Author: Webster Reporter and Farmer
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Coming Home: Webster woman’s musical background leads to lifelong passion
It’s late in the middle of the night night and Joanne Herr can’t sleep. So, she goes to her living room to do the one thing she knows will help. She plays music.
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Coming Home: Rood’s roots run deep on Webster area century farm
There have been a lot of changes in the computer industry since 1963, when Jim Rood started his career as an engineer. “There’s been a lot of changes, but it’s been fun to watch (the industry grow),” he said
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Waubay apiarist as busy as his bees
When he isn’t keeping busy as a county commissioner or working with his construction equipment, Waubay resident Gary Block is the travel agent for a semiload of “busy bees” who pollinate crops all over the country on a year-round basis.
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Webster Avera Clinic will close
Aberdeen based Avera St. Luke’s announced plans to close its east Hwy. 12 clinic on July 25.
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Pheasant numbers and revenue fall in Day County
Where Day County was once a destination for pheasant hunters, it seems in recent years the majority have been only passing through, headed to counties further west and south. That equates to millions of lost revenue for the county.
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Enemy Swim Sanitation District strives to make lake pollution free
For more than a decade a group of concerned Enemy Swim homeowners have battled to make the dream of a pristine northeast South Dakota lake come true. The Enemy Swim Sanitation District was formed over 10 years ago, and its first goal was to create a system that would collect and treat wastewater rather than…
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Coming Home: Haase’s heart is tied to South Dakota
Following high school, Neil Haase grew wings and flew away from his Webster hometown. But the longer he was away, the more he discovered South Dakota was pulling him back.
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New Webster pool nears completion
The excitement is building as crews put the final touches on Webster’s new swimming pool.
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Cuts jeopardize Head Start
National mandated cuts to the South Dakota Head Start program funding will mean fewer students enrolled in that program. Exactly how many fewer in Day County is still unclear.
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Coming Home: Bristol’s Lesnar among last of the barbers
When Pete Lesnar joined the military in 1960, he had intended to make a career of it, but said that was before he knew how negatively the general public was going to react to soldiers coming home from war.