Bennett County Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions is a program designed to meet the unique needs of individuals typically 65 and older, experiencing depression or anxiety related to life changes often associated with aging, is here to help address the behavioral and emotional health of the older…
By Tim Huether With the new Bennett County Junior High School building construction moving along well, the next stage of the building project is to take down the old high school building currently home of students in grades six through eight as soon as school lets out for the summer.A group of…
By Tim Huether At the May 1, regular Bennett County Commissioners meeting, the board was informed that the WIC program in Bennett County, funded by both the county and the state, would no longer have funding assistance provided by the state.After a conference call with a member of the South Dakota…
By Tim Huether Bennett County freshman Rush O’Neill out-jumped the competition in several states and classes to win the Howard Wood Dakota Relays track and field high jump competition Saturday in Sioux Falls. Rush’s leap of 6’ 5” earned him the title.Reagan and Peyson O’Neill showed the competition…
By Tim Huether At the April 24, regular Bennett County Commission meeting, while reviewing claims to be approved, the board questioned an invoice from Ceplecha Trucking for $238,265.Ceplecha and his attorney, Lee Dayton, were in attendance and commissioner Blu Donovan asked if they wanted to…
By Cindy Knecht Members of Bennett County Jobs for America’s Graduates Program participated at the National Career Development Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, from April 1621. Thirteen students and two chaperons took part in an action-packed trip, navigating new experiences and gaining life-…
By Rep. Liz May Rep. Will Mortenson has mastered the common practice of giving nicesounding titles to particularly bad pieces of legislation. In his editorial entitled “Carbon Pipelines and Landowner Rights in South Dakota”, he used the misleading title “Landowner Bill of Rights” no less than…
The Bennett County School District’s current opt out is about to expire and the school plans to again approve another opt out.The deadline to opt out is July 15.Opting out requires a two thirds vote of the governing body on or before July 15.The decision to opt out must be published within 10 days…
Bennett County Sheriff’s deputy Kevin Curtis was on the agenda of the State of South Dakota Law Enforcement officers Standards and Training Commission April 16, for discussion of a proposed agreed settlement of a contested case.At issue was at least two incidents where Curtis was investigated for…
By Kay Cee Hodson Representing Bennett County High School at the 2024 South Dakota Boys State will be Wyatt Huber, Camden O’Bryan, and Gavin Risse. Representing the school at the 2024 South Dakota Girls State will be Sophia May, Hadley Schomp, and Ally Solomon.The annual events are sponsored by the…
June 27, 1944 - April 13, 2024Zale Kenneth Quible, 79, of Merriman, Nebr. passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on April 13, 2024 after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Zale was the youngest of three children born to Kenneth and Clare (Beyersdorf) Quible on June 27,…

O’Neills flash their stuff at Howard Wood Dakota Relays

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By Tim Huether Bennett County freshman Rush O’Neill out-jumped the competition in several states and classes to win the Howard Wood Dakota Relays track and field high jump competition Saturday in Sioux Falls. Rush’s leap of 6’ 5” earned him the title.

County to fully fund WIC program

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By Tim Huether At the May 1, regular Bennett County Commissioners meeting, the board was informed that the WIC program in Bennett County, funded by both the county and the state, would no longer have funding assistance provided by the state.

Warriors drop ball game to Gregory

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The Warrior Baseball team dropped their season opener to Gregory on Friday, April 5, losing the game 2-1. Coming back onto the field this year is another very young team comprised of mostly of underclassmen.

Bowling Results

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Won Lost Bros Inc. 20 8 Whispering Pines 19 9 Big Shorts 16 12 Ground and Pound 12 16 Bowls with Wolves 6 22 Team High Series: Big Shorts 2521; Ground and Pound 2318 Team High Game: Big Shorts 876 & 864; Ground and Pound 844 Individual High Series: David Red Bear 588; Tony Jensen 574 Individual High Game: Tony Jensen 213; David Red Bear 212 Split pickups: Tony Jensen 3-10; Brad Hahn 3-10; Charlie Cummings Jr.

Congratulations!

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Congratulations to the Bennett County junior high boys basketball team on a phenomenal season..

Zale Quible

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June 27, 1944 - April 13, 2024 Zale Kenneth Quible, 79, of Merriman, Nebr. passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on April 13, 2024 after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Annabelle (Thayer) Hale

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September 28, 1938 - March 30, 2024 Annabelle was born September 28, 1938, in Brocksburg, Nebr. to James and Maudie (Swick) Thayer.

Linda Ford

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November 30, 1942 - March 20, 2024 Linda Joyce Ford left this earthly world on March 20, 2024 surrounded by her family in Cody, Neb. Two spine surgeries, a heart attack and triple bypass surgery, uterine, colon, nor breast cancer could knock her down, but two tumors in her pancreas won the hard fought battle.