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Miss Cadee Nelson, sophomore at Wagner Community School, has been selected as one of two area students to represent Charles Mix Electric Association on the National Rural Electric (NRECA) Youth Tour. The all-expense-paid trip to Washington DC offers students the opportunity to develop leadership skills while learning more about the workings and history of our government, the electric industry, and the cooperative business model. Attendees will also tour many of the historic sites and monuments that grace our nation’s capital.
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I’m always in awe at Mount Rushmore. A surreal feeling washes over me as I walk up the Avenue of Flags and see the four faces gazing off toward the horizon. I think about state historian Doane Robinson, who conceived the idea in the 1920s, and of Peter Norbeck, John Boland and other South Dakota leaders who worked tirelessly to ensure the massive project came to fruition. At the forefront, of course, was sculptor Gutzon Borglum, the irascible artist whose vision slowly emerged from billionyear- old Black Hills granite.
Read moreOur kids and our grandkids will be the next generation of leaders, business owners, and entrepreneurs. They will also be the leaders of the future of our great American republic. They deserve an honest and factual classroom teaching that will prepare them to engage in our civil society for the rest of their lives.
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Spring is finally here in the Northern Plains and summer feels just around the corner. As all we Northerners know, as soon as the temperatures hit even a mild degree on the thermometer most of us shed the jackets and long pants, and our skin is front-and-center.
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Walleyes are native to Canada and found, in the Great Lakes, the Missouri River basin and the upper Mississippi River basin, were introduced in the western and northeastern United States, preferring the cool, deep, quiet waters of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Read moreGreer Unit #11, American Legion Auxiliary met on April 20, 2023 at the Post home with 16 members present.
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The Wagner Rotary Club enjoyed a wonderful Steak meeting prepared by Rotarian Scott McAdaragh on Wednesday; April 19th after President Pro Tem Bryan Slaba called the meeting to order. The Jordan Weber Attendance Team has lost the attendance race three quarters in a row. The losing team is obligated to buy the winning team’s steak as well as their own.
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