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Starting this Saturday, Fort Sisseton State Historic Park will be hosting a new Smithsonian exhibit: “Crossroads: Change in Rural America.” The exhibit has been made possible at Fort Sisseton by South Dakota Humanities.

“I can’t imagine teaching or raising my children anywhere else,” emphasized Britton-Hecla English teacher Jenna Peters. Peters said this when discussing why she chose to teach in the school district she graduated from 20 years ago. She and many others in the district are part of a noteworthy trend of Britton and Britton-Hecla graduates who have returned to the area as educators.

The memorial service for Dean Stabnow will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 2023 at First Lutheran Church in Britton. Rev. Terrill Sorensen will officiate the service. Private family inurnment of his cremains will take place at a later time at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Aberdeen, SD.

Britton native Jenn (Watkins) Osendorf realized a goal she started by accident in 2014 when she completed a half-marathon in Hawaii 10 days ago, and in the process compiled “miles of memories.”

Editor s Note: April is Autism Awareness Month. In honor of this occasion, the Journal asked Kelley Beck to share her family’s story. She, her husband Matt and their three children live in rural Hecla.

This week is National Library Week. The theme for the event this year is “There is More to the Story.” One Marshall County library that has a rich story behind it is the Langford Public Library. Though small, the library is impressively active and has a strong history of dedicated people helping this local institution flourish.

At its annual meeting last week Wednesday, the South Dakota High School Activities Association offered member schools two constitutional amendments that they must vote on by May 31.

The Marshall County Sharpshooters’ regular season has come to an end and Austin Crawford, competing in his last competitive BB Gun tournament, finished with a bang.

Julie Ann Winder, 82, of Britton, passed away peacefully on April 11th, 2023 at Marshall County Healthcare Center surrounded by family.

Donald J. “Bud” Stieha passed away on April 7, 2023, at the age of 72 while in the caring hands of Sanford Hospice House in Fargo, ND.

The memorial service for Naomi W. Alexander, 104, of Aberdeen, SD, was 11:00am, Monday, April 17, 2023, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with Pastor Heidi Youngquist officiating. Inurnment will be at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Aberdeen, at a later date. Naomi died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Bethesda Home of Aberdeen.

As an occupational therapist, Jennifer Gustafson of Claremont works to heal people’s bodies. Over the years, she also discovered that she enjoys treating people’s minds as well. To that end, Gustafson explored opportunities where she could provide neurological care in addition to physical care. By chance, she was introduced to the folks at Brain Intercept in Aberdeen, and after working there for the last couple of months, feels like she has truly found her niche.