Alexis Meyer, elementary music and sixth grade choir teacher
Alison Bergmann Ag teacher/FFA advisor
In last year’s Bad River Youth Rough Stock Rodeo held in Wessington Springs, Tatyn Hins competed in the Bareback, Saddle Bronc and Bull riding events in the 6-8 age category. The event drew over 500 youth to the Jerauld County 4-H grounds. This year’s event is scheduled for Sept. 13, 2026. (TRUE DAKOTAN FILE PHOTO)
Pickled and preserved vegetables in a storage room at Spring Valley Colony, pictured July 17, 2026. (PHOTO: ELENA TITTEL/SD NEWS WATCH)
HuntSAFE course set for Sept. 8, 10 and 12
Updated Phone Numbers for Sanborn/ Jerauld County USDA Service Center
(PHOTO COURTESY SDFU)
Putting down roots for farm-to-table future
More workers than retirees drove South Dakota’s grow
From left, Deacon Rob Rysavy, chief of operations for the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls; Father Larry Regynski; Bishop Donald DeGrood; Very Rev. Andrew Young, vicar general; and Very Rev. Andrew Dickinson, vicar general for Set Ablaze, address St. Joseph parishioners during a meeting Thursday, Aug. 20, at St. Wilfrid Catholic Church in Woonsocket. Church leaders announced during the meeting that St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wessington Springs, damaged by fire in December, will not be rebuilt.
