On Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 2:26 p.m. units were dispatched to a report of fire inside the Walmart building at 1207 Princeton St. in Vermillion. Upon arrival on scene, the command of f icer repor ted nothing showing from the building, and the evacuation of occupants was in progress. Mutual aid was requested from Gayville, Elk Point and Yankton fire departments; however, that request was cancelled after the command officer had assessed the scene.

One person died Thursday, Aug. 24 morning from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash two miles from Alcester, SD.

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The Union County Board of County Commissioners held a short hour and a half meeting on Aug. 22.

Elk Point Jefferson Schools and Friends of the Library are hosting Bobby Truhe of KSB Law to speak with 6-8th and 9-12th grade students on digital citizenship and social media on Wednesday, Sept. 6 in the high school gym.

The Elk Point City Council held a special meeting on Aug. 22 to discuss the first reading of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the old verbiage states. To Susan Young-Anderson, it rings true.

Since an aggressive new pricing policy was put in place by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in 2021, Periodicals mail has seen twice-a-year postage rate increases. Cumulatively, the prices have increased more than 30 percent for Periodicals. For some types of individual Periodicals and Marketing Mail, increases have soared above 40 percent. Newspaper distribution costs have strapped publishers.

One heartbreaking phone call in November 2021 sums up the depth of devotion Jill Meier and other weekly newspaper editors across South Dakota feel toward keeping their communities informed. Meier took the call while working at the Brandon Valley Journal and learned that her 83-year-old mother had died at a hospital in Minnesota.

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