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On Jan. 24, LeRon Knebel and granddaughter Kayla Kirchmeier attended the Lake Area Technical College scholarship banquet in Watertown. They presented two scholarships in memory of the late John Knebel of Eden.

The Britton-Hecla boys basketball team picked up its second win of the season, stopping Sisseton 39-33 last week Tuesday.

Britton-Hecla is one of eight teams to advance to the state gymnastics meet on team day this Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Aberdeen Central High School.

The funeral for Michael “Mike” Forrester will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 16, 2023 at First Lutheran Church in Britton. Rev. Terrill Sorensen will officiate. Spring interment will be in the Britton Cemetery with military honors, under the direction of the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton.

The funeral for Leslie “Les” Eberlein will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 11, 2023 at the First Presbyterian Church in Britton. Dr. Lance Griese will officiate. Spring interment will be in the Britton Cemetery with military honors, under the direction of the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton.

Calee Hagen could have a great time playing dress-up at her home currently. She is in possession of many prom and formal dresses of all styles and sizes. However, Hagen is not collecting dresses for her own enjoyment. Rather, she is doing it for a good cause: to provide affordable prom dresses to girls while benefitting a worthwhile charity.

After being on-call in some capacity since the 1980’s Todd Landmark is ready to hang up his many hats. He was formerly a Marshall County sheriff’s deputy, and until retiring from the department recently, a member of the North Marshall Fire Department for 34 years. At the end of January, Landmark also retired from his position as Marshall County Emergency Management (EM) Director following a 16 year stint.

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.