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President Jordan Weber welcomed all members of the Wagner RotarytotheMarch5thmeeting. Jordan offered up a prayer in memory of Scott McAdaragh, aRotarymemberformanyyears who sadly passed away. We will remember Scott and pray for comfort for his family.
Read more$2 to Ken Cotton who remarked on Jerry’s sweatshirt for the day, it was in honor of the Kansas City Chief’s but Ken thought it was for his initials; $2 to Jerry Henke who clocked a wind gust of 70 miles an hour at Jerry’s residence the day before; $2 to USD fans, Jamie Soukup, Ken Cotton, Bryan Slaba, and Craig Krsnak. $2 to Jamie and Bryan who did not eat the meat on Ash Wednesday. Happy Fines came from Rachel Woods of $10 for her new baby nephew; $1 to each of the women present for International Women’s Day in Rotary; $2 from Craig Krsnak for no coconut on the brownie dessert; $2 from Jeff Doom for finding the Queen of Spades at his table and giving it back to the Sergeant; $2 to Becky Brunsing and Rachel Woods for crawling on the floor looking for a Rotary Pin; $2 from Gerrit Juffer for not getting any fines; $2 from Bill for talking back to the Sergeant at the Head Table; $2 from Gerrit Juffer who was happy to be back from a vacation; $3 from Jamie who was in charge of the State Knights of Columbus Free Throw tournament and all the kids on his team won.
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At March’s monthly city council meeting, Jodi Dvorak on behalf of the South-Central Water Development District presented Mayor Tammy Thornton with a check for $30,000 that the city will use toward the engineering fees that are a part of the Highway
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The 2025 Wagner American Legion Sweepstakes grand prize of $5000 was awarded to Sam Grosz by Commander Clayton Rados.
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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Margaret (Peggy) Melmer, on January 29, 2025, in Mitchell, South Dakota, at the age of 90.
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Kim Wayne Joseph Hakl, born August 21, 1953, peacefully passed away at his home on February 21 in Tripp. Kim was a son to Richard and Delores Hakl of Lake Andes. He attended Lake Andes public school K-12 and graduated with the Class of 1972. He was infatuated with reading everything and enjoyed music, pinball machines and foosball tables, if he wasn’t lending a hand at the Hakl Trucking shop or grandparents’ farms.
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The Lake Andes Volunteer Fire Department held their annual steak supper during the last weekend of February. Members that received recognition for their dedication to the fire department were Will Bennett who has been with the department for 15 years. Both Eric Schoenfelder and Dave Stimpson were recognized for giving 10 years of service to the department. First year coats were given out to firefighters: Ryan Frederick, Grant Petrik and Jacob Wenzlaff.
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