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Right: Anissah Carlblom, Kaylee Stevens, Meadow Malone, Chase McFarland and Victoria Sandness are among the students helping with recycling preparation at North Sargent school. Photo by Kirstin Kempel

Small Town of Gwinner Supports Recycling in a Big Way

Right: Anissah Carlblom, Kaylee Stevens, Meadow Malone, Chase McFarland and Victoria Sandness are among the students helping with recycling preparation at North Sargent school. Photo by Kirstin Kempel   The list of towns with curbside recycling in North Dakota includes… 

Part of the money raised for the new Webster pool was raised through recycling. Photo by George Thompson

Webster Recycling Raises Funds For New Pool

Part of the money raised for the new Webster pool was raised through recycling. Photo by George Thompson   Sometime next summer, when Webster residents are enjoying their new pool, they can do a little thank-you lap for all the… 

Madison Student Establishes Recycling For School System

Three years ago, Madison senior Amy Shan attended a People to People Leadership Summit in California. Part of the program there was creating a plan of action for a project she could do on her return to her community. Shan… 

Coming Home: Waubay man says, “There’s no place like home.”

After spending years away from the area and traveling the world, it was somewhat of a shock for one Waubay man to move back to the area.
“Just like in the Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home,” Loris Welch said. “I have lived all over the world and have never called another place home. Home is where your heart is and my heart is in Waubay, South Dakota.”

Britton receives $4 million for sewer improvements

Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced on Thursday that the state Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved a $4 million funding package to Britton for wastewater collection system improvements.

Faulk County Community Enhancement focuses on five areas

Faulkton area residents who have been involved in a regional community enhancement effort gathered Monday, March 25 for a six-hour followup meeting.
This program is sponsored through a Bush Foundation grant. Faulk County is one of two groups in the three-state region of South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota to be awarded grant money from the Bush Foundation; the other is Prairie Vision of the Brown County area. The grant application was initiated by the Faulkton Area Development Board. The board members serve on focus groups with others from the various Faulk County communities who have signed on.

Faulkton pilot executes unexpected landing

Last Tuesday Keith Melius was flying into Jamestown, North Dakota.
“I wasn’t quite there yet, and I didn’t quite make it,” he said.