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It’s a dream come true.

Britton-Hecla faced three teams with winning records during the past week and came up short in all three contests, dropping decisions to Aberdeen Roncalli 53-19, Leola-Frederick 64-28, and Deuel 77-51.

The Langford Area girls basketball team dropped three decisions during the past week.

Britton-Hecla fourth graders had an electric time a few weeks back thanks to the local electric co-op. Lake Region Electric Association visited Paula Hanson’s students for their ‘Co-ops in the Classroom’ program.

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.

Langford Area rode some hot three-point shooting to pick up two wins in the past week.

Home On Saturday

The celebration of life for Betty Jane Behnke will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 26, 2023 at the Britton Event Center. Jared Holland will officiate the service and a private family spring inurnment will be at the Britton Cemetery.