About the rebirth of our local paper
You can do it on our website! Just click here and select the form you want.We’re always looking for: • Picture of the Week • Stories or Story Ideas • Scheduled Events • …
Congratulations on producing your first issue of the Kingsbury Journal. It is a fine-looking newspaper, and everyone who contributed to its production should be proud of the final product.
We were …
We are looking for volunteers to cover our communities and government meetings or to write features or columns. Let us know if you'd like to be part of the team bringing you your weekly newspaper!
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.
Did you know there is a difference between copy editors and proofreaders? Whether you did or not, we want you! Join our volunteers and become a part of the newspaper’s history.
Copy Editors …
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!
Dale Blegen, longtime publisher and owner of The De Smet News and Lake Preston Times, has retired after 43 years publishing the News and 36 years publishing the Times. Blegen purchased The De Smet …
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 …
Here we go! Our first edition of the Kingsbury Journal. There are a number of potential reasons you decided to obtain this paper. It might be because you already had a subscription to the former De …
That's right. That's the name of our new paper, Kingsbury Journal. We plan to publish the first edition on Wednesday May 20th. We have a great group of volunteers learning so many new things so fast and the support from the communities of Lake Preston, De Smet, and beyond has been fantastic.
