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With family and friends in attendance, Troy Fink was promoted to Colonel in a ceremony at Fort Ripley in late October. Fink, who has served his country for the past 36 years, is now in charge of all operations at Fort Ripley and Arden Hills Training Center as Garrison Commander, which he was appointed to last June.

Deuel Junior Snow Queen Kennedy Harmon will be among 25 queens vying for the state title at the Junior Snow Queen Festival in Aberdeen January 5-6.  It is the 78th annual Festival and wraps up January 13 with the crowning of the South Dakota Snow Queen

The City of Wheaton will have a new mayor in place later next week. The city council during its meeting on Thursday night (Dec. 28) unanimously agreed to appoint Steven Lundquist to the office.

Dawson Postmaster Cathy Harstad presented Jim Pehrson with a special jacket for his one million miles of safe driving on his delivery route. Jim started with the Dawson Postal Service Jan. 21, 1984, as a Rural Carrier Associate (RCA). Gordon Powers was the postmaster at that time. Then, Jim became a regular carrier in August of 1995.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued more than $1.77 billion this year to agricultural producers and landowners through its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a critical piece of the Department’s efforts to support climate-smart agriculture and forestry on working lands.

Unseasonably warm weather, combined with a lack of snow cover, has taken a toll on the ice on some water bodies, particularly small ponds and drainage ditches often found in neighborhoods. These smaller, nearby water bodies can be magnets for curious children.

With cold and flu season at its peak, and with inclement weather affecting some parts of the country, the American Red Cross needs healthy and eligible donors to donate blood regularly, especially during the winter months.

The weather was teasing us with spring tempatures as the Canby City Council came to order with the Pledge of Allegiance on February 7.

The council approved Resolution 2024-02-07-1 accepting a donation from Oshkosh Township in the amount of $6,458.58 to be used by City for the Canby Fire Department.