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Photo by Tim Huether The Warrior boys won the 4x100 relay at the Western Great Plains Conference Track and Field meet last week in Kadoka. Pictured from left: Ben Theurer, Teagan Gropper, Rush O’Neill and Tyce Gropper. Their time of 45.69 has them currently qualifying for the state meet.

Photo by Tim Huether The Warrior boys won the 4x100 relay at the Western Great Plains Conference Track and Field meet last week in Kadoka. Pictured from left: Ben Theurer, Teagan Gropper, Rush O’Neill and Tyce Gropper. Their time of 45.69 has them currently qualifying for the state meet.

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Relay teams qualified for state meet

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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O’Neills flash their stuff at Howard Wood Dakota Relays

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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.

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County to fully fund WIC program

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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.
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Farewell to the Old School event shaping up to be one for the books

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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.

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Op-ed Column Representative Liz May

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
By Rep. Liz May Rep. Will Mortenson has mastered the common practice of giving nicesounding titles to particularly bad pieces of legislation.
Jonathan Tallman, Neil Hicks Jr., Ally Salomon, Arianna Good Soldier. Photo by Cindy Knecht

Jonathan Tallman, Neil Hicks Jr., Ally Salomon, Arianna Good Soldier. Photo by Cindy Knecht

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JAG takes trip to Nationals

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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.
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Bennett County 4-H Shooting Sports

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Allergy season can bring misery to tens of millions of Americans each year.Tree, grass, and other pollens can cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing.
Photo by Jacob Waln Hadley Schomp, Ally Solomon, and Sophia May are the girls that are set to represent Bennett County at the upcoming Girls State, which will be held June, 3-8.

Photo by Jacob Waln Hadley Schomp, Ally Solomon, and Sophia May are the girls that are set to represent Bennett County at the upcoming Girls State, which will be held June, 3-8.

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Boys and Girls State delegates named

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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.