The ask is official. Meeting in regular monthly session Monday night, Nov. 13, the Marion School Board voted unanimously to approve a $6.5 million general bond resolution that would be used to pay for more than half of Phases 1 and 2 of a proposed three-phase Master Plan that would renovate the scho...

A force of Freeman Academy students in grades 3 through 6 energetically walked into the service area at C&B Operations Monday morning, Nov. 6 and then, after shredding their coats and getting acclimated to the lay of the land, took a seat on long tables pushed together. A short while later, sealed c...

Freeman Academy students (from left) Simon Ortman, Emmit Ortman, Adaline Graber and Elise Waltner work on an assembly line helping wash, label and package cans of turkey for distribution both locally and across the world. It was part of the scene inside the service area at C&B Operations in Freeman ...

A special informational meeting hosted by the Marion School Board Monday night, Oct. 16 offered the public its first chance to see a proposed building project that officials say would not only improve the school’s aesthetics and efficiencies, but also carry the district well into the future. As prop...

The Sioux Falls Lutheran Marching Eagles were led by a human-powered steam engine as the band presented a four-song medley of locomotive-themed tunes, the Dakota Valley color guard wore flannel as the band marched to “Country Roads Take Me Home,” the ladies leading the Tri-Valley Marching Mustangs d...

The association representing the state’s newspapers and other news media outlets has changed its name to the South Dakota NewsMedia Association (SDNA), effective Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. For the past 35 years, the association was known as the South Dakota Newspaper Association. “The change in the n...

This is what was happening inside the Freeman High School gym Saturday morning as area teams assembled for a junior high volleyball tournament. The event was organized by Cami Fransen for her senior project and run by members of the Flyers' varsity volleyball team. Matches were being played simultan...