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Week 9 is over, and the 2026 legislative session is in the books. With our first calves already on the ground, I’m ready to trade long floor sessions for calving night checks, feeding chores and more time back home with Lauren, Michael, and Catherine.

We have completed the 9 week legislative session and what a journey it has been. The legislature has acted on over 600 bills, resolutions and commemorations. The largest amount since the 90s.

Every year I ask my students, “How old is old?” The answers vary, but the most honest response I’ve ever received came from a patient who said, “Old is 10 years older than my age.” We all tend to push aging just out of reach, as though it belongs to someone else.

The Lady Raiders opened up the late night session on day 1 by taking on the defending state Champs the Sioux Falls ChristianChargers. Itwasa very physical game from the go as SFC would take a 15-12 lead after the first quarter. Wagner would battle back to knot the game up at 23-23 at half.

The opioid crisis isn’t something happening “somewhere else.” It’s affecting families, friends, and neighbors in communities all across South Dakota. That’s why having simple, life-saving tools readily available matters so much.

Just a few months ago, Wagner Communities That Care (CTC) coalition partnered with Buche Foods-Wagner and Emily’s Hope to celebrate an important step forward in community health with the installation of a public naloxone distribution box-making the life-saving medication more accessible to anyone...

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions of Hazen Hunter Winckler, rejecting claims that the State lacked jurisdiction over criminal offenses occurring at the Charles Mix County courthouse and jail.

Pierre, S.D. – Jobs for America’s Graduates – South Dakota (JAG-SD) hosted the annual Career Development Conference on March 10 at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. Students competed in career association activities, and the new 2026-27 JAG-SD state officers were announced.

High school graduating seniors from four area South Dakota counties are invited to apply for the $500 Shelly Schuh Memorial Scholarship.

Winter took a chance at reappearing last Wednesday, March 11th in Wagner. The Rotary Club met as usual despite the snow and wind that remained from overnight. The meeting began with President Jamie Soukup helping to prepare for the meal as our usual helpers were home sick.