Drug dealers and people in South Dakota who are using illegal drugs are paying for an addition to the Jerauld County Sheriff’s Department, it was announced last week. (True Dakotan/Duke Wenzel - March 20, 2012)
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2012 Spring prom held
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
SHE LOOKS PRETTY in pink. Samantha Mentzer, a WSHS student, takes a moment to rest as she awaits her turn for the official prom pictures last Saturday evening. A junior at WSHS, Samantha is the daughter of Shane and Angie Mentzer. She was wearing one of the many stunning gowns that the prom goers wore that night. The boys in their tuxedos completed the scene as they escorted the girls.
County split on tax freeze election
Measure fails by 36 votes
BY CRAIG WENZEL
A surprisingly small number of voters turned out to defeat a tax freeze opt out during a special election in Jerauld County on Tuesday, March 20.
According to figures released from the Jerauld County Auditor’s Office, the measure failed by a 52.4 percent to 47.6 percent margin with 391 votes against and 355 votes in favor, a narrow margin of just 36 votes.
Tax freeze opt out election is Tuesday, March 20 — improvements don’t come cheap!
Alpena road with the town in the background
Well, the time has come.
Jerauld County voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 to render a decision on a tax freeze opt out special election that affects nearly every human in Jerauld County.
The election calls for a tax freeze opt out of $450,000 per year for the next eight years to pay for highway and bridge improvements in Jerauld
The road south of Wessington Springs (facing north)
Weskota Manor Avera Listed In US News & World Report
Three Avera nursing homes were recently listed in the US News and World Report rankings as Best Nursing Homes in 2012.
Weskota Manor Avera, Wessington Springs, Avera Brady Health and Rehab, Mitchell, and Platte Care Center Avera, Platte, all received five stars from the Federal Government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A facility’s overall ranking is geared to its performance in health inspections, nurse staffing, and medical care.
Alpena road is just one of the major road and bridge repairs that are needed in Jerauld County
221st Street (Alpena Road) -- One of the many rough spots on the road west of Alpena can be seen above. Alpena is shown in the background on the right side of the road. The Alpena Road is one of six immediate projects that would be undertaken in Jerauld County if a tax freeze opt out election passes on March 20. The Jerauld County commission is currently looking to re-grade and re-pave the road from Alpena to US Highway 281. The total cost would be $2.5 million and would be paid for using tax funds to a SIB (State Infrastructure Bank) loan. A $500,000 state grant could be used to provide funding for certain safety improvements on the stretch of road. - Duke Wenzel/True Dakotan
Addition of Jack Link’s gives Springs Day a county theme
- WSADC, School, Hospital, Manor, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky host event
The annual Wessington Springs day at the South Dakota state legislature in Pierre was held on Tuesday, February 14.
Wessington Springs Area Development vice-president, Quinten Burg, Coordinator, Natalie Wolfskill, Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center Marketing Coordinator, Kim Burg, WSHS teacher, Charlotte Mohling and three of her students hosted the day.
The event was sponsored by the Wessington Springs Area Development Corp., Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center, Weskota Manor Avera, Wessington Springs School District 36 and LSI, of Alpena.
VFW Patriot’s Pen essay contest winners
THE 2012 VFW ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS were announced by the Wessington Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5548 recently. The contest was open to students 6-8 grades in Woonsocket and Wessington Springs. Two of the winners are shown above receiving $25 checks for the outstanding essays. VFW essay chairman Walter Borkowski handed out the checks to Sierra Brodkorb (Wessington Springs) center, and Taylar Jean Burkel (Woonsocket) right. Not pictured is Jaycee Hohn, (Wessington Springs). The presentation was made during the VFW Valentine’s Day party.
Bringing it to a vote: Tax Freeze Opt Out special election will be March 20
TRUE DAKOTAN/DUKE WENZEL
The bridge spanning Sand Creek, on a Jerauld County gravel road a half mile west of the junction of US Highway 281 and the Alpena road is one of the projects that would be undertaken if a tax freeze opt out proposal passes during the March 20, 2012 special election
Jerauld County will hold a special election to determine the future of a tax freeze opt out plan that has been proposed by the county board of directors.
The election date had originally been set for February 28 but has since been postponed to be held on Tuesday, March 20.
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Last week’s True Dakotan was jammed full of news and information you would find valuable… and some things we’re working on for next week include a great photograph of Hilary Ryan (Springs young woman) who was armed with a miltary rifle while singing the “National Anthem”, while stationed in Afhangistan…. really cool picture. There were 17 local pictures in the last issue of the True Dakotan — only a few of them made it to the website.