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HNS students' efforts put smiles on faces of special needs children
HARTINGTON – Two Hartington-Newcastle High School students have been recognized for dashing toward an idea that is all about inclusion. Juniors McKenzie Bruning and Maddie Steffen recently put together an award-winning 2024 FCCLA – Family, Career and Community Leaders of America – project called “Racing Towards Inclusion.”
City reviews audit, appoints new Zoning Board member
HARTINGTON — The city of Hartington received some good news Monday from city auditors. The city has made great strides to clean up its accounting and improve its financial status since the city began working with AMGL Certified Public Accountants of Grand Island a few years ago, said AMGL representative Kyle Overturf.
New conference set to begin play
HARTINGTON — After several months of planning, a new activities conference is set to take the stage. The league is set to begin with the start of the 2024-2025 school year. The newly named Greater Northeast Activities Conference will feature eight area schools — Elkhorn Valley, Hartington-Newcastle, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Lutheran High Northeast, Neligh-Oakdale, Plainview, Summerland, and West Holt.
Wildcats finish second in own Invite
HARTINGTON - Hartington-Newcastle completed a busy and successful week on the track this past week. The Hartington-Newcastle boys won the Wildcat Invitational on April 15 and ended up seventh in the Tom Martin Memorial/Wausa Invitational on April 18. The Lady Wildcats were ninth in the Tom Martin meet and fifth...
Coleridge hosts successful blood drive
COLERIDGE — LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Coleridge April 16, and had a great turnout, with nine donors registered to donate and 13 units of life sav ing blood collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 39 lives. The following...
Softball showing growth in second sanctioned year
In its second year of a sanctioned sport in South Dakota, high school softball is showing more schools and more kids participating. Last season there were ultimately 47 teams who competed in the inaugural season, and this year is showing more teams competing in all three classes. Class AA now...
USD holds annual spring football game
VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) — The USD football team held its annual spring football game at the DakotaDome Saturday. The Coyotes ran a handful of drills before breaking out into a scrimmage in front of the fans to give them a preview of the upcoming season. The Yotes kickoff the 2024 campaign at home against Northern […]
New SDPB documentary explores history of the National Music Museum
This interview originally aired on "In the Moment" on SDPB Radio. After years of renovations, the National Music Museum in Vermillion has reopened. The popular attraction features more than 14 thousand instruments in its unique and diverse collection. SDPB shares the museum's story in "A Musical Journey: The National Music...
The Library is preparing for the Summer Reading Program
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” —Albert Einstein These are the new titles available at the Library in May. The Darling Girls, Sally Hepworth Toxic Prey, John Sandford She’s Not Sorry, Mary Kubica One by One, Freida McFadden After Annie, Anna Quindlen End of Story, AJ Finn Everyone is Watching, Heather Gudenkauf Expiration Dates, Rebecca Serle Good Half Gone, Tarryn Fischer Every Single Secret, Christina Dodd Non-Fiction.
Co-workers tell their version of tragic day’s events
HARTINGTON – David Phillips Jr. routinely wore a semi-automatic handgun in his waistband or kept it in a backpack at worksites, according to witness testimony at his second-degree murder trial in Cedar County District Court Wednesday afternoon. In the third day of court proceedings, Tyler Yow, one of Phillips’...
Softball Game Recap: Gayville-Volin Raiders vs. McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars
After a string of six wins, Gayville-Volin's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of the McCook Central/Montrose Fighting Cougars by a score of 4-3. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Gayville-Volin has scored all season. Kendra Beeck-waterman made the...
PHOTOS AND HIGHLIGHTS: Stevens softball earns third straight win with victory over Yankton
RAPID CITY, S.D. - It's been a successful week for the Rapid City Stevens softball team. After big wins over Spearfish and O'Gorman, the Raiders defeated Yankton on Friday, 21-13. Stevens jumped out a 5-1 lead after the first inning and never looked back. The Gazelles closed the gap late...
Shop local, live local: How Centerville became South Dakota’s “Community of the Year”
CENTERVILLE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) — As you drive in on Broadway Street, the downtown of Centerville — population 946 — looks like a lot of downtowns of small towns its size, and maybe a lot like it did a few years ago. Or 40 years ago.
Review: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL, USD Department Of Theatre
1 Ben Platt Will Embark on 'The Honeymind Tour' Beginning This Summer; Full List of Dates!. The Department of Theatre at University of South Dakota's production of BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL was a huge surprise in its production values of camp, shock, deep empathy, and grief. Sure, there were some comedic lines to break the tension of some gruesome depictions of violence, and visual absurdities (the forest scene of an inter-species orgy) - hilarious! Ultimately, the driving message of this production was also played out in “spades,” because “inclusion” is not just a buzzword of the new millennium, sadly, mob justice will be wrought out in whatever means necessary, and “being an outsider” can elicit searing pain to the human experience.
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