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“Rising to the Challenge” During EMS Week and Always

“Rising to the Challenge” During EMS Week and Always

“Rising to the Challenge” During EMS Week and Always

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Around the country, EMS Week (May 15-21, 2022) honors the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s front line. Locally, the Jerauld County Ambulance rises to the challenge, bringing a vital service to area communities.
NYLA THORTON Nyla Thorton and her husband, Chuck, ran Thorton Drug. Grown-ups went there for various sundries. I knew it as the home of the town’s only comic book rack, a squeaking totem of adventure freshened every month. You could also order Nintendo games through the store, and time has never moved more slowly than when my buddies and I waited for a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

NYLA THORTON Nyla Thorton and her husband, Chuck, ran Thorton Drug. Grown-ups went there for various sundries. I knew it as the home of the town’s only comic book rack, a squeaking totem of adventure freshened every month. You could also order Nintendo games through the store, and time has never moved more slowly than when my buddies and I waited for a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

OUR COOL TOWN

News Staff
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Re-published in the True Dakotan with permission from South Dakota Magazine, Austin Kaus and Bill Goehring We didn’t know Wessington Springs was cool. As teenagers we tried our best to juice it up with fireworks pranks, screeching tires and late-night electric guitar solos.

Weskota Foundation Awards Scholarships

News Staff
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The Weskota Foundation annually awards scholarships on behalf of Avera Weskota Memorial Hospital, Weskota Manor Avera and Jerauld County Community Health Center to high school seniors who are planning a career in a health care field.
Emery JoAnn Kraft

Emery JoAnn Kraft

A Baby Girl Boom

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
While population decline in rural South Dakota may dominate the narrative of late, last month Wessington Springs experienced a baby boom — four girls born to area women within eight days!
From the Halls of WSHS

From the Halls of WSHS

From the Halls of WSHS

Alicia Roesler Wshs Art Instructor
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
From the halls of WSHS we bring a newly completed project by Advanced Art I student Brock Krueger. For this project, Brock chose to work with colored pencils. In order to complete this drawing successfully, he took the time to learn how to layer and blend the colored pencils.
Letter to the Editor from Chase the Newspaper Cat

Letter to the Editor from Chase the Newspaper Cat

Letter to the Editor from Chase the Newspaper Cat

News Staff
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Dear Editor and True Dakotan readers,  It’s been awhile since I’ve seen many of you, so in case you don’t remember me, I’m Chase the newspaper cat. Since the True Dakotan had a fire in the building I used to live in, I've been living at Delia’s home. She has been taking very good care of me.
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