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At March’s monthly meeting of the Wagner City Council one of the first topics that was brought before the council was Jerrod Rolston’s request to have a city area dedicated for yard debris disposal to create a compost for residents. As Jarod’s son, Jackson, will start his yard work business up within the next month, he was interested to know if the city would be willing to create a dedicated area for compostable yard debris. In terms of yard debris, it would include small tree branches, leaves and grass clippings. The city did at one time have a yard debris disposal site near the racetrack, but people did not abide by the rules and were dumping whole trees resulting in the site being terminated. Another topic that was brought up by Rolston was recycling. Recycling is big in their family as they had done it while living in Armour and he wondered if Wagner would be willing to create a spot in the city where recyclables could be taken to instead of locals that do recycle having to drive to Mitchell, Yankton, Madison or Vermillion to take their recyclables. Members of the council thought it was a good idea and asked City Administrator Debbie Houseman to do some more research in regards to getting the projects started.
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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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