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One dead in two-vehicle crash in Spink County
SPINK COUNTY, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Department of Public Safety announced on Wednesday that a man had died in a two-vehicle crash near Conde, South Dakota on Tuesday. Early crash information shows that around 4:48 p.m., a 2021 CanAm Defender UTV turned in front of a westbound Peterbilt truck on SD Highway 20, about 9 miles southwest of Conde.
Eight Will Graduate From Langford Area Saturday
Eight Langford Area seniors will receive diplomas during the school’s 113th Commencement set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Britton-Hecla’s graduation will be the following weekend on Sunday, May 19. LA graduates Megan Gustafson and Cali VanderVorst will present the Senior Honor Presentation. As Senior...
B-H Athletes Recognized at Program
Britton-Hecla seniors Ty Fagerland and Sterling Mertens were recognized as the school’s Athletes of the Year at the annual awards recognition event held at the school on Monday. Letterwinners for each of the sports, along with special awards winners were announced. Preston Kilker was also recognized by football coach...
YOUNG WRITERS SHARE KINDNESS
The students in the Britton-Hecla afterschool program, better known as the FUNtastic Club, are a creative bunch. They are also very kind, as was recently on full display. For the third year in a row, the club wrote, illustrated and published their own original book. This year, the book was “ABCs of Kindness.”
Highlights from ECC, LCC, LRC and 281 Conference track and field meets
Great Plains Lutheran's track and field teams continued their successful run of championships in the Eastern Coteau Conference meet at Britton on Tuesday. The Panther boys scored 198 points and won the boys division title for the 18th-straight year. The Panthers girls won for the 14th-straight year with 207 points.
Lessons Hatching At Langford Area
First grade students in Mrs. Erickson’s classroom at Langford Elementary successfully hatched 12 chicks last week. The students took care of the eggs for 21 days and learned all about the life cycle of chickens. Jennifer Ringkob, Marshall County 4-H Youth Program Advisor, and Larissa Heitmann, Program Assistant, shared...
Student’s Freedom Essay Tops State
Editor’s Note: Davidson, a junior at Britton-Hecla, recently won first place in the District Americanism Essay Contest organized by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 80. His essay will now be submitted to the national contest. The theme this year for the essay contest was ““What does freedom mean to me?” Davidson’s winning essay is reprinted below.
Business is Blooming at Sunset Greenhouse
Petunias, Perennials, and Pumpkins, OH MY! The aisles at Sunset Greenhouse are burgeoning with these items and hundreds of others. The greenhouse at Sunset Hutterite Colony west of Britton opened last week and shoppers now can stock up for their gardens and flowerbeds. The chief green thumb behind Sunset Greenhouse...
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