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Kathryn Doom was selected as the winner of the South Dakota VFW Voice of Democracy contest. Winners of the Voice of Democracy. Kathryn's audio essay was one of three from the Wagner Community School that advanced to District competition. Her essay was selected as the District 7 winner and advanced to the state to be judged along with the other 4 district winners. Her essay was selected as the best of the best and will now compete at the national level where she will receive a scholarship ranging for $1,000 to $30,000.
Read moreThe Bon Homme Community choir is making preparations for this years Easter Cantata.
Read moreMATTHEW 13:47-50 " Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered every kind.: Which when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world, the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among us. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."(KJV)
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Charles Mix Electric Association of Lake Andes, SD is proud to announce that Camden Roth has been chosen as a “Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week” by Dakota News Now. Camden is a senior at Wagner Community School.
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Fall always puts me in a literary mood, perhaps because the South Dakota Festival of Books is held in late September or early October. I relish the opportunity to listen to writers discuss their books and always leave inspired to work on new projects.
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Right now ranchers are beginning to get into calving time - a demanding time of year. Other than the sometimes all night monitoring of the cow herd, it isn’t unusual to lose a cow or calf during calving. There’s nothing easy about fooling a cow into thinking an orphan calf is hers, and sometimes the rancher will skin the dead calf and lay its hide over the orphan calf so the cow will “scent” the calf and think it’s hers.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Chamberlain to take on the Cubs last Friday night in girls basketball action. With only two regular season games left on the schedule this was the last road game. Wagner would start out quick jumping out to an early 12-2 lead. The Raiders would use some defensive pressure and some great transition early to jump out to a 22-10 lead after the first quarter. The Cubs would get some momentum in the second quarter but it wouldn’t be enough fire power as the Raiders would out score them 22-17 and hold a 43-27 advantage. Wagner would also win the final two quarters out scoring the Cubs 36-26 and winning the game 79-53. Wagner would shoot 49% from the field 33-68 while the cubs would post the best shooting percentage against the Raiders all season with 42% going 13-31. The Cubs would live at the charity stripe converting 26-30 while the Raiders would just for 5-10. Wagner won the battle of the boards 29-21 by coming away with 17 offensive boards. 22 costly turnover would haunt the cubs throughout the game while Wagner would only commit 9. Shalayne Nagel would lead Wagner with 25 points, 8 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals. Ashlyn Koupal would add 20 points, 7 boards, and 2 steals. Eve Zephier would net 14 points, 3 boards, 7 assists, and 2 steals. Emma Yost would be the 4th Raider in double figures with 10 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Macy Koupal would chip in 5, dish out a game high 8 assists, a game high 5 steals, and grab 2 boards. Lydia Yost would round out the scoring for Wagner with 5 points, and grab 3 boards. “Offensively we got things rolling. We did a great job whether they played man or zone. We did an excellent job in transition. Defensively we got after them and pressured them into a bunch of mistakes. We did have trouble stopping their post, but we held the rest of their team to 17 points combined.”
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