Like everything else, Immanuel Lutheran’s monthly Friends Feast was postponed due to COVID-19. Around April 2020, everything started closing and gatherings were limited. This also meant the brief end to Friends Feast. But now, come October, the event is back.

It was a long day for the Union County Board of County Commissioners with a packed agenda Tuesday, Oct. 4.

Ernie Nickels was 14 when the decision was made to tear down the Union County Courthouse and build the current facility. His mother, Wilma Strand, wanted a piece of the history that was being demolished.

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.

It was an epic time of homecoming festivities for the Dakota Valley Panthers last week as the theme was “We Got Game” and many got into the homecoming spirit. The week started on Monday, Sept. 26 with “Chutes and Ladders Day” and students came dressed to class as construction workers.

NAMM Award: Once again, the Dakota Valley Schools has been recognized as a Best Community for Music Education. This designation is given by the NAMM Foundation and is based on various criteria including student demographics, student/ teacher ratio, and music education participation rates. This is the 5th Year that the Dakota Valley has received this distinction.

Dakota Valley School Board members were honored by the Associated School Boards of South Dakota for their collective efforts to enhance their knowledge of school board work throughout the 2021-22 school year.

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