As the calendar turns and 2025 settles into memory, the Wagner community can look back on a year filled with growth, change, celebration, and resilience.
The year began with Avon students, athletes and community members earning recognition at the state and national level.
As the calendar turns and 2025 settles into memory, the Wagner community can look back on a year filled with growth, change, celebration, and resilience.
From classrooms and competition floors to fire halls and fairgrounds, 2025 proved once again that the Lake Andes and Ravinia areas thrive on dedication, resilience, and togetherness.
CMC Democrats to Meet Charles Mix County Democrats will meetJanuary17at6:30p.m.atDuck Inn, Waddle Out in Lake Andes. All elected officials must be there.
The Avon Lady Pirates were on the road last week, picking up an impressive win before coming up short in their second outing.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Tyndall to take on the Bon Homme Cavaliers last Thursday night in girls basketball action.
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A total of 395 students at Mitchell Technical College have been placed on the Fall Semester 2025 President’s List, according to MTC President Theresa Kriese.
The Wagner Rotary club held a weekly meeting on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. President Jamie Soukup called the meeting to order with a rap on the Rotary bell.
10 Years Ago - 2016
50th Anniversary
Tony and Joan (Lukkes) Czmowki will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on January 10.
Services for Jim Sprigler, age 89, of O’Neill will be at a later date in the summer. Jim passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Norfolk Veterans Home in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Robert Luvern Whiteley, 92, died on Sunday, January 4, 2026 in his home in Mitchell. Visitation was held Friday, January 9 at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall in Avon.
Patricia (Stricker) Roller, 56, of Marty, died unexpectedly at the Community Memorial Hospital in Wagner on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Helen O'Connor, 77, of Lake Andes, died Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at the Lake Andes Senior Living Center in Lake Andes. Funeral services were Monday, January 5 at St.