For the past several years, Mike Strande has hosted a July 4 celebration on his property on the west side of Lake Preston. “I basically just started doing it for my nieces and nephews,” …
A thunderstorm that rumbled and lit up the sky throughout the night and early morning of June 25 and 26 dumped a lot of rain in Kingsbury County, but just how much rain depends on whom you ask.One …
At Monday’s meeting of the Lake Preston Board of Education, school board members and administrators discussed possible Covid-19 concerns going into the 2020-21 school year. Superintendent Dana …
During the past few months, the price that producers receive for their beef has plunged, while the price of beef, for the consumer, has skyrocketed to a 20-year high, according to reports from …
Tuesdays 8:00 a.m. – Senior LeagueTuesdays 5:00 p.m. – Ladies NightWednesdays 5:00 p.m. – Men’s NightThursdays 5:00 p.m. – Couples NightFriday, July 3rd @ 11:00 …
Shane Shannon St. Clair, 55, died April 18, 2020, in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. Memorial services will begin at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, July 11 at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in …
Richard L. Schillinger, 54, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2020. Richard was born on Sept. 10, 1965 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to his mother Carol Shellebarger and father, Nathan …
Myrtle “Myrt” Margaret (Noem) Collins of Florence, Ky., formerly of Williamstown, Ky., died May 29, 2020. Myrt and her twin sister, Mildred, were born near Erwin, at the …
Mr. Larry Max Booth, 72, a resident of Spickard, MO. died Monday, May 25, 2020 at 4:55 A.M. at North Care Hospice, North Kansas City, MO. His body was cremated under the direction …
John Fredrick Berger, age 89, Clark, formerly of Lake City, the husband of Arlene (Hegseth) Berger, died peacefully on Friday, May 15, 2020, in the De Smet Memorial Hospital with …
Ruth Marie Muilenburg, 96, De Smet, died Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, S.D. The visitation was held at Osthus Funeral Home, De Smet S.D., with the …
This lightning bolt struck close June 25 somewhere on the southeast side of De Smet. The thunderclap followed almost instantaneously. The thunderstorm overnight dumped varying amounts of rain on the …
Our local newspaper is back and with a new name, a new look, a volunteer staff and a modern web site! Click on this headline to learn more about how it all happened.
Our paper was printed by the same printer that printed the De Smet News and Lake Preston Times – Leader Printing in Madison. Watching a newspaper get printed was an amazing process to watch. Check out the video!
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We've managed to restart our local paper. But that's just the beginning. We need help keeping our local paper – and our communities – alive, active and connected. Everyone can …
