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The 70th annual SD Picnic in Florida will be held February 24 at 12 noon at the Grace Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Lakeland, FL. All former South Dakotans, either permanent or seasonal residents are invited to attend with their family. The SD Picnic will be held indoors in the Grace Lutheran Church fellowship hall. Parking and fellowship hall entrance is at the rear of the church building. Please bring a main dish or dessert with enough to share, along with plates and eating utensils for yourself. Serving utensils will be provided, along with soft drinks, water, coffee and tea. There will be no alcoholic beverages served at the SD Picnic. Please come and enjoy a fun time with fellow South Dakotans to either meet new friends or to catch up with friends known for a lifetime. Be sure to reach out to any South Dakotans you know who are living in FL in February and let them know about this special time of fun and fellowship. This is the 70th annual SD Picnic let’s all come out and make this the best SD Picnic ever!
Read moreThe Bon Homme County Commissioners have voted to have me represent Bon Homme County in the controversial Rail to Trail Project.
Read moreMITCHELL, January 9, 2024—A total of 356 Mitchell Technical College students earned recognition on the Fall 2023 President’s List, according to MTC President Mark Wilson.
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National Pharmacist’s Day was January 12th so we wanted to get to know your local pharmacy. Wagner is home to a long-standing local pharmacy, James Drug. James Drug services the Wagner, Dante, Lake Andes, Avon, Fairfax, Geddes, Spencer and Butte, NE areas. The pharmacy also services the Good Samaritan nursing homes of Corsica, Tyndall and Scotland and services some residents at the Lake Andes Senior Living. James Drug was first opened in Wagner by Mr. Glen James in 1956. James Drug is currently owned by Dan Fiebelkorn of Gregory.
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There were big snowflakes falling slowly to the ground Wednesday, January 10th, when the Wagner Rotary Club gathered for its weekly meeting. It could have been described as pretty if we hadn’t just gone through a two-day period of snow and high winds over the weekend. President Becky Brunsing gave what she described as “a small ring a ding” on the Rotary Bell to bring the members to order. We were short of five members due to the weather and other commitments.
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Charles Mix Electric Association (CME) of Lake Andes, SD is proud to announce that employee Mike Dangel has recently completed the prestigious “Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program”, otherwise known as MIP. The MIP is a comprehensive six-week program sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and required Mike to attend three two-week sessions held on-campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to the on-site classes, Mike completed, on his own time, several online courses and an in-depth individual project designed to apply what he had learned in the classroom to a practical, real-life situation. The project was required to correspond to a real-life situation or opportunity that could arise at a rural electric cooperative.
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