Central Electric Cooperative presented a $1,000 Operation Round-Up grant to Abernathy Post 16 of Gann Valley to help purchase American Legion grave markers. Pictured from left: Central Electric Manager of Member Services Patrick Soukup, Central Electric Director Merl Bechen, Operation Round-Up Trustee Yvette Isburg, Ken Wulff, Carol Grabin, Elaine Wulff, Evelyn Wulff and Rick Wooledge.

On track for completion the first week of August, the College Avenue infrastructure project is chugging right along with sanitary sewer and low-pressure water main complete. Up next, the street crew will arrive on scene with curb and gutter preparations on the schedule.

Fourth Annual Leap to Lane Slated for this Saturday, June 29

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the June 18, 2014 tornado that caused devastating damage across Jerauld County. The True Dakotan newspaper edition published by the Wenzel Family the following week illustrates the damage while highlighting the optimism and hope embodied by the community.

United Parish of Alpena Invites Community to 140th Anniversary Celebration

This small clinic in Fort Thompson, S.D., population 1,000, shown on March 23, 2024, is one of two medical facilities on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, where health care is only available during daytime hours on weekdays. (PHOTO: BART PFANKUCH / SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH)

Pat Fastnacht burns a board with his brand, as his dad Jerry looks on.

True Dakotan file photo from 2023 Foothills Rodeo.