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Pictured, from left, Nina Purusho (from Rapid City – 2nd place), Iris Liao (Dakota Valley – 1st place) and Elijah Radtke (from Watertown – 3rd place) with their awards from the Regional Spelling Bee at the Dakota Wesleyan School of Business in Mitchell, SD. Submitted photo
Dakota Valley 6th grader, Iris Liao, took 1st place at the Regional Spelling Bee at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD Saturday, Feb. 4. Liao won on the word “ferret” and has advanced to the South Dakota state competition.
She, along with the 2nd place and 3rd place _nishers of the regional bee, will get to compete at state for a chance to attend the Scripps National Spelling Bee in…
