Everywhere you look you can see either green, red or yellow farm equipment covered in dust harvesting this year’s crop. The fields are turning bare quickly as the lack of moisture has made it easier for farmers to stay in their fields longer.

Growing up, Pauline Allard (Crevier) remembered seeing the Leader-Courier in her home. After becoming an adult herself, she started subscribing to the paper as well.

Expanding Medicaid in South Dakota is either a prudent use of tax dollars designed to enhance health care coverage or a disaster that will bust the state budget. Those are the arguments offered by backers and opponents of Amendment D, a measure that would expand access to Medicaid in the state.

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This week is National Newspaper Week – an annual celebration of the special role that newspapers have in our nation. Since well before our statehood in 1889, newspapers have staked a claim in helping to build and connect residents and communities in our great state.

Despite the concerns of some lawmakers and citizens, South Dakota election officials are “very confident” that the state electoral process is sound and that the 2022 general election results will be accurate and valid.

Becca Kading and Tyler Beschta were united in marriage on June 11, 2022 at Most Precious Blood Church in New London, WI. A reception followed in downtown Neenah, WI.

The Siouxland Humane Society will hold a live Quilt Auction on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Sioux City Community Theatre at 1401 Riverside Blvd. Appetizers will be served and a cash bar will be available.

For over 15 years, Elk Point and surrounding communities have supported the local blood bank, LifeServe Blood Center, with at least six blood donation opportunities per year. Over the course of September, one blood drive was hosted to 120+ local hospitals that LifeServe Blood Center serves. We successfully collected 29 units of blood that has the ability to save up to 87 local lives.

The Jefferson Class of 1972 held a reunion. They had 14 class members show up for their 50th reunion. There were a total of 29 people in our class at JHS. Of those four are deceased. We met Saturday, Sept. 24 at Beano and Sherry’s for food and drinks. The group had old annuals and photos to look over. They reminisced on several events about the old school and class trips. The evening was a lot of fun for those who attended. Beano and Sherry’s provided a place where we could sit together and the food and service was excellent.