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COMING EVENTS
PARKSTON
Food Bank Distribution: First and third Tuesday of every month, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; NEW LOCATION: 106 East Main Street, back room of Meraki Boutique. Use the entrance in the alley.
Feeding South Dakota: Third Thursday of every month, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Salem Lutheran Church parking lot.

Monday, April 13
The Parkston School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Elementary Conference Room.

Tuesday, April 14
The City of Parkston will meet in City Hall at 7 p.m.

TRIPP
Monday, April 13
The Tripp-Delmont School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Tripp Attendance Center.

Tuesday, April 14
Tripp American Legion Auxiliary Meeting will be held at 3 p.m. in Commander's room.

DIMOCK
Monday, April 13
The Town of Dimock will meet at 7 p.m. at the Dimock Community Hall.

AREA
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Ethan Methodist Church basement. For more information, call 605-770-5410.

Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Please use the north entrance. For more information, call 605-505-0310.

Tuesday, April 14
The Hutchinson County Commissioners will meet in the Courthouse in Olivet at 9 a.m.

Parkston School Board to meet April 13
The Parkston School Board will meet Monday, April 13, in the Elementary Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.
Preliminary agenda items include: Call to order; establish a quorum; Pledge of Allegiance; open forum/public input; approve agenda/changes to agenda; conflict of interest; approve Consent Agenda-approve March minutes, approve claims, approve contract, approve resignations; information/staff reports-high school principal, elementary principal/athletic director and superintendent; discussion items-Policy Review first reading IFB, IFD, IGA, IGAA, IGAB, Policy Review second reading IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, Policy Review third reading HH, HJ, HL, HN, HO, discuss Capital Outlay project quotes for 2026 to 2027, discuss administrative rule waiver for granting high school credit; action items-approve financial report, approve 2026 to 2027 school calendar; executive session-Negotiations: SDCL-1-25-2-4 discuss board proposal options; and adjournment.
The Parkston School Board wants to foster community feedback and input. Anyone who wishes to talk to the board about any topic is encouraged to do so. A place on the agenda is reserved for such conversations under 'visitor and correspondence.' The Board asks that you contact the superintendent in advance so that necessary arrangements, if required, can be made.

Hello Mr. bunny
Even the Easter Bunny made his appearance, to the delight of the children. The event was moved from the East Park to the Parkston gymnasium due to the weather.

Key moments from the first GOP gubernatorial debate
The four candidates vying for the Republican nomination for South Dakota governor met last Tuesday in Sioux Falls in the first of three debates scheduled before the ne primary election.

Three South Dakota governor debates scheduled
South Dakotans will have three chances in the next month to watch the four Republican candidates for governor take part in debates that will be televised statewide.

Essay winners
The American Legion Auxiliary presented certificates and checks for the first and second place winners of the Americanism Essay contest that the Parkston sixth graders participated in during teacher Jon Huber’s Social Studies class.

DWU announces 2026 Performing Arts Hall of Fame inductees
Dakota Wesleyan University will soon enshrine its third class of honorees into its Performing Arts Hall of Fame.

PRAIRIE DOC
There’s no place like home: Home Safety Evaluations
In my role as a hospitalist, I am always happy when a patient is healthy enough to be discharged.

On the hunt
The snow missed us again, but the cold, windy, winter weather returned over the past Easter weekend.

Key moments from the first GOP gubernatorial debate
The four candidates vying for the Republican nomination for South Dakota governor met last Tuesday in Sioux Falls in the first of three debates scheduled before the June primary election.

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