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Leadership in the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) tribal government went before the South Dakota Interim State-Tribal Relations Committee June 26 in Pierre to advocate the state recognize the tribal boundaries and urge Congress to re-establish the reservation across District 1, including portions of Marshall County.

Harley Gibbs was a smalltown kid. He grew up in Claremont and graduated from Langford Area in 2018. Gibbs says growing up in a tight-knit community surrounded by lots of family, including his grandma Yvonne who lived next door, kept him grounded. Yet, ironically, he couldn’t wait to take flight. In fact, he has a rich background in aviation despite being from ‘the sticks.’ Thus, it comes as little surprise that Gibbs is flying high these days.

Lily Mundt of Britton was recently crowned the Glacial Lakes 4H Rodeo Jr. Ambassador. Lily received the honor before the 4-H rodeo performance in Sisseton two weeks ago.

Aberdeen’s Storybook Land Theatre (SBLT) has been hitting the road this summer, bringing music, laughter, and live theater to Journal Country. Audiences of all ages have enjoyed free performances of the play “The Perfect Dog,” plus live concerts.

We are all familiar with the plight of small towns. People moving away, businesses closing and schools co-oping with the bigger next town over. It is difficult to fight that trend, but as a local community is discovering, it is not impossible. Several passionate people in Veblen are putting their blood, sweat and tears into keeping an iconic building not only standing, but useful and vibrant.

At the Britton City council meeting on Monday night, a concerning accounting error was discussed. Finance Officer Jennifer Athey pointed out an error in the spreadsheet used to create the city budget. The amount of taxes requested from the county, approximately $534,000, was added to the city’s estimated appropriations twice. The error had not been detected by the auditing firm either.

The weather Sunday developed into something that in recent months has been a rarity. An all-day rain shower for most of the area. It steadily rained from morning until well into the night. Much of the area reported around two inches of rain after the soaking. But some areas got substantially more than that. Folks around Clear Lake, Lake City, Eden and Langford measured around three inches. And weather reporters around Hillhead and Roslyn even recorded five or more inches.

Various Marshall County officials participated in a virtual meeting Tuesday morning regarding next steps for the courthouse project. Last week, county voters passed a $5 million bond for renovations to the courthouse plus a new law enforcement center.

Britton’s 24th Annual Harvest Days was a success again this year. A rainy day Saturday didn’t even put too much of a damper on the fun.

On Tuesday, Marshall County voters went to the polls to decide whether to adopt a $5 million bond for renovations and repairs to the Courthouse and the construction of a new law enforcement center. By a wide margin, the voters decided to pass the bond.

Last week, Marshall County 4-H members participated in their biggest event of the year: Achievement Days. Events took place Tuesday through Thursday.