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DuWayne F. Steiner, 96, Conrad, MT, passed away July 20, 2023 at Logan Nursing Home in Conrad, following a long illness. He was born April 14, 1927, in Eden, South Dakota, the son of Frank and Katherine [Vogel] Steiner.

Both the Britton-Hecla and Langford Area volleyball teams have plenty of veterans on this year’s roster, and both squads are hoping for good things this season.

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Four first-time deer hunters will have the opportunity to participate in a managed youth deer hunt and camp on Dec. 8-10 at Brown’s Lodge and Hunting Ranch in Gettysburg.

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.

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Virginia Tunheim, 85, of Roslyn, SD, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at Strand-Kjorsvig Nursing Home in Roslyn.

The memorial mass for Judith “Judy” Olson was 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church at 322 S Oak St. - Veblen, SD 57270. Fr. Greg Frankman officiated the mass.