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After spending a year studying in the Wessington Springs School District and living with local host families, this year’s foreign exchange students Patri Menendez, Carla Powell and Sofia Borras Mas, all from Spain, reflect on their time in America including “real life” school curriculum, farm living and family time.

After spending a year studying in the Wessington Springs School District and living with local host families, this year’s foreign exchange students Patri Menendez, Carla Powell and Sofia Borras Mas, all from Spain, reflect on their time in America including “real life” school curriculum, farm living and family time.

Spanish Foreign Exchange Students Reflect On Their Year in Springs

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Although their reasons for choosing to study in the United States are very different for Spanish students Sofia Borras Mas, Patri Menendez and Carla Powell, they all agree that after a year in Wessington Springs, their minds and hearts are forever changed.
This series of photos shows the moon in various stages of the total lunar eclipse during the first blood moon of the year, in Wessington Springs, SD on May 15, 2022.

This series of photos shows the moon in various stages of the total lunar eclipse during the first blood moon of the year, in Wessington Springs, SD on May 15, 2022.

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Blood Moon Over Springs

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
“Rising to the Challenge” During EMS Week and Always

“Rising to the Challenge” During EMS Week and Always

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“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.

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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.

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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

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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.
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