Early Fall reds and yellows peeked from towering oak trees lining the perimeter of Stratton Park on West Main Street in Wessington Springs, providing a beautiful venue for an evening of wine tasting, socializing and shopping local last month. Wessington Springs business, Baker’s Design, held…
Fog, ice, gusty wind and all-around blustery winter weather forced a late start and early release for Wessington Springs Schools Friday, as a storm system moved across the region. The first round of the 281 girls basketball tournament was moved from Friday to Monday due to the storm, sending…
As the current wave of the pandemic builds across South Dakota, the health care campus in Wessington Springs continues to treat patients and nursing home residents for a wide variety of ailments amid protocols required of the Covid era in which we live.
What began as a friendly neighborhood fireworks challenge has evolved into a plan to join forces and create a show-stopping fireworks display for the whole community to help bring in the New Year.
Members of the Shakespeare Garden Society were delighted to once again open the doors to the Anne Hathaway Cottage during a holiday open house earlier this month, welcoming visitors with freshly brewed tea, homemade treats, brightly-lit candles and lively conversation. The event served as th…
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Ministry leaders from the Jerauld County Ministerial Association led community members in a Service of Thanksgiving at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Sunday. The Wessington Springs Community Choir also performed. Ministry leadership was made up of: Fr. Kevin Doyle, St. Joseph Catholic Church;…
Blustery weather late last week had folks scrambling for heavy coats, snow boots and ice scrapers following a mostly mild fall that graced the area this year. For the 24 hour period from 7 a.m. Friday, November 12 to 7 a.m. Saturday, November 13, official weather recorder for Wessington Spri…
If your doorbell should ring during the evening hours on Wednesday before Halloween, it won’t be because someone has their days mixed up.
Early Fall reds and yellows peeked from towering oak trees lining the perimeter of Stratton Park on West Main Street in Wessington Springs, providing a beautiful venue for an evening of wine tasting, socializing and shopping local last month. Wessington Springs business, Baker’s Design, held…
A love for bowling and the small community they call home served as key factors in Eric and Betsy Schroeder’s decision to purchase the bowling alley located on Main Street in Wessington Springs.
During the South Dakota State Fair on September 4, more than 1,000 fairgoers enjoyed lunch for only .25 cents.
Expecting couples often dream and look forward to a blurred vision of bringing their sweet bundle home from the hospital excited to begin the journey with a new family member. But for local family Rodney and Erin Yost, their reverie of the future was clouded with the devastating news their s…
South Dakota’s First Gentleman Bryon Noem visited Wessington Springs Friday afternoon as part of his initiative to help celebrate small towns across South Dakota. From right, Noem is shown with Sweet Grass owner Heather Larson and two of her employees Reina Ford and Willow Hayes. While a myr…
Tammy Wetzel, Wessington Springs Schools Head Cook is shown above in the elementary school kitchen preparing menus for the upcoming school year. Wetzel was named the school district’s 2021 Employee of the Year.
The “City at the Foothills” is continuing its city-wide celebration of food, fun and the classics with exciting events during the third annual “Foothills Days” on August 6 and 7, all held in Wessington Springs.
Local favorite Dustin Evans kicked off this season’s Music in the Garden last Thursday, drawing a big crowd to his acoustic show featuring country classics.
Weekend Celebrations Unite Area Communities
The Wessington Springs’ Shakespeare Garden Society is again presenting summer evening concerts on the south lawn of Wessington Springs’ historic Anne Hathaway Cottage. The Cottage is located on the grounds of the former Wessington Springs College. The free concerts are being held on the f…
Jerauld County Conservation District board members Dennis Scheel and Dick Kolousek are shown receiving a check for $7500 from representatives of the local Pheasants Forever Chapter: Jason Weber, Cristin Weber and Dan Kruse.
The kick-off to a fun-filled, tournament-stacked summer became official at the Springs Country Club over Memorial weekend with the Jack Ferguson Memorial Golf Tournament.
The local chapter of Pheasants Forever held a seed distribution event earlier this month. Pheasants Forever members distributed seed corn, milo, sorghum and a mixed food plot mix. In addition to seed, they also distributed over 50 live traps. The annual event helps offset costs for habitat…
ABOVE: Dedicated WS Church Concession Group volunteers pictured at the 2019 Foothills Rodeo during a break from serving concessions: Eileen Schooler, Karen Messmer, Fran Peterson and Sheila Christensen.
Mollie B. fans are encouraged to act quickly in order to ensure tickets for admission to the upcoming Wessington Springs shows are available, as the public sale across the region is forthcoming in the next two weeks.
Two Wessington Springs High School freshmen will be entering their A.I. vs Bull-bred calf research in a prestigious international science fair next month in which more than $5 million in scholarships and awards will be at stake.
WSHS Drama Teacher Julie Fastnacht reviews dance choreography with the cast during one of the musical’s scenes at a rehearsal Monday night.
“Exemplary” is the level of excellence once again attained by the Wessington Springs Elementary School preschool program through the School Administrators of South Dakota (SASD) “Preschool Levels of Excellence.”
Hard work, millions of miles, love and above all, trust, frame the last six decades for Paul and Ina Mae Kopfmann, who celebrate 61 years of marriage on March 27, 2021.
Efficiency, predictability, and above all, simplicity have proven to be the keys to longevity for John Christensen’s Simmental herd — validated this week as Friday, March 19 marks the 50th Annual 3C Christensen Ranch Production Sale. “There’s a lot of trial and error over the last 50 years …
The Wessington Springs Area Chamber & Development recently received an economic development grant to assist with a marketing campaign. The city’s wholesale power supplier, Heartland Consumers Power District, awarded WSADC $4,500 to help develop new marketing material to show off local am…
As JV Boys Basketball Coach Will Walker weighs in on the season, satisfaction and pride are evident when it comes to taking a closer look at the development of this year’s team.
A lifelong love of history paired with a desire to continue a local legacy steered Wessington Springs native Michelle Tong to purchase one of the oldest businesses in town, Jerauld County Title Company, formerly known as Jerauld County Abstract.
Every year, third graders at Wessington Springs Elementary School read a book about a police officer and his canine partner titled Aero and Officer Mike: Police Partners written by Joan Plummer Russell.
Wessington Springs High School senior Spencer Titze invites the community to an event he’s hosting as part of his senior project to benefit the Blue Bag Program. Slated for February 19 during the double header basketball game, the event will feature a bake sale, silent auction items donated …
Although Jay Kannenberg’s cancer journey is far from over, a benefit event in Wessington Springs gave the Wessington Springs man and Jerauld County highway department employee a big boost for what comes next in his battle with esophageal cancer.
January 30 marks the big day for a cancer benefit planned by friends, family and coworkers for Jerauld County Highway Department employee Jay Kannenberg, of Wessington Springs, SD. Kannenberg was diagnosed with stage 2 esophageal cancer on October 23, 2020.
An outpouring of requests from the community to honor the late Jackie Johnson at the Springs Rec Center has prompted a collaboration between the Johnson family and Build Springs Committee. Together, they announced plans last month for a special “Wall of Hope” within the center to celebrate t…
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WS Area Chamber & Development Local Business Spotlight
WS Area Chamber & Development Local Business SpotlightHeather Larson has a simple answer when asked why she puts so much time and dedication into Sweet Grass, her bakery/eatery located on Main Street in Wessington Springs: “Because I love it.”
Long before Shayla Polanchek received the gift of a lifesaving heart transplant, she was fully aware of the bittersweet reality of organ donation — and continuously prayed for her donor and her donor’s family. “I pray for my donor’s family and for my donor,” Shayla explained to the True Dak…
WS Area Chamber & Development Local Business Spotlight
As Mike Easter reflects on his calling as not only the new pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Wessington Springs, but also his initial path to ministry in his hometown of Roseville, California, he reveals that he never expected, or even wanted to be a pastor.
With traditional, door-to-door trick-or-treating an uncertainty in the era of COVID-19, Wessington Springs Area Chamber and Development and local business owners served up a fun event last Friday to help give kids a Halloween they won’t soon forget.
SD introduces new Precision Ag and Conservation Specialist for Pheasants Forever
AP interview with Dr. Dean catapults Jerauld Co. onto national stage
Wessington Springs rancher Elton Kaus is featured in a powerful, moving collection of 170 portraits of Americans and their handwritten statements about what the American dream means to them. Shot by Canadian photographer Ian Brown over twelve years, fifty states, and eighty thousand miles, …
As Wessington Springs resident Eileen Schooler rounded the corner of Third Street and College Avenue during a Sunday afternoon walk, she couldn’t help but notice Freddy Bacher pedaling north on his self-supported, long-distance touring bicycle equipped with 50 pounds of gear. In search of S…
Soft clouds of dust dance in the sunlight as quiet hoof beats hit deep sand in perfect rhythm. The smell of sweat-lathered horses and buttery, soft leather fill the air of Amy Schimke and Brett Borkowski's training facility. In this Jerauld County barn, quiet hours of constant preparation …
Wagons pulled by a twenty-mule hitch traversing across rugged terrain flanked by horse-mounted cowboys doesn’t immediately conjure up images of America in the late 1960s — but was in fact the reality of Wessington Springs resident Kenneth (Tiny) Gohring during a fantastic adventure documente…
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