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Mary Jo Parker and Rebecca Beeson attended the 2024 South Dakota State University (SDSU) Energize Conference held on May 22nd and 23rd in Hot Springs. This was the third year that Mary Jo attended the event and Rebecca’s first year attending.

Shona Kocer, daughter of Francis and Karla Kocer attended the Boys and Girls Club of America Midwest Regional Youth of the Year in Chicago, IL on June 27th. The event was held at the theater on the lake on Lake Michigan.

As the nation celebrates Independence Day, the Wagner Police Department, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety-Office of Highway Safety, and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reminds all drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.

10 Years Ago - 2014 Statewide texting while driving ban when into effect on July 1st. Governor Dennis Daugaard visited the Wagner Boys & Girls Club. Ben and Kelly Schroeder announced the birth of their daughter Eden Jo Schroeder.

We had an early start Monday, June 17, as students met in the Sioux Falls airport for what was supposed to be a 5 a.m. flight to Minneapolis on their way to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The Lake Andes Farmers Market held their first market of the season this past Tuesday, June 18th. The farmers market is sponsored by the Lake Andes Food and Wellness Council. The Lake Andes Food and Wellness Council was first able to begin this community program through a Connected Community grant.

Madilyn Janis of Lake Andes has taken her love of fastpitch softball and joined a SD traveling team, the Mt. Vernon 14U Venom. Madilyn first began playing with the Venom last year as Wagner did not make it to the state softball tournament.

Jackie Miller has officially retired from the Andes Central School District after teaching there for the past 34 years. Her love of children is what kept her working for the district so long.

10 Years Ago – 2014 The 21st Annual Indian Day Celebration Pow Wow was held.

Farmers are some of the biggest gamblers I know. They go to a bank, borrow money to buy land – borrow more money to buy equipment. Then they go back and get an operating note so they can buy seed, fertilizer, and chemical. And then they bury it all in the dirt.