http://truedakotan.com Official newspaper for the towns of Lane, Alpena, and Wessington Springs SD Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We uncovered a mystery in this week's (March 9) True Dakotan. Marvin Mentzer brought in some antique glass negatives that he had found in the basement of his house. We managed to scan them with a digital scanner, looked at the people in the photo and even identified one of ... http://truedakotan.com/uncategorized/100-year-old-negative-brought-to-the-true-dakotan/ Editor’s note: The monthly South Dakota Magazine column is printed in this issue of the True Dakotan. The column’s mention of Miss Gladys Pyle, of Huron, spurred me to write the following note to SD Mag’s Katie Hunhoff and her dad, Bernie Hunhoff, of Yankton. --Craig Dear South Dakota Magazine staff I ... http://truedakotan.com/uncategorized/from-the-letterbox/ TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL  LOTS OF DEER HAVE CONGREGATED in the Wessington Hills near the northwesst corner of town due to the long, hard winter weather. The deer -- perhaps hundreds of them-- graze in the hills by day and visit the SD Wheatgrowers’s corn pile on the dumpground road at ... http://truedakotan.com/hunting/deer-congregate-in-the-hills/ TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/CRAIG WENZEL      THE 2010 COMMUNITY AWARDS BANQUET, sponsored by the Wessington Springs Area Development Corporation (WSADC) and the Chamber of Commerce was held at the Springs Inn Saturday night, March 6. Shown above, from left, are Loretta Couch (community volunteer of the year award), Erin Bergeleen (banquet emcee), Jean ... http://truedakotan.com/photos/jean-fergeson-is-chamber%e2%80%99s-employee-of-the-year/       While providing ecology-friendly electrical power to portions of eastern South Dakota, a wind farm that sprouted up in the Wessington Hills is about to begin providing a punch to the Jerauld County economy. Officials around Jerauld County area expecting a windfall of sorts as they await the arrival of tax money ... http://truedakotan.com/uncategorized/county-school-expect-windfall-tax-payments-to-arrive-this-spring/  A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come over here and help me.. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can’t figure out how to get started." Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it’s finished?" The blonde says, "According to the picture on the box, it’s ... http://truedakotan.com/uncategorized/blonde-jig-saw-puzzle/ Almeda E. Krueger, 87, of Wessington Springs, died Sunday morning, February 21, 2010 at Weskota Manor Avera. Funeral services were held Thursday, February 25 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Michael Bagnall officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Almena E. Krueger was born on October 3, 1922 to Herman ... http://truedakotan.com/obituaries/almeda-e-krueger-2/ Micheal T. Buchholz, 68, Rapid City, passed away at the Ft Meade V. A. Medical Center, Monday, March 1, 2010. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Buchholz, Rapid City, a son, Douglas Buchholz, Corsica, two daughters; Valerie Boal, Rapid City and Sheila Buchholz, Box Elder, a brother, Dareld Buchholz, Wessington Springs, six ... http://truedakotan.com/obituaries/micheal-t-buchholz/ Robert (Bob) Emil Erickson, 87, of Lincoln, passed away on Sunday (3/7/10) following Hospice Care at Tabitha Health Care. He was born on November 2, 1922 in Lane, SD. to Emil and Ethel (Safford) Erickson. Bob graduated from Lane High School. Survivors: Wife: Esther Erickson Sister & Spouse: Donna and Mac ... http://truedakotan.com/obituaries/robert-bob-emil-erickson/  Jeanette Edna (Anderson) Anderson, 79, Rapid City, died Sunday March 7, 2010 at Westhills Village Healthcare. She was born January 21, 1921 to John and Amanda Anderson in Worthington, MN; the second of three girls. Jeanette helped her parents on the farm and received her schooling in Worthington. She attended Worthington Junior ... http://truedakotan.com/obituaries/jeanette-edna-anderson-anderson/