The Union County Sheriff’s Office sent out a scam alert Wednesday, Aug. 17 stating that they have received multiple reports of various individuals receiving scam phone calls.

Southeast Farmers Cooperative General Manager Don Truhe is retiring as of Aug. 31, 2022. Truhe considers himself a graduate of the “school of hard knocks,” starting his 42-year career a few years out of high school. He started with Southeast in 1980, and in less than a year was promoted to General Manager, where he has served ever since.

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Public university students will be greeted with classroom saving as they prepare to head back to campus in the coming weeks. The South Dakota Board of Regents Institutions implemented First Day Access to enhance university affordability for students.

The South Dakota Board of Regents (BOR) began the process of revising its transfer policy to improve students’ ability to seamlessly move their earned credits between the state’s public universities and technical colleges. The efforts to revise the existing policy stems from the BOR’s newly adopted strategic plan objective of increasing transfer enrollment through improved access.

By Beth Sherard-Hutcheson times1@iw.net The Elk Point-Jefferson boys golf team travelled to West Central to participate in the first invite of the 2022 season. Competing against 14 other teams, the Huskies gained some valuable experience in wet and cool conditions.

Governor Kristi Noem released draft social studies standards for K-12 students in South Dakota. “South Dakota’s children deserve the very best social studies education in the nation,” Noem said.

By Beth Sherard-Hutcheson times1@iw.net Land donated by Mary and Maud Adams, granddaughters of original homesteader Stephen Searls Adams, was turned into a state park 25 years ago. On Aug.

By Beth Sherard-Hutcheson times1@iw.net John and Kristie Orr love to fish, especially catfishing. Since they love it so much, they decided to share their love and open a store dedicated to it – Elk Point Outdoors.

ByBethSherard-Hutcheson times1@iw.net In the last week, the Southern Union County Leader-Courier has undergone some new renovations, including a new design layout for both the paper and the website – leadercouriertimes. com.