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Bridge Dedication To Honor Wessington Springs Veteran Killed In Vietnam
BOB ST. PIERRE, PHEASANTS FOREVER AND QUAIL FOREVER
A school bus stop arm serves as an important reminder for motorists as students return to school. Drivers must stop when a bus has its red lights flashing and stop arm extended and remain stopped until the warning signals are turned off. (TRUE DAKOTAN FILE PHOTO)
Ready for a new school year
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Wolsey-Wessington Kicks Off New Year With Back to School Bash(LEFT) Cooper Timm takes his turn as the brave student in the dunk tank during Wolsey-Wessington’s Back to School Bash Friday.
A television screen was offline at the Pennington County Administration Building in Rapid City, S.D. on July 28, 2026. (PHOTO: BART PFANKUCH / SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH)
Kathy Dean holds flowers presented in recognition of her 37 years of dedication to the Shakespeare Garden Society. (PHOTO COURTESY GWYNETH FASTNACHT)
The Wessington Springs Summer Recreation Program was awarded $1,100 to help pay for concrete sidewalks and dugouts. Pictured from left to right: Operation Round-Up Trustee Amber Kolousek, Central Electric Manager of Communications Tara Miller, W.S. Summer Recreation Program Committee Members Natasha Waters and Ryan Jensen.
Saddles, Spurs and Swings
WS Shriners’ First Golf Tourney Brings Out the Giving Spirit
Wessington Springs’ Blake Larson (1) throws it to first base for the out during the first round of the Class B state amateur baseball tournament on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 at Cadwell Park. (PHOTO BY TREY HOUCHIN / MITCHELL REPUBLIC)
Desi French pictured in the newly opened Prairie Rose Market in Wolsey. (KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN)
In a 2016 True Dakotan file photo, Shakespeare Garden Society board members, from left, Kathy Dean, Susan Dean Arnott, Linda Boschee and Brenda Deines are pictured at the garden. Dean is being honored during Sunday’s Garden Party as she retires after decades of service to Shakespeare Garden.
Dylan Schimke helped fuel the Wessington Springs Owls’ offense with three hits in Friday’s 8-7 Last Chance Game victory over Winner. Schimke singled during the Owls’ ninth-inning rally before Blaze Herdman’s two-run walk-off single sent Wessington Springs back to the Class B State Tournament.
