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Richard (Rick) Bastemeyer, 67, of Lawrence, KS died Friday, July 12, 2024. Rick was born in March of 1957 in Wagner, to Melvern (Bee) and Norma Sue (Garberick) Bastemeyer, the sixth of ten children.
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Christine Marie (Medicine Horn) Selwyn, 79, of Lake Andes died Sunday, June 14, 2024 at the Sanford Health Hospital in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were Thursday, July 18 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial was in the St. Phillips Episcopal Cemetery. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Ashlyn Koupal attended the Class A State Track and Field Meet on May 23rd through 25th in Sioux Falls at the Howard Wood Field. This was her fourth time attending the state track meet to compete in the high jump event. At the Class A State Track and Field Meet, Ashlyn claimed her fourth straight high jump title. Ashlyn is the daughter of Mike and Tera Koupal. She is the granddaughter of Dwayne and Rosie Koupal; Max and Sandy Ellefson; Duane and Bonnie Wince; and Lynette Ellefson. Ashlyn is currently a junior at Wagner Community School.
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Read moreThe Department of Veterans Affairs screened more than 4 million U.S. military veterans in the first year of the new PACT Act to find out if they thought they'd been exposed to toxins during their military service. The vast majority of those screened were already enrolled in VA health care. Of those millions of veterans, 1.7 million had 'screened positive' for possible exposure.
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Wagner’s own 4th grader, Jahvana Sanchez recently launched her own jewelry line, Jewelry by Jah. Jahvana is the daughter of Jimmy and Jane Sanchez. Jahvana has been making jewelry for about a year now. When asked who got her into making jewelry, she said her mom and Grandma Brenda DeHaan first started making jewelry together. She likes to make her jewelry with leather, colorful glass beads, shells and other natural materials. Her current line has bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
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