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Pheasant season begins with big numbers

Molly Wetsch South Dakota News Watch
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
This year’s pheasant season has some big shoes to fill, and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says it just might.The pheasant season, which runs from Oct. 18 to Jan. 31, depends largely on the brooding season for the birds, which happens in spring and early summer, Nick Harrington,...
A unique hunting dog

A unique hunting dog

A unique hunting dog

Craig Wenzel
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Each year, I eagerly anticipate pheasant season with the same excitement that I felt when my father took me out on opening day in 1959.Later in life, I guided bird hunters for around 35 years.
Share Your Spooky Style: We Want Your Halloween Photos

Share Your Spooky Style: We Want Your Halloween Photos

Share Your Spooky Style: We Want Your Halloween Photos

News Staff
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Whether it’s a pair of skeletons enjoying a cup of Graveyard Grind at Buzz’n Coffee Company in Wolsey (above), or a Vampire’s Lair in The Valley, we want to create a Halloween spread to remember. Send your photos to be featured in next week’s print and e-edition.
Pumpkin creativity shines at Spring Valley Colony School contest

Pumpkin creativity shines at Spring Valley Colony School contest

Pumpkin creativity shines at Spring Valley Colony School contest

News Staff
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Students at Spring Valley Colony School showed off their creativity during a pumpkin decorating contest held Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Working in pairs, students planned, gathered materials, and designed pumpkins for three categories: scariest, most original, and most comical. “Six pumpkins entered.
Young golfers focus on their form during the youth golf clinics at Springs Country Club, where volunteers helped participants practice putting, chipping, and fairway play while learning golf etiquette and sportsmanship.

Young golfers focus on their form during the youth golf clinics at Springs Country Club, where volunteers helped participants practice putting, chipping, and fairway play while learning golf etiquette and sportsmanship.

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Youth golf clinics nurture next generation of players at Springs Country Club

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
With the Fall Fling behind them and another golf season winding down at the Springs Country Club, it’s clear that the next generation of golfers has already found its footing on the local course, thanks to two dedicated volunteers, Gloria Vavra and Becky Thompson.What started as a simple question,...
Annual List of Flowerbed Sponsors Posted at Anne Hathaway Cottage

Annual List of Flowerbed Sponsors Posted at Anne Hathaway Cottage

Annual List of Flowerbed Sponsors Posted at Anne Hathaway Cottage

News Staff
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Each summer, the Shakespeare Garden in Wessington Springs comes alive with color thanks to the generosity of community members who sponsor its flowerbeds. For a $50 donation, supporters can sponsor a bed in honor or memory of a loved one.
Wessington Springs couple Craig and Penny Wenzel shared this photo he took in their backyear garden. “We always consider the pollinators when we plant our flower beds. Hummingbirds, bees, yellow jackets and butterflies are welcomed every summer. The Monarch butterflies spent a lot of time in our yard last week and are increasing every day before they continue their migration to southern Mexico.” (PHOTO COURTESY CRAIG WENZEL)

Wessington Springs couple Craig and Penny Wenzel shared this photo he took in their backyear garden. “We always consider the pollinators when we plant our flower beds. Hummingbirds, bees, yellow jackets and butterflies are welcomed every summer. The Monarch butterflies spent a lot of time in our yard last week and are increasing every day before they continue their migration to southern Mexico.” (PHOTO COURTESY CRAIG WENZEL)

Prairie Transitions: Late-Summer Scenes Across the Area

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Late-summer scenes across our area communities capture the beauty of the South Dakota prairie: from monarch butterflies to golden sunflowers and those fleeting moments when summer gives way to fall. Wessington Springs couple Craig and Penny Wenzel shared this photo he took in their backyear garden.
Wessington Springs FFA members (from left) Ella Kolousek, Chase Dunsmore, Rylan Fagerhaug and Logan Klein represented their community at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron during the Farm Safety Quiz Bowl Championships. The team advanced through rounds of challenging farm safety questions before Howard FFA captured the 2025 title.

Wessington Springs FFA members (from left) Ella Kolousek, Chase Dunsmore, Rylan Fagerhaug and Logan Klein represented their community at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron during the Farm Safety Quiz Bowl Championships. The team advanced through rounds of challenging farm safety questions before Howard FFA captured the 2025 title.

Wessington Springs FFA Makes Strong Showing at State Fair Quiz Bowl

News Staff
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
The Wessington Springs FFA Chapter earned recognition for its skill and preparation during the South Dakota Farmers Union Farm Safety Quiz Bowl Championships, held August 30 at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron.Competing before a crowd of fairgoers, the Springs team of Ella Kolousek, Chase...
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