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The Britton-Hecla girls basketball team wrapped up regular season play with a 5329 loss to Groton Area and will travel to Tulare to take on Hitchcock-Tulare in quarterfinal action of the Region 1B tournament on Saturday.

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.

Ever since she was a child Angela Grupe has been in love with the sport of gymnastics.

Melissa Hunt says she is not very good at air hockey, but yet you could find her playing that game last week against Judy Andrews, a resident from Wheatcrest Hills Healthcare Facility in Britton. Hunt and Andrews were enjoying that game while at the coffee shop cups last week. Hunt, the Activities Director, at Wheatcrest Hills, takes the residents on these outings frequently. It is because of activities like that and her other fine work that Hunt was recently awarded the Mille E. Olson Award from the South Dakota Healthcare Association (SDHCA).

The Celebration of Life for Joseph “Joe” Lang will be 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at St. John de Britton. Rev. Fr. Albert Cizewski will officiate the service.

The Mass of Christian Burial for Cindy Michlitsch will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Eden. Rev. Fr. Ken Lulf will celebrate the mass. Spring interment will be in the St. Michael Cemetery of Eden under the direction of the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton.

The memorial service for Sherman Vold will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 25, 2023 at First Lutheran Church in Britton. Rev. Terrill Sorensen will officiate.

Mertens All-Tourney Selection

The Britton-Hecla wrestling squad tuned up for the Region 1B tournament in Sioux Valley (Volga) on Saturday by competing in the Northeast Conference Tournament in Webster on Saturday.