A page from the December 2, 1948 Wessington Springs Independent

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Interested people have until February 26 to file petitions for the Wessington Springs city election. Offices that are open for re-election and the current office holder are, Mayor (Jim Burg), 1st Ward (Melissa Mebius), 2nd ward (Dave Ness), 3rd Ward (Kim Christensen) and 3rd Ward (Lee Zastrow).

It has been said that Mayor Burg will not run for re-election.

Petitions may begin being circulated on January 29.

WITH JUST A WEEK to recover from the Christmas blizzard of 2009, the area was hit with another one. On Wednesday and Thursday, January 6 and 7, around five or six inches of new snow accompanied by 30 to 40 MPH winds created a ground blizzard. Visibility was near zero at times as the snow blocked many roads making travel impossible over the county. Statewide, the Interstate highway was closed for up to two days because of the poor visibility and drifts. The Wessington Springs School was closed the latter part of the week due to the storm. The photo above shows the DOT plow cresting the hill on Thursday. The plow is kept in Wessington Springs during the winter months and is operated by Randy Doty. Life pretty much was back to normal in this area by the weekend.

THE 2009-2010 wrestling season is underway for the Wessington Springs/Woonsocket Blackhawks. Shown are, back row: Kole Kopfmann, Cordell Muilenburg, Alex Muilenburg, Dylan Ochsner, and Trevor Easton; front row: Austin Messmer, Blake Willman, Zac Privett, Blake Messmer. John Stevens is the head coach and Bruce Schmiedt is the assistant. The team competed in the Miller Invitational last week with two wrestlers in the finals. See wrestling results inside.

The Wessington Springs Lady Spartans defeated Iroquois, 62-40 to earn their first victory of the 2009-2010 cage season.