test yourself to see if this is true? Also ask what all three of these things have in common and see what happens.
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The 2022 Fish Days Marshalls are two lifelong Lake Andes ladies Elaine Bechen and Deborah Ronfeldt that have spent many, many years taking in the festivities of Lake Andes Fish Days Celebrations.
Read moreHistoric preservation projects in Faith, De Smet, Lake Preston, Dell Rapids, and Lake Andes recently received matching grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society.
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Wednesday, June 1st at 1:00-3:00 the Library will be holding sign up for Summer Programming and the Summer Reading program. If you cannot attend on Wed, please contact the library to sign up. Children must participate to be eligible to attend the Incentive trip to Yankton in August. In conjunction with the sign up we will have a presentation by Liz Julian from the US Fish and Wildlife Service taking place from 1-3 on the Library lawn or at the Community Center if it rains. Here is a description of the program:
Read moreMore than 500 Vietnam veterans, including one from South Dakota, will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory Program in 2022. Since the Vietnam War ended, thousands of Vietnam veterans have suffered due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD and other illnesses as a result of their service. VVMF believes all those who served in Vietnam should be honored and remembered for their service. The In Memory program enables the families and friends of those who came home and later died the opportunity to have them be forever memorialized.
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