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Five members of the De Smet High School FFA traveled to Oklahoma April 30 – May 5 for the National Land and Homesite competition, having qualified for national by winning the Northeast South Dakota …
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By Dave Vanderwal, De Smet Ffa Advisor
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5/10/23
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10 YEARS AGO May 8, 2013 On May 3, Laura Ingalls Wilder School third-grade students helped De Smet City Parks Superintendent Gordie Skyberg plant an Autumn Flame Maple tree in Washington Park in …
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5/10/23
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The De Smet School Board met on Mon., May 8, for their regular monthly meeting. The meeting began with President Shane Roth congratulating Abi Van Regenmorter on her new title, Superintendent Doctor …
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By Amy Halverson, Kingsbury Journal
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5/10/23
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The Lake Preston FFA Chapter held their annual banquet on May 4, 2023. The banquet was led by the 2022-23 FFA officers, Ava Malone, president; Gretta Larson, vice president; Savanna Perkins, …
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By Corrie Walter, Kingsbury Journal
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5/10/23
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The Lake Preston Board of Education met on Mon., May 8, at 5:30 p.m. in the Superintendent’s Conference Room. This was their last meeting before the end of the 2022-23 school year. The issues …
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By Dave Fields, Kingsbury Journal
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5/10/23
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10 YEARS AGO May 8, 2013 Sophomore Kiana Hoff broke the school record and has qualified for state, as she dominated the competition at Friday’s high school track meet. She had a record-breaking …
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5/10/23
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The second annual De Smet Outdoor Show took place last Sat., May 6, and was once again a big success. The De Smet Event & Wellness Center welcomed roughly 300 visitors who came to see more than …
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By Kingsbury Journal Staff
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5/10/23
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May 11, 1933 The Iroquois High School band will join thirteen other bands at Huron today and this evening will participate in a massed band concert under the auspices of the Huron Chamber of …
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LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in De Smet on Tues., May 2, with a good turn-out. Twenty donors registered to give blood; 19 were able to donate, and 20 units of life-saving blood were …
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5/10/23
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The Lake Thompson Area has a long history of major flooding. The most recent flooding in 2019 ignited a grassroots movement to form a taxing district that would address the concerns of property …
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By Mike Siefker and James Knight, Kingsbury Journal
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5/3/23
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Spring is here, and local greenhouses are open for business. De Smet has two greenhouses, Jesser’s Greenhouse and Poinsett Gardens. Carthage has one, Petal Pushers. Jesser’s Greenhouse James and …
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By Donna Palmlund, Kingsbury Journal
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5/3/23
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SDSU Extension will host a series of community meetings to share and collect information to promote tourism in South Dakota along US Highway 14 from May 16-23. De Smet has been selected as a location …
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By Rita Anderson, Kingsbury Journal
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5/3/23
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The money collected on a $117.50 speeding ticket is distributed to the following sources: $39 to the school district in the county where the violation occurred, $30 to the Law Enforcement Officer …
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5/3/23
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The Kingsbury County Sheriff’s Department reports one accident.April 12 – Neal Martens of De Smet was pulling out into the roadway from his residence and struck Shelby Landmark who was traveling …
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5/3/23
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Over 1,350 members of the South Dakota Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (SD FCCLA) gathered at the 2023 State Leadership Conference held at the Ramkota Hotel and …
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By Kingsbury Journal Staff
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5/3/23
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Four different De Smet Bulldogs have committed to area universities to play on their sports teams starting this fall. Damon Wilkinson will play basketball for South Dakota State University (SDSU) in …
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By Dave Fields, Kingsbury Journal
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5/3/23
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75 YEARS AGO April 29, 1948 The 440-yard dash conference record was broken by Merle Klinkel who ran it in :54.3. Eldon Kellar held the record at :54.8, which was set in 1943. Gerald Hoy was second …
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