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Jennifer Carlson is not going to let her students take the easy way out. After 21 years of teaching, she’s used to challenging her students. “As soon as I lower my expectations for them, I’ve made it ok to not do their best,” Carlson emphasized. It is because of that attitude and the positive results she gets in her classroom that Carlson was recently named as Britton-Hecla’s Teacher of the Year.

Langford Area School District principal Mary Hosford and special education teacher Basil Knebel have been nominated for the 202223 National LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, LifeChanger of the Year recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 educators and school district employees across the United States who are making a difference in the lives of students by exemplifying excellence, positive influence and leadership.

Multiple agencies responded to an accident eight miles east of Britton around 9:05 a.m. on Highway 10 Tuesday morning. According to Tony Mangan, spokesman for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, the accident involved two vehicles, a pickup and a car. The pickup was driving eastbound on Highway 10 when it entered the westbound lane and collided head-on with the car.

“FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of FFA members through Premier Leadership, Personal Growth and Career Success.” That’s the FFA Mission. And with roughly 735,000 members in seventh through 12th grade, the FFA is one of the biggest, most consequential youth leadership organizations in the United States. Recently, the Langford Area FFA chapter joined the more than 8,800 other local chapters across all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in celebrating National FFA Week with fun activities.

Each legislative session, high school students from across state have an opportunity for a firsthand look at the legislative process by serving as pages for the South Dakota legislature. Last month, two Britton-Hecla high schoolers had the chance to serve as pages. In addition to having a fun time, they learned a lot about the legislative process.

The project has been a few years in the making, but the renovated Leewood Apartments are finally ready for renters. The apartments located on 9th Street in the southwest part of Britton have been undergoing major work since 2021 and though the project ran into many speedbumps, the property owner, HME Companies, says they are complete and looking for tenants.

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Expect a large increase on your Marshall County assessment notices this year, says County Director of Equalization Kassi Jones.

What goes up must come down. That is the interesting dilemma for a group of South Dakota State University engineering students whose project has been selected as one of six finalists in a NASA competition.

Erik Peterson says he was vaguely familiar with the small town of Britton a year ago. As a football fan, he knew NFL player Dallas Goedert is from the area, and he had followed the story of Trevor Zuehlke that made statewide headlines. Though Peterson knew of Britton’s existence, it was not on his radar of places he might move to, that is, until May of 2022 when he saw an opening for Chief Financial Officer at Marshall County Healthcare Center.

Langford Area School District’s Board of Directors met last week for their regular February meeting. The board voted to remove Premier Online Academy from the school’s structure for the next school year. Premier was a free online K-12 school run through the LA district that was started this past fall with Ryan Bruns, former LA superintendent, as the online academy’s superintendent as well.