2016 South Dakota Better Newspaper Contest General Excellence, Sweepstakes and Best of Dakotas Awards.

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Parker TransitAnyone looking for a ridein and around Parker or toSioux Falls, Viborg or Marioncan call Parker Transit at605-360-4974 for more infor-mation.
Huge book sale
continues
A huge book sale continuesat the Parker Public Library.A nice selection of children’schapter books, picturebooks and non-fiction; adultfiction, non-fiction; westernsand Christian fiction. Theyalso have Chilton books, En-cyclopedia sets, a completeset of law books and booksthat work great for crafting.All books are available fora free will donation. Checkit out during regular libraryhours. Monday throughFriday from 8:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to12 p.m.
CPR class
Pioneer Memorial Hospitalwill be offering a basic CPRand first aid class for alldaycare providers. Datewill be determined by theinterest received. For moreinformation please contactStacy Clites at 605-326-5161Ext. 3159.
Little Free
Library
Now in the Little Free Li-brary, located on 3rd Streetin Parker, across from theCommunity Building, areseveral new books. Thoseincluded are books by JohnGrisham, some of the LittleHouse on the Prairie series,Bible stories
he call came in last Wednesday asa structure fire and when depart-ments arrived on scene, t
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Hutchinson Herald
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Meade County
Times Tribune
General Excellence
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2nd place

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Freeman Courier
General Excellence
Weeklies 1,151-2,000
1st place

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Butte County Post
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West River Eagle

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Native Sun News
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1st place

17. By Talli Nauman
Native Sun News
Health & Environment Editor
FORT YATES, N.D. –– When a
worker was killed in the construc-
tion of the Dakota Access Pipeline
on Aug. 26, the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe, headquartered here,
declared a state of emergency to
emphasize tribal opposition to the
hazardous private infrastructure
project.
The man, whose name was not
released by authorities at press
time, was found by his foreman
after suffering head injuries while
working alone on a tractor Aug.
25, and he died in a Minot, N.D.
hospital, according to The Associ-
ated Press.
He was employed by a subcon-
tractor for Energy Transfer Part-
ners, which, together with
Phillips 66 and Enbridge Corp., is
trying to build a nearly 1,200-mile
crude-oil pipeline through 1851
and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty ter-
ritory.
“Within our sovereign author-
ity, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
declared a state of emergency to
address the serious nature of the
situation,” Tribal Chair David Ar-
chambault II said.
At the time, tribal officials and
supporters were returning home
from a trip to the U.S. Capital for
an Aug. 24 federal court hearing
on the tribe’s petition for an in-
junction to halt construction.
A judge set Sept. 9 as the dead-
line for a ruling. Meanwhile, the
testimony at the hearing revealed
mpany re-
ports that the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers has issued an easement
to build the line across the Mis-
souri River and its tributaries.
“Since Dakota Access does not
have an easement from the
United States Army Corps of En-
gineers, the tribe will be continu-
ing our advocacy with the Obama
Administration to oppose the
granting of that easement,” Ar-
chambault said.
The Corps of Engineers has is-
sued consent for a permit to be
written, but it is hasn’t written the
permit.
The Sacred Stone Spirit Camp,
erected by pipeline resisters north
of Ft. Yates at Cannon Ball, near
where the pipeline would cross
the Oahe Reservoir on the Mis-
souri River, issued a brief state-
ment of regret for the loss of
human life:
“When the worker is named,
we will try our best to reach out to
that family. This is all one fight
and lives lost is one of many rea-
sons why this pipeline cannot be
allowed to continue,” it said.
Part of the pipeline in western
North Dakota, where the man
died, is near completion. The site
of his injury is there, more than
200 miles away from the camp in
Morton County, which has at-
tracted thousands of supporters
to prayer gatherings and direct
actions since its establishment on
April 1.
The American Civil Liberties
95th annual Santa Fe Indian Market
announces Best of Show winners
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NEWS
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Pipeline worker’s death emphasizes
tribes’ movement to halt construction
Cartoonist
Ricardo
Cate’ brings
support to
Sacred
Stones Camp
RAPID CITY –– The movement
to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
has drawn support from around
the world and Indian Country, in-
cluding actors, activists, authors,
singer/songwriters, comedians and
most recently a political and satiri-
cal cartoonist from New Mexico.
Ricardo Cate’, Kewa (Santo
Domingo Pueblo), is the genius be-
hind the Without Reservations car-
toon series featured in the Sante Fe
New Mexican.
Cate’s humorous cartoons fea-
turing headdress wearing Indians
with large, stereotypical noses
began on Nov. 17, 2007. These
satires have featured everyone from
presidential candidates Bernie
inton, and Don-
COURTESY/Paul K. Anderson
LummitotempolereceivesblessinginWashingtonstateonitswaytoWinnipeg,Manitoba
and will make a stop at Standing Rock Sioux oil pipeline resistance in North Dakota.
Please see WORKER’S DEATH
page A3
RICARDO CATE’

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The Daily Republic,
Mitchell
General Excellence
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Yankton Daily
Press & Dakotan

21. S O U T H D A K O T A
Brookings Register
General Excellence
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1st place

22. Friday
July 29,
2016
Your
community.
Your
newspaper.
Volume 137
No. 179
Brookings, SD
A R L I N G T O N A S T O R I A A U R O R A B R O O K I N G S B R U C E B U S H N E L L C O L M A N E G A N E L K T O N E S T E L L I N E F L A N D R E A U N U N D A R U T L A N D S I N A I T O R O N T O V O L G A W H I T E
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Black clinch 14U state
tournament spot with
11-inning win
PAGE 14
A history
lesson
The Lake Campbell Sportsmen’sClub will host two speakers at itsfourth annual history night
PAGE 7
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Welcome
The Brookings Registerwelcomes the following newand renewing subscribers:Betty Colbeck, TwilaEggers, Ellen Kasak, CarolCarter, Noreen McAdaragh,Maureen Peterson, KelvinAdee, Dale Even, JenniferSutton, Ed Wright, Nadin
Carpentry
program
claims
national
award
City agrees to
letter of intent
with county,
but transaction
not final
BY JODELLE GREINERThe Brookings Register
BROOKINGS – TheBrookings City Councilapproved a letter of intent toswap real estate with the coun-ty and wrapped up some otherissues Tuesday night.Brookings County hasoffered to transfer ownership ofthe County Resource Centerlocated adjacent to the SwiftelCenter in exchange for the realproperty the city owns underthe Outdoor Adventure Center,plus an additional cashamount. The land is part of theDakota Nature Park, althoughthe city does not own the OACbuilding, according to anattachment to the agenda.
Gullickson
named nat’l
FCCLA officerBROOKINGS – Kayla Gullickson,a senior at Brookings High School,has been elected the 2016-2017 national vice p
such as career
p r e p a r a t i o n ,financial literacy,environmentaleducation, traffic
safety, communi-
ty service and
leadership devel-
opment.
Brookings
reps take third
in LifeSmarts
More nat’l recognition forBrookings High’s FCCLA
BROOKINGS – TheSouth Dakota EducationCampus at Brookings hasearned a national award forits two-year ResidentialCarpentry ApprenticeshipProgram.
Nancy Ahlers, of theBrookings Regional BuildersAssociation, accepted theaward on July 15 in SanAntonio, Texas.
The Best EducationProgram Award came fromthe National Association ofHome Builders AssociationExcellence Awards. It’s anannual program designed torecognize the outstandingaccomplishments of stateand local homebuilder asso-ciations and executive offi-cers in the field of associa-tion management.
Like-sized HBAs competeagainst each other for the“best of” educational initia-tives, communications proj-ects, non-dues revenue gen-eration for programs such as
Council
on board
with CRC,
OAC land
switch
Brookings Community Theatre actors take the stage during a
rehearsal of “Shrek: The Musical” at Brookings High School on
Thursday. The musical opened last weekend.
BCT continues its run of the show this weekend, July 29-31, at
Bell Auditorium. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m., and
the Sunday matinee starts at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $8 for children
10 and younger, $12 for seniors and students and $15 for adults.
They are available at Brookings Book Company, The Optical
Shop, and at the door starting one hour before the show.For more information, log onto www.brookingscommuni-
tythreatre.org.
Five years
for robbery,
burglary
See PROPERTY, page 2
Shrek returns!
Phu Nguyen/Register

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Argus Leader
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Aberdeen
American News

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Rapid City Journal
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1st place

27. THUNDERSTORMS 80 • 57 FORECAST, B6 | FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016 | rapidcityjournal.com
A steady hand
Clinton casts herself as unifier NATION & WORLD, PAGE C3
Man shot in foot charged
Police respond to call, find stolen gun, meth;
witnesses still sought LOCAL NEWS, PAGE A3
DEB HOLLAND
Meade County Times-Tribune staff
STURGIS — A new Meade
School District middle school
at Piedmont comes with a hefty
price tag.
Steve Jastram of Architec-
ture Incorporated told Meade
School Board members at a spe-
cial meeting Tuesday night that
the estimated cost for the school
would be about $21 million.
Jastram’s announcement came
after the district’s financial ad-
viser, Toby Morris of Dougherty
& Company LLC, said if the dis-
trict is interested in building in
the near future, now is the time
for the board to take advantage of
current low-interest loan rates of
2.4 percent.
“We’re still in a low period
of interest rates. I did not think
last year at this time that inter-
est rates would be where they are
this year,” Morris said.
The school district is obligated
to some large loans through the
2017-2018 school year.
“We would have to look at
structuring should you want
to go much above $17 million,”
Morris said.“When you go above
$18 million, you are really going
to start stressing your Capital
Outlay” revenues that pay for
work on facilities.
As the Piedmont and Sum-
merset areas continue to grow,
the district mulls construction
of a new school in southern
Meade County. Piedmont Val-
ley Elementary School is full to
overflowing. Trends show when
a new building is constructed, it
draws even more new students,
district officials have said.
Theproposed110,000-square-
foot middle school would sit
on the site of the district’s old
ol.
MIKE ANDERSON
Journal staff
WALL — Positivity and lev-
elheadedness helped two hik-
ers lost in Badlands National
Park get through the night until
ers could find them.
hey’re
the searchers found the hikers on
a ridge about two to three miles
east of Sage Creek at around
10:40 a.m. The searchers made
sure Bak and Jacob were alright,
gave them water, then made
the trek back to the Sage Creek
Campground.
Dressed in shorts and
T-shirts, the two women had a
backpack of supplies between
Had they not
Missing Badlands hikers
found damp, unharmed
CHRIS HUBER PHOTOS, JOURNAL STAFF
Pennington County Search and Rescue member James Dietz, left, and U.S. Park Ranger, Tyson Nehring, hike toward Sage Creek Campground
Thursday after helping locate two lost hikers in Badlands National Park. The two hikers became lost on Wednesday and stayed in the same
location until they could be rescued the next morning.
Piedmont
school
plans
unveiled
New middle school
estimated at $21M
New Englanders stopped, waited out cool night at park

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Adams County Record,
Hettinger
General Excellence
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1st place

33. The Adams County Sher-
iff’s Department has recently
added some new deputies to
its current staff. Read the
Q&A and get to know those
that protect the streets of
your communities.
•Trevor Kyle Bergerson
What made you want
to go into law enforce-
ment?
Growing up as a child I
always admired those who
served in the law enforcement
spectrum; particularly those
who were police officers. I
presume this admiration grew
from the perceived respect,
glamour, adrenaline and the
of criminals as
professionalism, honesty and
integrity.
What about working in
Adams County attracted
you to the position?
ll com-
mirror through my daily pa-
trol activities. These models
include Community Policing
and Problem-Oriented Polic-
ing. The first focuses on po-
lice building ties and working
closely with the members of
of the job are those cases in-
volving reported child abuse
and neglect.
What do you think you
will most enjoy about be-
ing a deputy in Adams
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HETTINGER
Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding County
of that, their 6’4” center Mason 26 but the Ranchers fell just
wo points.
Nighthawks.
Sadowsky scored 34 for HS
int-
Harding County girls who
came in with a 1-3 record. The
Hettinger/Scranton girls also
NSON
2014A YEAR IN REVIEW
pages 8-9
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SPORTS
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Get To Know Your Law Enforcement
TOP: (L to R) Trevor Bergerson, Ryan Serr. BOTTOM: (L to R) Andy Roehl, Colin Dunn. The Adams County
Sherifff’s Department has recently added new deputies to their current staff.
Q&A with
the deputies
of the Adams
County
Sheriff’s
Department
ByColeBenz
Record Editor
cbenz@countrymedia.net
Growing
interest for a
community
garden
Do you want fresh vegetables? What
if that fresh produce was right in your
back yard?
Hettinger resident Mike Cox is in the
early process of starting a community
garden movement. A former resident
of Anchorage, Alaska, Cox recently fin-
ished his North Dakota Master Gardner
training and would like to spread the
knowledge.
Cox was previously a Master Gard-
ner in Alaska, and when he arrived in
rth Dakota in April 2015, he wanted
ByColeBenz
Record Editor
cbenz@countrymedia.net

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Pioneer
General Excellence
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enjoyCruiseNight
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inLidgerwood
Published for the Red River Valley and Joel and Jaci Kaler, Lidgerwood
Editor’s Note: In this month’s Point of View we talk to
people who live in our communities to best determine,
‘What does your city need to make it complete?’
Life is good
in Small Town
America, but
a little more is
still needed
What
does
your city
need?
BusinessesFairmount residents remember the number of businesses that used to line the city — grocery stores, movie theater and even a bowling alley.
Pride
Lidgerwood residents want a resurgence in community pride, where people cared about how their houses and lawns looked.
Housing
Wyndmere residents say the community is land-locked by railroads and highways, making it difficult to grow. They want affordable housing and apartments.
David Braun looks at restored cars Wednes-
day at Cruise Night, Lidgerwood.
Workers install a new sidewalk at Fairmount.
Housing
and
Pride
Southeastern North Dakota is dotted with a diverse mix of
people. Some are multi-ethnic where English is ju
the languages spoken in tfam
BY KAREN SPEIDELnewsmonitor@wahpetondailynews.com
Financial PoolA benefactor providing financial pool could provide rural cities the ability to buy decrepit houses, rip them down and offer empty lots

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Farmer, Watford City
General Excellence
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Honorable Mention

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Cass County Reporter,
Casselton
General Excellence
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2nd place
Walsh County Record,
Grafton

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Crosby, ND
Vol. 115, No. 38 -- Price $
100
Oil glutOptimismtempered Page8
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ofpatientservices Page14
Salestaxrevenuefallsdramatically
By Cecile Wehrman
Members of the Cros-
by City Council last week
briefly discussed statis-
tics provided by Com-
munity Developer Kay-
Cee Lindsey in regard to
a dramatic drop in city
sales tax revenue since a
historic high of $385,165
in 2013.
Based on the cur-
rent trend, Lindsey esti-
mates 2016 collections
at $156,850. That’s still
slightly above the pre-
boom level of $119,374
collected in 2010 -- and
still more than double
the amount collected in
2005 or 2006.Councilman Doug An-
derson asked whether
the city is approaching
a point where it has to
re-evaluate existing com-
mitments because of the
precipitous decline in the
Spirit Fund’s income.
Mayor Bert Anderson
told the council there are
sufficient funds from past
collections to handle the
commitments made to
projects -- most notably,
a new daycare center.
The fund has collected
over $1.1 million over the
past four years.The mayor reflected
that at one time, Spirit
Fund monies were given
mostly as loans that were
paid back.“What we do now is we
just give it away and it’s
gone,” the mayor said.
Lindsey said one rea-
son for the change was
a Bank of North Dakota
program that encour-
aged interest buydowns
on its loans in order to
help local projects cash
flow. Such buydowns be-
came an effective way to
provide local support.
The amount any one
project would receive
was capped at $25,000 in
buydowns.The Crosby Park Board
and St. Luke’s Medical
Center each have their
own one percent city
sales tax, established on
either side of the zenith
of sales tax collections
and are also feeling the
pinch of lowered collec-
tions.
In other action related
to the Spirit Fund:The council approved
forgiveness of a $164,000
loan to the airport au-
thority, see Page 11.
Approved the exten-
sion of the city’s Spirit
Fund Enhancement Grant
program, under which up
to a total of $15,000 will
be awarded to non-profit
groups applying for proj-
ects that improve some
aspect of life in the Cros-
by trade area.
$71,720.61
$77,474.61
$90,215.85
$98,652.41 $103,916.09
$119,374.07
$213,235.66
$313,627.79
$385,165.02
$328,251.61
$255,000.43
$156,850.04
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Sales Tax Line Chart from 2005-2016 Based on Annual Income
Sales Tax
Pavingprojectnearscompletion
By Brad Nygaard
The end is near.Oct. 15 is the target date for com-
pletion of the massive street paving,
sidewalk and sewer project Crosby
residents have been living with all
summer.
Dust, dirt and disruption have been
constants throughout the season,
but Stems + Salvage owner Brittany
Sparks took it all in stride until last
week.
“Because now I’m sick of it. It’s
been long enough,” she said, one day
after the final lift of new asphalt was
applied to Main Street.
Ryan Rostad, project manager of
the $6.8 million dollar undertaking,
said work is on schedule -- possibly a
little ahead. Still, he can understand
frustrations, even as the final pieces
of the project approach conclusion.
“There’s no way not to disrupt the
whole town with something this big.
I mean, we go from the south end of
town all the way to the north end. I
mean, there’s no way to go around it.”
Like an invading army, Rostad, his
crews from Mayo Construction and
their subcontractors arrived in May,
bringing with them a barra
ange pylons, deto
Managerf
Brad Nygaard -- The Journal
Mayo Construction employee Ricardo Castillo (above and inset, below) on Wednesday drives a drum roller over newly
laid asphalt on South Main Street in Crosby.
SalesTaxLineChartfrom2005-2016BasedonAnnualIncome
Source for annual figures: North Dakota Tax Department
2016 figureincludes anestimate of fourthquarter income.
By Jody Michael
The Divide County School District in-
tends to increase its property tax levy
by 12.39 percent for the new school
year in response to a projected 30 per-
cent decrease in state funding.
“State sources -- that’s where our
shortfall is,” Board Member Steve Feil
said during the district’s budget hear-
ing Thursday.Though revisions in April 2015 to a
formula established by the North Da-
kota Legislature had doubled the dis-
trict’s oil and gas revenue in the 2015-16
school year, Superintendent Sherlock
Hirning said the state is reducing its
funding by roughly that same amount
this year.
“The increase in oil and gas reve-
nue, which was $1.6 million instead of
$800,000, was deducted from our state
aid,” Hirning said. “We have to make
the difference.”Business Mthe
ing said estimating this line item in ad-
vance is difficult.“We’re hoping it’s going to be $1.2
million, but I have no idea,” Hirning
said.
A roughly $80,000 increase in federal
support is expected for the district’s Ti-
tle I and II programs and will somewhat
alleviate the shortfall elsewhere.
General-fund expenditures in the
new budget have increased by less than
1 percent -- up $13,277 from last year, to
$6.5 million.Hirning noted that the district under-
spent last year’s budget by $900,000.
“We certainly anticipate we will un-
derspend again,” Hirning said. “We
over-budget because we really do
know the exact dollar amo
Board membtion o
Schoolplanstaxincrease
tooffsetstatefundingcuts
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NO HINT: Accused Grand Forks
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Monday, March 21, 2016
A trio of young ladies smiles while participating in the Runnin O' the Green in Jamestown Saturday.
A young man hams it up for the
camera Saturday during the Run.
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JOHN M. STEINER | THE SUN
A trio of young ladies smiles while participating in the Runnin O' the Green in Jamestown Saturday.
Run goes smoothly
By Keith Norman
The Jamestown Sun
Participants in the 38th annual Runnin O’
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Chanhassen, Minn.
T
he world learned what it soundslike when doves cry after
legendary Minneapolis musicianPrince died Thursday morning athis Paisley Park studio in Chanhassen.The cause of death is under investigation.He was 57.
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M E A DE COU N T Y
DEB HOLLAND
Meade County Times-Tribune staff
Fromearlyregistrations,itlooks
as if the Meade School District
may see a sizeable enrollment in-
creaseforthe2016-17schoolyear.
Meade School District Super-
intendent Don Kirkegaard said
official numbers would not be
available until late September,
but the district already has had
to hire two additional teachers
to accommodate the additional
students.
“As of last Friday, our numbers
are up significantly,” Kirkegaard
said.“Piedmont,SturgisElemen-
taryandthemiddleschoolallhave
some sizeable growth.”
The teachers hired last week
were for kindergarten and fifth
grade based on numbers, the su-
perintendent said.
If enrollment numbers hold or
increase, the district has little
remedybecausetherearenoother
classrooms available, Kirkegaard
said.
“We are bursting at the seams,”
he said. “We are struggling with
space, but the school board is
pro-active in this regard,” cit-
ing the remodeling of the second
floor classrooms of the Williams
Administration Building as a way
to accommodate the Sturgis El-
ementary School fifth-graders.
SchoolinMeadeSchoolDistrict
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teachers,administrators,andpro-
fessionalandsupportstaffstarted
this week when they attended
three days of inservice.
Awelcomebackconvocationon
Tuesday kicked off the inservice
held at the Sturgis Community
Center.
SturgisWilliamsMiddleSchool
sixth-grader Katie Sulzbach sang
the National Anthem after which
Meade School Board President
Bryce Richter introduced the
oard and
cludingadministratorsandschool
board members, worked hard to
get the salary increase bill passed
this year. “Meade Education As-
sociation does a lot that goes un-
noticed,”Waidersaid.“MEAdoes
whatagoodteacherdoesforhisor
her students.”
She said that last year MEA had
themostnewmembersofanyed-
ucation association in the state.
ou,”shesaid
year.We all need to continue to be
advocates for education.”
Thesuperintendentintroduced
the administrators and new staff
members, and then reviewed the
district’s mission, vision and be-
lief statements.
He explained the school bud-
get for the coming year, and also
highlighted capital improvement
projectsthatwereundertakenthis
past summer.
ssed future cap-
Bursting at the seams
KRIS HUBBARD PHOTOS, MEADE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Meade School District’s largest capital outlay project this summer took place at Sturgis Brown High School where the front entrance and vestibule
were remodeled and the main office relocated as a way of providing more security and safety for students and staff. The main building was also
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Deciding that a written
apology will be sufficient, the
Walworth County Commis-
sioners on Tuesday, Oct. 4, took
no further action against Com-
missioner Duane Martin.
At the Sept. 22 meeting, a
complaint citing a violation
was filed against the commis-
sion with South Dakota Open
Meeting Commission. Wal-
worth County State’s Attorney
Jamie Hare requested Faulk
County State’s Attorney Tim
Borman review the complaint
against commissioner Duane
Martin filed by Walworth
County Director of Equaliza-
tion Deb Kahl.
According to a letter sent to
the commission on May 22,
Borman found there was not a
violation of the open meetings
law during the meeting about
which Kahl had filed the com-
plaint. He recommended the
commission should discipline
Martin for conducting the
county’s business with per-
sonal bias.
Kahl wanted a public apol-
ogy, which Martin had agreed
to do and apologized to her at
that time.
The issue was put on the
agenda for the Oct. 3 meeting.
“I thought we were done with
this,” said commission chair
Scott Schilling. “It is time to
move on.”
Commissioner Jim Houck
said he has had callers con-
cerned about what the com-
mission was going to do and
that they haven’t done any-
thing about the issue.
“When we are elected to this
osition we are supposed to
Holgard said the commis-
sion does not have the right to
force Martin to resign. He said
he talked to Bob Wilcox with
the South Dakota Association
of County Commissions in
Pierre, who informed him only
the governor has the right to
do that.
Commissioner Dave Siemon
told Schilling that he had not
followed through after the
letter from the Faulk County
State’s Attorney arrived in May.
He said Schilling was sup-
posed to put the action on the
agenda. Schilling said any of
the commissioners could have
put the action on the agenda.
He said he thought the matter
was over when no violation
was found.
“I am pretty sure a lot of
people who are watching this
(the meeting tape) are seeing
what is happening,” said Schil-
ling. “Do you think it would
make everybody happy if we
put it on the front page of the
paper?”
Houck said he would have
like to see a public apology
but he knows the commission
cannot force a public apology.
He said many people in his
district read the papers and
don’t watch the tape.
Walworth County State’s
Attorney Jamie Hare told the
board they had to decide what
to do as a group.
Schilling asked Martin if he
was willing to put an apol-
ogy in the local newspapers.
Martin said he already said he
would.
Schilling said that is what is
needed and the commission
would move on.
University through the exten-
sion service.
Holgard made a motion to
send a letter to SDSU asking
that they terminate Mickelson.
The commission approved the
action and also to also ban her
from all employee duties in the
courthouse and that she not be
allowed in the courthouse un-
less it is for public business.
Lake Molstad
Holgard reported Lake
Molstad Park is now open for
public use. He said the work at
the park in not completed, but
the park is open for public use.
Holgard thanked Walworth
County Highway Superin-
tendent Penny Goetz and her
employees for the work they
did at the park.
There are still several proj-
ects that need to be completed,
but the initial work has been
completed.
Ronnie Lindeman who owns
the property adjacent to the
park told the commission he
A work force of state and county employees combined with local volunteers
have opened the road to Molstad Lake Park, east of Mobridge.The park had
been closed for four years because of use and liability issues.The road had
become overgrown and impassable. The park will now be open for daily
use with other use and hours to be determined by the Walworth County
Commission. – Photo by Katie Zerr –
Commission decides written
apology will suffice, no
further discipline for Martin
Continued on page 2
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y
Photos: Larry Biri
Above: Fireman and clean up personnel from the Hutterite Colony in Forest River walk through the burnt out
storage area at Midway Public School near Inkster. A fire was reported at 11:53 a.m. on Saturday. At least 60
firefighters and 15 trucks respondedto the call. There was no one at the school at the time and no injuries were
reported; however, the shop area was destroyed in the blaze. Right: Fireman douse hot spots while the clean
up progresses. Roger Abbe, Midway and Larimore school Superintendent, and Midway School Board Presi-
dent Brian Schanilec discussed the probability of having school onMonday onsite. Thefirewas confined to the
storage area, but smoke progressed through the whole school. It was decided that the school would be closed
re than 75 volunteers turned out to help clean up the smoke damage that occurred
as able to resume class on Tuesday.
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Mud racing
not just a
dirty sport
PAGE B-1
The Walsh County
Second Stage
debuts Friday
Page A-4
0035820973700358209734
THE WINDS BLEW...
Hundreds of
trees were
lost in the
Grafton and Minto
areas due to
60-80 mph winds.
Commissioners
delay disaster
declaration
Church covets
Grafton Public School
Performing Arts Center
Board to consider
draft use
agreement with
Grand Forks
church
GRAFTON – The possibility
of weekly church services
being held at the Grafton
Public School’s Performing
Arts Center is one step closer
to reality as the Grafton School
BoardattheirmeetingMonday
evening asked Superintendent
a memo-
arrangements and fees.
Dr. Mark Hale of Thrive
Community Church, which
currently operates out of
the former Zimmerman’s
Furniture store location in
Grand Cities Mall, along with
three associates from the
church, attended the meeting
to formally request the rental
agreement.Halenotedthathis
churchisnon-denominational
and has several members cur-
rentlydrivingfromtheGrafton
area to attend in the Grand
Forks location.
Hale indicated his church
is a “come as you are” church,
complete with live music.
He requested the use of the
mmons area
BY CHERYL OSOWSKI
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Grafton, surrounding
areas damaged
COUNTY--Mother Nature made sure
the spring season wasn’t going to go out
without its own share of fireworks, as the
region was socked not once, but twice, with
severe weather.
Last Friday and Sunday, severe weather
hit the region, with two weather events less
than 48 hours apart from each other.
Friday’s storms
The first batch of storms began early
Friday morning, forming across north cen-
7 a.m.
before 8 a.m., beginning its path of destruc-
tion in westernWalsh County, with the first
damage reports coming from the Fordville
area, where the public reported that a tree
was snapped at its base. In addition to that
report, the Fordville scale house was blown
down in the destruction.
As the storm made its way across Walsh
County, a report came into the National
Weather Service at 8:10 a.m. from one
mile south of Voss, where four box elder
trees were uprooted and a storm total of
2.28 inches of rain was observed in a short
amount of time.
That’s when the storm ramped up its
fury, hitting the Park River area at approxi-
mately8:15a.m.,whentreesandpowerlines
were downed across the City of Park River,
to the weather service office.
the
BY CHRIS LARSON
County residents
praised for helping
neighbors during
weather event
COUNTY – Walsh County
Commission declined to issue
adeclarationofemergencyjust
yet,choosingtowaituntiltheir
next meeting.
BrentNelson,WalshCounty’s
Emergency Manager, reported
to the commission he noted
the damage was pretty exten-
sive throughout a wide swath
of the county. He indicated the
City of Minto had made a dec-
laration, but no other cities in
the county had done so, nor
has any other affected county.
According to Nelson, a
disaster declaration is a way
of telling the state that the
county is beyond its capabili-
ties to mitigate the effects of
the disaster. In this case, the
county had a few road impacts
and these effects may not rise
to the threshold that would
exceed the county’s ability to
pay for the remedies. Nelson
explainedthatfarm/cropdam-
ages are not included in this
declaration.
Commissioner Lawrence
Burianek asked if it would
hurt the county if they waited
to decide. Nelson informed
commissionersthattheycould
make a declaration at a later
date.
BY CHERYL OSOWSKI
See WCC on page A-2

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‘There will
never be
another
Prince’
By Ross Raihala
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chanhassen, Minn.
T
he world learned what it sounds
like when doves cry after
legendary Minneapolis musician
Prince died Thursday morning at
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95. $1.00 - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - Vol 126, Issue 13 Grafton, ND 2015 Sweepstakes Winner For Large Weeklies
Mud racing
not just a
dirty sport
PAGE B-1
The Walsh County
Second Stage
debuts Friday
Page A-4
0035820973700358209734
THE WINDS BLEW...
Hundreds of
trees were
lost in the
Grafton and Minto
areas due to
60-80 mph winds.
Commissioners
delay disaster
declaration
Church covets
Grafton Public School
Performing Arts Center
Board to consider
draft use
agreement with
Grand Forks
church
GRAFTON – The possibility
of weekly church services
being held at the Grafton
Public School’s Performing
Arts Center is one step closer
to reality as the Grafton School
BoardattheirmeetingMonday
evening asked Superintendent
Jack Maus to draft a memo-
andum of understanding
arrangements and fees.
Dr. Mark Hale of Thrive
Community Church, which
currently operates out of
the former Zimmerman’s
Furniture store location in
Grand Cities Mall, along with
three associates from the
church, attended the meeting
to formally request the rental
agreement.Halenotedthathis
churchisnon-denominational
and has several members cur-
rentlydrivingfromtheGrafton
area to attend in the Grand
Forks location.
Hale indicated his church
is a “come as you are” church,
complete with live music.
He requested the use of the
auditorium, commons area
BY CHERYL OSOWSKI
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Grafton, surrounding
areas damaged
COUNTY--Mother Nature made sure
the spring season wasn’t going to go out
without its own share of fireworks, as the
region was socked not once, but twice, with
severe weather.
Last Friday and Sunday, severe weather
hit the region, with two weather events less
than 48 hours apart from each other.
Friday’s storms
The first batch of storms began early
Friday morning, forming across north cen-
tral North Dakota just after 7 a.m.
AccordingtotheNationalWeatherService,
r hour were
before 8 a.m., beginning its path of destruc-
tion in westernWalsh County, with the first
damage reports coming from the Fordville
area, where the public reported that a tree
was snapped at its base. In addition to that
report, the Fordville scale house was blown
down in the destruction.
As the storm made its way across Walsh
County, a report came into the National
Weather Service at 8:10 a.m. from one
mile south of Voss, where four box elder
trees were uprooted and a storm total of
2.28 inches of rain was observed in a short
amount of time.
That’s when the storm ramped up its
fury, hitting the Park River area at approxi-
mately8:15a.m.,whentreesandpowerlines
were downed across the City of Park River,
according to the weather service office.
Sixteen miles to the east, in Grafton, the
amage to the community.
BY CHRIS LARSON
CHOOL on page A-2
County residents
praised for helping
neighbors during
weather event
COUNTY – Walsh County
Commission declined to issue
adeclarationofemergencyjust
yet,choosingtowaituntiltheir
next meeting.
BrentNelson,WalshCounty’s
Emergency Manager, reported
to the commission he noted
the damage was pretty exten-
sive throughout a wide swath
of the county. He indicated the
City of Minto had made a dec-
laration, but no other cities in
the county had done so, nor
has any other affected county.
According to Nelson, a
disaster declaration is a way
of telling the state that the
county is beyond its capabili-
ties to mitigate the effects of
the disaster. In this case, the
county had a few road impacts
and these effects may not rise
to the threshold that would
exceed the county’s ability to
pay for the remedies. Nelson
explainedthatfarm/cropdam-
ages are not included in this
declaration.
Commissioner Lawrence
Burianek asked if it would
hurt the county if they waited
to decide. Nelson informed
commissionersthattheycould
make a declaration at a later
date.
BY CHERYL OSOWSKI
See WCC on page A-2

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County toconsiderTIF No. 4By CHUCK CLEMENT
Staff Reporter
The city of Madison did its
part earlier this week in
helping a development
company start its plans to
build more housing in the city.
The city commissioners
approved a preliminary plat
for a new Kern Addition in
south Madison, which includes
land just east of S. Union Ave.
between S.W. 8th St. and the
SD-34 bypass.I n
a d d i t i o n , t h e
commissioners approved the
first reading of a request to
rezone about 2 1/2 acres of
land on the north side of the
proposed Kern Addition from
property zoned as highway
business to general residence.
The city commissioners set
the hearing date for the
rezoning request for 5:35 p.m.
on March 28.The acres involved in the
rezoning request are part of
Lot 1, Block 1 in the proposed
Kern Addition; the other acres
in the same lot were already
zoned as residential, according
to Chad Comes, city engineer.
The requests for the new
plat and rezoning came from
Phase 3 Development, a
company operated by Brian
Kern of Madison, and were
initially submitted to the
municipal planning and zoning
commission on March 8.
According to Shirley Ebsen,
Lake County director of
e q u a l i z a t i o n , P h a s e 3
Development LLC purchased
the Kern Addition property in
October 2015.Local officials said that the
plans for developing the crop
field, which currently makes
up the proposed Ker n
Addition, include building
residences similar to the Lake
Area Townhouses. The
townhouses are a complex of
recently-constructed rental
units located on the northeast
corner of S. Union Ave. and
S.W. 8th St.
The rezoning request only
affects land in Block 1, Lot 1.
However, the preliminary plat
also included outlines for three
blocks total and seven lots
within those blocks. The plat
drawing shows plans for two
roadways within the Kern
Addition, Kamdon St. and
Makenda Ave.T h e M a d i s o n C i t y
Commission also gave its
consent to plans for Lake
County to establish a fourth
tax increment district within
city limits. The TIF proposal
would have the county
establish TIF No. 4 within the
Kern Addition. A TIF district
typically assists developers in
arranging financing for
infrastructure improvements
on their property.Within a TIF, the property
tax structure is arranged so
that the local government,
namely a city, would continue
to receive the base amount of
property tax on a piece of land.
However, any increases in the
property-tax amount after the
same land is developed are
directed toward paying off the
financing for infrastructure
improvements. Infrastructure
improvements could include
streets, water mains, sewer,
and curb and gutter.Deb Reinicke, county zoning
and drainage director, said the
L ake County Planning
Commission will start its work
reviewing the request for
establishing the new TIF
district during its April 13
meeting.
Submitted drawing
CITY OFFICIALS approved a preliminary plat earlier this week for
a Kern Addition in south Madison. The undeveloped property is
located north of Madison Regional Health System on the east
side of S. Union Ave.
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