2020-11-05 E-Edition

Veterans Day Program set for Herreid on Nov. 11 at 10 a.m.

The Campbell County Veterans Day Program will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Herreid School Gym and Campbell County Veterans Memorial. The program will start at 10 a.m. A joint color guard from the Jacob A. Heinrich American Legion Post #170 of Herreid and the Walter West American Legion Post #272 of Pollock will post the colors. The […]

Madison (Deibert) Jones receives the DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses

Madison (Deibert) Jones of Claremont, S.D., was recently named the recipient of the DAISY Award. The DAISY Award is awarded to honor the work nurses do for patients and families every day. It is used in more than 2,100 organizations around the globe, is operational in all 50 states and celebrated in 15 countries, to give meaning and recognition to […]

Known COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Campbell County

The number of COVID-19 cases in Campbell County had been relatively flat for the past two weeks, with the notable exception of five new cases this past Saturday, Oct. 31. Daily numbers showed two new known cases on Oct. 19, two on Oct. 21, and one each on Oct. 22, Oct. 23, Oct. 24 and Oct. 29, before the five […]

Vets Day closings

Wednesday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. Because of that holiday, all post offices and government offices, including the NRCS office and Campbell County Courthouse in Mound City, will be closed. Other businesses closed on Wednesday include the Herreid and Pollock branches of the Campbell County Bank and Valley Telco in Herreid. Most other area businesses will be open. Patrons should […]

Judge Scott Myren appointed to South Dakota Supreme Court

Scott P. Myren has been appointed to the South Dakota Supreme Court. Myren, who has been a Fifth Circuit Judge since 2004 and the circuit’s presiding judge since 2013, will represent the Third Supreme Court District. He will be the 53rd justice in the Court’s history. The appointment was made recently by SD Gov. Krisiti Noem. “Judge Myren is a […]

Rare Halloween sight

Clear skies on Oct. 31 presented skywatchers with a rare treat, a Halloween “Blue” moon. October’s first full moon was the harvest moon on Oct. 1, and the second one this month was a rare full Halloween blue hunter’s moon. While the moon won’t actually look blue, the second full moon in one month is usually referred to as a […]

The Friendship between Arthur C. Mellette and Samuel Elrod

South Dakota Historical Society Foundation

South Dakota might have had a different fifth governor if not for its first governor. In 1882, Samuel Elrod of Indiana was looking for a place to start his law practice after earning his law degree from Asbury College in Greencastle, Ind., now known as DePauw University. He wrote Arthur C. Mellette, a member of the same college fraternity and […]

M-P Head Coach Goehring named Region 3 Football Coach of the Year

Mobridge-Pollock Head Football Coach Paul Goehring has been named the Region 3 Coach of the Year by the South Dakota Football Coaches Association All of the winners from the various regions will be honored during halftime of each game during the State Championship Games held at the USD Dakota Dome Nov. 12-14. The awards will be presented by Kent Van […]

MRH receives grant to expand, renovate critical access services

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development South Dakota State Director Julie Gross announced recently through a virtual event that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing over $37.5 million in the Mobridge Regional Hospital to renovate and expand their existing facility. “Healthcare is important to a community’s quality of life and economic development is critical to the […]