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Copyright © 2026 GameChanger, Inc. All rights reserved. The bottom of the lineup helped Avon Varsity Pirates capture a 15-0 victory over Wagner on Saturday. Abby, Kaydence, and Harper combined for four of the team's seven hits in the victory. They scored two runs and drove in three.

The National Library Week Celebration was initiated in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA). It was intended to highlight local libraries as essential in their communities. The ALA hoped to spark people’s interest in reading again.

YES.Two people who were born in South Dakota have spent some time in space and are among 800 astronauts.Charles “Sam” Gemar was the first person from the state to see space. Gemar was born in Yankton and grew up in Scotland, becoming an astronaut in 1986.

The South Dakota State Square, Folk, and Round Dance Association, is sponsoring the Spring State Square Dance Festival in Sioux Falls. The event will be held May 1 and 2 and will be hosted by the Spares and Pairs Square Dance Club of Sioux Falls.

Ashlyn Koupal has once again been named the Class A Player of the Year by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association, earning the top honor for the second year in a row.

From the Files of the Wagner Post10 YEARS AGO20167th Grade Destination Imagination Team places 1st place at State. Members were: Natalie Zacharias, Michaela Kokes, Jaden Peters, Kallen Kafka, Faithleigh Podzimek, Paige Petry, and Michelle Soukup.Marcia Dvorak and Nathan Bierman are engaged.

Benjamin Franklin famously wrote “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”Franklin was a legendary intellect, and it’s hard to overstate the impact he had. But I’d suggest an addition to that particular quote, one with which I suspect he’d agree.

(Pierre, S.D.) – Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson states that Robert Arnold did not have enough valid signatures to place his name on the Primary election ballot as a candidate for Governor.A Democratic candidate for Governor requires 1,232 valid signatures to appear on the ballot.

South Dakota has one of the lowest overall state tax burdens in the country, largely because it does not tax individual income and lacks several major statewide taxes.The Tax Foundation ranks South Dakota No.

PIERRE, S.D. – The field is set for the 2026 South Dakota Primary Election on June 2 for state legislative races as well as governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate.