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Cars, motorcycles and fun

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
By Jacob Waln Martin Summer Fest is back and has added some more exciting events to the list of things to do this year. The third annual Martin Summer Fest will be held Saturday, June 22, on Main St. This is a yearly event that is hosted by the Oglala Drifters Riding Club.

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New superintendent hired for BCSD

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
By Tim Huether The Bennett County School District board has hired Carol Galbraith as the new superintendent for the District, with the position being an interim one.After interviews, the board met in a special meeting June 4, and after coming out of executive session, moved to offer a one year...
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Haying season

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Haying season has officially begun. Some alfalfa crops are being cut early due to weevils.

Bakley and Scherer advance to General

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
The 2024 Primary Election was held Tuesday, June 4, with a sad voter turnout. Statewide there was only a 17.09% voter turnout with 101,208 ballots cast out of 591,153 registered voters. In Bennett County the turnout wasn’t much better at 18% with 338 ballots cast out of 1,877 registered voters.
Tis the baseball season

Tis the baseball season

Photo by Jacob Waln Tis the baseball season

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Photo by Jacob Waln Tis the baseball season, and with the nice weather comes lots of baseball this summer. The Martin teams are looking good as they get some wins last week, and hopefully more to come throughout the season.
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Lonna Johnson retires after 19 years of Teaching

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
By Jacob Waln Math may not be very many people’s favorite subject while in school. It may be difficult to many, and many may need a great teacher to help them learn the subject. To Lonna Johnson math is like a puzzle, and you just have to figure out how the pieces fit together.
Photo by Jacob Waln Staff from Senator Mike Round’s office visited the Bennett County Hospital last Wednesday, May 29. They met with the board and administrative staff to discuss potential funding of the new hospital. CEO Shawnee Anson gave a tour of the facility.

Photo by Jacob Waln Staff from Senator Mike Round’s office visited the Bennett County Hospital last Wednesday, May 29. They met with the board and administrative staff to discuss potential funding of the new hospital. CEO Shawnee Anson gave a tour of the facility.

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Round’s staff visits Bennett County Hospital

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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BC athletes look to bring home gold from State Track & Field meet

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
By Tim Huether It’s been a while since Bennett County won a gold medal at the South Dakota High School State Track and Field meet, but this year things look very promising for a shiny gold medal or more.Lady Warrior Reagan O’Neill is leading the state in three events going into the meet which...