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Jerauld County employees invite area businesses, individuals and school classes to decorate a tree, wreath or train display to help celebrate Christmas at the Courthouse. The county open house will be held December 13 from 2-4 p.m.

Jerauld County employees invite area businesses, individuals and school classes to decorate a tree, wreath or train display to help celebrate Christmas at the Courthouse. The county open house will be held December 13 from 2-4 p.m.

Deck the Halls with Local Events

News Staff
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
As the holiday season shifts into high gear, a host of events are set to ignite holiday spirit in this part of the South Dakota prairie.
Wessington Springs is among the eight teams that have qualified for the Q107.3 FM Quiz Bowl finals presented by SD Corn, scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at the Pepsi Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts in Mitchell. This trip marks the second time in the past decade that a team from Springs advanced to the finals. Team members include, left to right: Ashlyn Weber (alternate), Will Bruckner, Branden Flowers (captain), Taylor Braun, Bailey Yost (alternate). KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

Wessington Springs is among the eight teams that have qualified for the Q107.3 FM Quiz Bowl finals presented by SD Corn, scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at the Pepsi Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts in Mitchell. This trip marks the second time in the past decade that a team from Springs advanced to the finals. Team members include, left to right: Ashlyn Weber (alternate), Will Bruckner, Branden Flowers (captain), Taylor Braun, Bailey Yost (alternate). KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

WSHS Students Advance To Q107.3 FM Quiz Bowl Finals

News Staff
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Thirty-two area schools have competed since October in the Q107.3 FM Quiz Bowl to win a $1,000 grand prize that will go back to their school.
SDSU Extension, Audubon Great Plains and partner organizations are hosting a South Dakota Private Lands Prescribed Fire Forum on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Cedar Shore Resort near Oacoma. (SDSU Extension photo)

SDSU Extension, Audubon Great Plains and partner organizations are hosting a South Dakota Private Lands Prescribed Fire Forum on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Cedar Shore Resort near Oacoma. (SDSU Extension photo)

SDSU Extension to co-host prescribed fire forum for private landowners

News Staff
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University Extension, Audubon Great Plains and partner organizations are hosting a first-of-itskind event for private landowners in South Dakota interested in prescribed fire as a management tool.
With Main Street adorned in its familiar Christmas finery, the annual tree lighting event, Holiday Spectacular, highlighted the community’s holiday spirit. Mayor Ryan Knipfer, with the help of more than a dozen area kids, led the community countdown for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

With Main Street adorned in its familiar Christmas finery, the annual tree lighting event, Holiday Spectacular, highlighted the community’s holiday spirit. Mayor Ryan Knipfer, with the help of more than a dozen area kids, led the community countdown for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Annual Event Serves Up Spectacular Start to Holiday Season

News Staff
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
With Main Street adorned in its familiar Christmas finery, the annual tree lighting event, Holiday Spectacular, highlighted the community’s holiday spirit. 
Public Hearings Set for City of WS Utility Improvement Projects

Public Hearings Set for City of WS Utility Improvement Projects

Public Hearings Set for City of WS Utility Improvement Projects

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
With no shortage of utility infrastructure projects on the horizon in Wessington Springs, on Monday, December 2, the city council passed resolutions authorizing applications for financial assistance on two, new, separate projects: water distribution improvements to remove the remaining cast pipe...
During Monday’s Wessington Springs Elementary Holiday Concert, 3-6 grade students presented a musical, “My Marvelous Magical Sleigh.”

During Monday’s Wessington Springs Elementary Holiday Concert, 3-6 grade students presented a musical, “My Marvelous Magical Sleigh.”

Students raise holiday spirit and voices in song at winter concerts

News Staff
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Ushering in the holiday season with band, choir and musical performances, students of the Wessington Springs School District dazzled and delighted audiences last Friday and again on Monday during their 2024 winter concerts.
WWSSC Football Co-Op to Rebrand

WWSSC Football Co-Op to Rebrand

WWSSC Football Co-Op to Rebrand

Kristi Hine / True Dakotan
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
After the Woonsocket/ Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central (WWSSC) Co-Op meeting last Monday, the decision to move forward with the selection of a new mascot for football was put in motion.
Just in time for Tuesday’s Holiday Spectacular, City of Wessington Springs employees hung the town’s beloved Christmas garland across Main Street East on Monday, December 2, 2024. KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

Just in time for Tuesday’s Holiday Spectacular, City of Wessington Springs employees hung the town’s beloved Christmas garland across Main Street East on Monday, December 2, 2024. KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

Deck the Halls with Local Events

News Staff
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
As the holiday season shifts into high gear, a host of events are set to ignite holiday spirit in this part of the South Dakota prairie.
The Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapters have been focusing their energy on projects that will benefit community members, one of which consists of organizing the local angel tree. Anyone willing to join the FCCLA Chapter and help brighten a child’s Christmas within our community, is asked to consider giving to the Angel Tree, located at Jensen’s True Value. KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

The Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapters have been focusing their energy on projects that will benefit community members, one of which consists of organizing the local angel tree. Anyone willing to join the FCCLA Chapter and help brighten a child’s Christmas within our community, is asked to consider giving to the Angel Tree, located at Jensen’s True Value. KRISTI HINE / TRUE DAKOTAN

An opportunity to give back this season: The Angel Tree

News Staff
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
With the holidays in full swing, the Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapters have been focusing their energy on projects that will benefit community members, one of which consists of organizing the local angel tree.
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