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The December 6th meeting of the Wagner Rotary Club began with a full house. We were led in prayer by Pastor/Rotarian Bill Heermann who gave thanks for such a beautiful weather day in December and gave thanks for our Advent time of preparing for the birth of our Savior.
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A building that has been a part of the Wagner main street since at least 1935, began demolition Friday, December 8th. The old meat locker was completely torn down and debris was removed that day and over the weekend. Current owners, Joey and Brenda Jaton, needed to safely bring down the building before the roof completely caved in. Last winter was particularly hard on the building’s roof and had started the cave-in. They currently have no plans for the lot, but would love to see it hold a new business or to see someone interested in using the space to enhance Wagner.
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Tiff Hrdlicka Teigen with the East River Horizons Team presented Nadine Striven, a member of the Helping Hands Backpack program, a check for $250.00. The Helping Hands Backpack program currently sends food home for the weekend to 79 kindergarten-1st graders from the Wagner Community School. The East River Horizons is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote unity, one relationship at a time. Horizons was made aware of the funding needs of the backpack program during a monthly Wagner Chamber of Commerce meeting and Horizons members were eager to assist. Horizons Board members include Amy Doom, President; Yelle Turner, Vice-President; Tiff Hrdlicka Teigen, Treasurer; Pam Red Lightning, Secretary; and three new members: Becca Red Lightning, Jolene Red Lightning and Mackenzie Havranek. Horizons is looking forward to a fresh start in 2024, with new ideas to make a positive impact in our East River communities.
Read moreThis holiday season, LifeServe Blood Center is urging families in South Dakota to come together and create a new and meaningful tradition: donating blood as a family to save lives in their communities. LifeServe Blood Center is the lifeline for more than 160 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Hospitals in your community have chosen LifeServe as their sole provider of blood and blood products, meaning that when you donate blood with LifeServe, you can save lives in your neighborhood. As a community- based blood center, LifeServe only hosts blood drives in the communities where that blood will go back into the area hospitals.
Read morePierre, S.D. December 1, 2023 - 251 South Dakota volunteer fire departments from across the state have been awarded grants totaling $5 million in funding for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Earlier this year, the South Dakota Legislature passed and Governor Noem signed HB 1127 appropriating state general funds to the Department of Public Safety creating the grant program to support local volunteer fire departments.
Read moreUpdate on Rails to Trail (Tyndall-Platte) When this project started a law firm, Lewis Rice out of St. Louis, Mo. sent letters to landowners to have them sign a contract so they could represent them when the lawsuits start.
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