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UFC From A Britton Farmhouse

UFC From A Britton Farmhouse

Amber (Andrews) Bowen works from home. Her office is in the corner of her basement in a farmhouse west of Britton. Her two computer monitors sit against the cinderblock wall. Occasionally she has to bang on her washing machine if it gets too loud while she’s on a meeting. While this situation might sound typical these days, especially in a post-COVID shutdown world, Bowen works for a company that you might not imagine a small-town South Dakota girl would work for: Ultimate Fighting Championship, better known as UFC. 02/01/2023 12:00 AM

Legislative Columns

Legislative Columns

01/25/2023 03:23 PM

City Positions Up For Election

City Positions Up For Election

Area city board positions will be up for election this spring. 01/25/2023 12:00 AM

Flexible And Fun: Area Schools Need Subs

Flexible And Fun: Area Schools Need Subs

“The shortage of substitute teachers, both in quantity and quality, across the country has never been more severe,” wrote Geoffrey Smith, director of the Substitute Teacher Training Institute, in a 2022 article for the National School Superintendents Association website. Though Smith penned those words last year, the issue remains and is true for South Dakota as well: There are not enough substitute teachers to go around. Yet, area principals say that it can be a great job for many reasons and invite local people to learn more about the position. 01/25/2023 12:00 AM

SD Teacher Shortage Worsens

SD Teacher Shortage Worsens

Concern over the future of the teaching profession in South Dakota has led to more aggressive efforts by education officials to train and inspire a new generation of classroom leaders, with particular emphasis on elementary school classrooms. 01/25/2023 12:00 AM

Pearson Honored By Rural Electric Assoc. With Legacy Award

Pearson Honored By Rural Electric Assoc. With Legacy Award

At the 81st annual meeting of the South Dakota Rural ElectricAssociation(SDREA) held in Pierre this past weekend, a local man was recognized for his leadership in the industry. Kermit Pearson of Lake City was presented with SDREA’s 2023 Legacy of Leadership Award. This award highlights outstanding cooperative leaders who lend their talent, time, expertise, and passion toward achieving success for their cooperatives and their service areas. 01/18/2023 12:00 AM

Local Partnership Benefits All

Local Partnership Benefits All

If you stop by any senior citizen center, you can probably guess what you would find inside. Folks in their golden years enjoying coffee, cookies and maybe some feisty card-playing. At the Fun After Fifty center in Britton, you’ll find all of the above. However, on select days of the week, you’ll also see seniors counting nuts and bolts or slipping instruction pamphlets into plastic sleeves. Perhaps a strange sight, but one that has been a regular occurrence at Fun After Fifty for decades. 01/18/2023 12:00 AM

B-H Grad Part of SDSU Lunar Project For NASA

B-H Grad Part of SDSU Lunar Project For NASA

Judges from NASA and other experts have selected a proposal from a group of South Dakota State University engineering students to compete with 14 other teams in the next stage of the $3.5 million Break the Ice Lunar Challenge. 01/18/2023 12:00 AM

Critics Say Governor and Legislature Falling Short In Zebra Mussels Fight

Critics Say Governor and Legislature Falling Short In Zebra Mussels Fight

The confirmed finding last summer of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir – 15 miles west of Rapid City in the Black Hills National Forest – has sparked greater scrutiny of South Dakota’s efforts to protect bodies of water from aquatic invasive species, which spread exponentially and can negatively impact ecosystems, water intakes, fisheries and beaches. 01/11/2023 12:00 AM

LA District To Seek New Supt.

LA District To Seek New Supt.

At the Langford Area School Board meeting on Monday night, one of the agenda items was to approve administrative contracts for the 2023-24 school year. The board approved Mary Hosford as K-12 principal as well as business manager Ginger Olson. They did not, however, approve a contract with current superintendent Ryan Bruns. Rather, the board moved to advertise the superintendent position. 01/11/2023 12:00 AM

Bosse First Runner-Up

Bosse First Runner-Up

Jr. State Queen Has Local Connection 01/11/2023 12:00 AM

80th Birthday!

01/06/2023 08:55 AM