Wolsey News

It's Labor Day weekend, a much-deserved break from the Monday monotony that starts the week for most of us working stiffs.

Beth Neitzert of Huron has realized one of her life's ambitions. She has wanted to own and operate her own music studio and that began a reality in June.

Genae Kahre of Huron, front left, and her friend, Sheila Lee of Pierre, will be leaving for the Dominican Republic to establish an orphanage later this month.

The South Dakota Soybean Association has elected new officers to its board of directors.

A father and son applying anhydrous ammonia in a corn field northwest of Huron wisely stayed in their tractor cab and called for help when a hose or valve broke early Wednesday morning, authorities said.

A flange in a pressure reducing station in the Mid-Dakota Rural Water System broke Tuesday, impacting communities and rural users and causing the city of Huron to issue a warning to residents to conserve water ...

One of the largest parades in the history of the community moved down Main Street Saturday to celebrate the town's 125th anniversary.

There was a bit of anxiety at the start of the town's 125th anniversary parade Saturday when a sudden rainstorm swept through the community.

A Navy chaplain, Capt. Mark Schreiber of St. Louis, will be the featured speaker at Memorial Day service at the Veterans Building at 10 a.m. Monday.

ROGER KASA/PLAINSMAN Jim Smith of Detroit, Mich., now of Huron, talks to third-grade students at Madison School about South Africa.

When you pull into the gas station to fill up your car, do think about how that gasoline got there? We tracked down it's path and found that where South Dakota's gas comes from affects how much you pay at the ... via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

“However, as this is such an important decision, we are not going to rush this procedure with set timelines”

The Huron Board of Education will host a community focus group Thursday in the middle school commons beginning at 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to gather input information to facilitate the board's ... via The Plainsman

“If we had the same national course of events take place in 2005 that we are seeing now, we'd have been in a lot worse situation in South Dakota than we are”

A widespread drought that hit the state in 2005 and 2006 caused personal income to plummet for many rural South Dakota residents, with some counties seeing their steepest decline since 1969, a new report shows. via ArgusLeader.com

For the first time in school history, the Wolsey-Wessington music students will present a musical, "Unhappily Ever After" as part of a dinner-theatre Tuesday night in the school auditorium. via The Plainsman

“This also helps the Scouts earn points toward a Pioneer Merit Badge”

Two Miller brothers, Carter and Jared Kindle, finished first and second in the Pinewood Derby race held Saturday during the Pheasant Council Scout-a-Rama in the Woonsocket National Guard Armory. via The Plainsman

“There's already been a number of tornadoes in the southern and southeastern part of the United States.”

CONTRIBUTED A tornado makes its way across open ground in the Wolsey area in this photo taken two years ago by a storm spotter. via The Plainsman

Reconstruction of U.S. Highway 14/281 through Wolsey will begin Wednesday. State Transportation Department officials said the highway will be closed from the railroad tracks to the north end of the project ... via The Plainsman

“That's when I realized what the Elks are all about”

For the first time in the 110-year history of the Huron Elks Lodge No. 444, the organization will be run by a female. via The Plainsman

“Me and that get along pretty well now”

Not pictured are team members Jacque Brown, Eddie Jackson and Shayla Simons. Jay Spencer of Huron is never far from his phone. via The Plainsman

“Now he needs help and we hope our community will join our efforts to raise money for his transplant expenses.”

Although Jay Spencer's medical insurance will help cover the anticipated $400,000 expense of a kidney transplant, a lifetime of follow-up care and daily medications to prevent his body from rejecting his new ... via The Plainsman