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Thirty new jobs coming to Webster, a side effect of strong ag economy

Webster Area Development Corporation was notified that 30 new positions are being created in the community. Dakota Tube, headquartered in Watertown, is hiring full-time general production labor for both first and second shifts. “Dakota Tube is at record-breaking levels, and… 

USPS decides to keep rural post offices open, but with reduced hours

The U.S. Postal Service says it will keep open the rural post offices it proposed closing earlier this year as part of a money-saving effort, The Associated Press reports. No post offices would be closed under the new plan, but more than 13,000 rural mail facilities could be forced to reduce operation hours.

Orient SD 125th July 6-8 2012

Orient welcomes all to 125th celebration

Orient is planning a big welcome for a 125th anniversary of the founding of the town, and a good portion of the town’s 63 residents gathered to welcome you to their party.

Survey shows where youth are at risk

The 2011 results of the South Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which was given to students in 9-12 grades, were released in early April. Here are some of the findings: 27 percent of students were bullied on school property in… 

A quarter century of teaching kids to be good drivers

By Bill Krikac   The way we teach young people to become responsible drivers has changed over the past quarter century—sometimes for the better, and sometimes not. When I started teaching drivers education in the 1970s, the class was taught…