Newspaper for Lane, Alpena, and Wessington Springs SD
We all lose pets… when we get a cute little kitten or a puppy, nobody ever warns us that “this is going to end badly”. So we happily take the little creatures in and make them members of the family.
I’ve already lost a couple of good hunting dogs, and last week another good buddy of mine passed into the canine happy hunting ground.
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
WHEN LAMBS BEGIN TO ARRIVE can spring be far behind? A mother ewe feeds her offspring in front of the barn at the Karen Wagner farm, west of Wessington Springs along SD Highway 34. Calving in the area should be in full swing over the next few weeks. Heavy snow could create a problem, or melted snow could also pose a problem trying to find a dry place to calve out.
The Spartan Boys Basketball team will play in 2nd round of districts on Tuesday, March 2nd against Wolsey-Wessington at 5:30 pm in the Huron Arena.
The boys defeated Iroquois, 76-34 in first-round play here last Saturday. No results were submitted.
The District 9B Championship will be Thursday, March 4th in the Huron Arena at 5:30 or 7:00 pm.
Ten charges were filed against Tanner Easton, including a charge of vehicular homicide after a December–2009 roll over killed one passenger and left two others injured.
The accident happened on December 5 a few miles west of Alpena. Wessington Spirngs High School senior Jasmyn Knippling died as a result of injuries in the crash.
BY CRAIG WENZEL – TRUE DAKOTAN EDITOR
The first time Becky Bell- Krueger ever attended a cross country meet of any kind was when she took her student-athletes to their first meet in August of 2006. “It was our first meet and we missed getting the second place trophy by one point,” she recalls. Since that humble beginning in the cross country coaching field Becky has achieved three consecutive Class B high school cross country state championship trophies.
For these exceptional accomplishments Becky Bell-Krueger has been named the 2009 South Dakota Cross Country Coach of the Year by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association.
A change in the assessments for agricultural land in South Dakota will have some effect on landowners according to a news release from the office of the Jreauld County Director of Equalization.
Beginning with the 2010 assessments (for taxes payable in 2011) agricultural land in South Dakota will be assessed based upon its productivity value. The Department of Revenue and Regulation (Department) contracts with the Economics Department of South Dakota State University (SDSU) to produce the “productivity value” or the “formula value” for the productivity valuation system. This value is the starting point for valuing all agricultural land in the state. This starting value is adjusted by the county Director of Equalization to ensure uniform and fair valuations. See more in your copy of the True Dakotan… (annual subscription $45.00 non-SD – PO Box 358, Wessington Springs, SD 57382)
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS SPARTAN SPARKLERS are shown at one of their many practices in the local elementary school. The group dazzles crowds with their cute cheerleading routines during basketball games. Shown are, from left, back: Jaci Westby, Katelin Deneke, Summer Schooler, Sierra Swenson, Whitney Reider, Jaycee Hohn, Tallie Heim, Carolyn Groves, Neesa Westby; middle: Ellie Larson, Abby VonEye, Piper Jones, Sierra Burg, Maddie Neely, Makayla Dornbusch, ShyAnn White, Chelsey Schafer, Domenica Velez; front: Sarah Raterman, Cheyenne Burg, Grace Gran, Linzi Olinger, Shayla Muilenburg, Kimber White, Angela Paulson,. Trinity Flowers and Madisian Peach.
