Opinion

Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

A Different World

Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

It sure is a different world now than the one I grew up in. While I could be talking about our phones, electric cars, or how much of the world is obsessed with social media, I am not. I’m talking about habitat, after all this is Conservation Corner and I am the Habitat Man.

DARLEEN CUPPY

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

Darleen Cuppy

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

I wrote my news Monday morning. Delia Atkinson came to get it later in the forenoon. I enjoyed the roast beef dinner and cake from the Manor kitchen. Elaine Roetman stopped in with the church bulletin. I was grateful my grandson Brock Krueger walked with me to the foot doctor.

LETTERBOX: Why I Addressed the City Council This Month

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LETTERBOX: Why I Addressed the City Council This Month

Letter to the Editor

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

A letter to the Editor: I have had a lot of people reach out to me of why I was on the agenda this month for city council. It is something that the patrons of Wessington Springs should know.

Column: Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

Open For Business!

Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

If you didn’t know (maybe under a rock) the government was shut down, or in partial shutdown whatever the correct terminology is.

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

Darleen Cuppy

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

I wrote my news Monday morning. Delia came to get it later in the forenoon. I enjoyed the hamburger, tator tots, green beans and peach sauce from the Manor kitchen.Tuesday, I enjoyed the ham dinner and cake from the Manor kitchen. In the evening, I enjoyed watching “Dancing with the Stars” on TV.

Column By Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

You Have Too Much What?

Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Too much cover? You are not going to hear that mentioned too often around here, that is unless you are someone, I have helped enroll ground into CRP or some other grassland planting.

It’s Open Enrollment Season, Here’s What to Know

News Staff

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Fall brings cooler weather and football games, and it’s also the annual time to ensure you have the health insurance coverage you need for 2026.Open enrollment on the federal Marketplace at healthcare.gov runs Nov. 1 through Dec. 15 for firstof- the-year coverage. Jan.

What Trees Then?

Justin Enfield Pheasants Forever Biologist

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

In the last couple weeks, we have discussed that it’s time to get off our keisters if we want trees for the spring of 2026, and what programs we can find to cost-share them.

LETTERBOX - “Feeling Accomplished”: A Reflection on Passion, Purpose, and Pheasants Forever

News Staff

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

On Friday evening, October 17 at the annual Wessington Springs Chapter of Pheasants Forever banquet, I was honored with being inducted into the Wessington Springs Chapter of Pheasants Forever Hall of Fame. I want to personally thank everyone who had a hand in making this happen.

Foothills News: “Cuppy’s Corner”

Darleen Cuppy

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

I wrote my news Monday morning. Delia came to get it later in the forenoon. Neal Barber’s funeral was at 2 p.m. My sympathy to Verla and family. I called my twin sister Marleen in Rapid City. I had seen on Facebook that two of Terry Caffee’s boys had each shot a big elk!

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