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This holiday season, LifeServe Blood Center is urging families in South Dakota to come together and create a new and meaningful tradition: donating blood as a family to save lives in their communities. LifeServe Blood Center is the lifeline for more than 160 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Hospitals in your community have chosen LifeServe as their sole provider of blood and blood products, meaning that when you donate blood with LifeServe, you can save lives in your neighborhood. As a community- based blood center, LifeServe only hosts blood drives in the communities where that blood will go back into the area hospitals.
Read morePierre, S.D. December 1, 2023 - 251 South Dakota volunteer fire departments from across the state have been awarded grants totaling $5 million in funding for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Earlier this year, the South Dakota Legislature passed and Governor Noem signed HB 1127 appropriating state general funds to the Department of Public Safety creating the grant program to support local volunteer fire departments.
Read moreUpdate on Rails to Trail (Tyndall-Platte) When this project started a law firm, Lewis Rice out of St. Louis, Mo. sent letters to landowners to have them sign a contract so they could represent them when the lawsuits start.
Read moreSESD All Conference Players: Jhett Breen, Braxton Knudson, Bain Kuhlman, Parker, Petry and Gannon Knebel.
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Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) officially named Ross Cimpl Interim Athletic Director Friday, December 1st. Cimpl will hold this position until May of2024, giving the university the spring to campaign to find a new full time athletic director.
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Wagner Community School Kindergarten-Fourth Grade students presented their Winter Concert last Tuesday, December 5, in the school theater under the direction of Mr. Genzlinger and Mr. Wilbur.
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Wagner Community School presented its first annual Kahomni/Round Dance Friday, December 1st. The event was open to the public and included special dances and contests, invited singers, prizes and vendors. The special dances and contests included female and male side step, kahomni, potato dance and the hand drum contest. Invited singers included Donavyn Williamson, Hehaka Akichita Elk Soldier, Mato Thomas and Jermaine Bell. Prizes were awarded for best moccasins, best ribbon skirt and shirt and best braids. The master of ceremony for the event was Gerald Zephier and stickman was Darrell Zephier. The event was held at the WCS auxiliary gym. Cultural Coordinator, Jimmy Sanchez was the organizer of the kahomni. Traditionally a kahomni dance was a dance that consisted of two people that two stepped to songs specifically made for the dance. It was a dance that was traditionally a way for young men to show respect to young women whom they were publicly courting with little contact. In recent years, the kahomni has been used as more of a social dance and gathering. They had a great turn out of participants and it was a fun evening had by all. Photos by Marks Media Photography and Video.
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