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The Area I and II Spring Community and Family extension Leaders will be held on Friday, April 26, 2024 in the NVN Senior Center, 120 3rd St, Newell, SD, starting with registration between 9:30-10:00 AM. The theme is “Bloom with Grace”. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting. Speakers will include at 11 AM, Mental Awareness […]
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Amber Shaykett Middle School Jerome Fergen, Upper Elementary, and Lainey Sheeler, Lower Elementary High SchoolJayden Tesch, Jenna Yule Not Pictured: Lily Niles, Middle School
Continue ReadingNEWELL—Newell High School’s sophomore class hosted a Carnival Fun Fair at the middle school gym on Friday, April 26. The gym was transformed into an entertainment center full of carnival game favorites, including tic-tac-toe frisbee, darts, face painting, bowling, bottle rings, a cake walk, and plenty more. Tickets were sold at the door to take […]
Continue ReadingNEWELL—Students from Newell School District came back from the 96th State FFA Convention with several awards. The convention was held in Brookings from April 18-20 to celebrate the accomplishments of South Dakota’s 6,347 FFA members and 111 FFA chapters. The three days were “filled with achievement, inspiration, and a passion for agriculture.” Awards are listed […]
Continue ReadingWIT Coalition Too Good For Drugs is an Evidence Based Curriculum that Sabrina was able to bring into the Newell Middle School Students this semester. Students are taught to live safe, healthy and drug-free lives. The Too Good For Drugs (TGFD) program introduces and reviews a series of skills to prepare children to make healthy […]
Continue ReadingNEWELL—Due to inclement weather, Newell’s middle school and high school track meets in Sturgis and Lemmon have been cancelled or postponed. Upcoming high school track meets include Wall on April 29 at 10 a.m. and Kadoka or Howard Wood in Sioux Falls on May 3. Middle school meets will be April 30 at 8 a.m. […]
Continue ReadingDenise Schipke-Smeenk Denise grew up on the Schipke sheep farm and graduated from Newell High School in 1972 with 66 classmates. She just returned from AZ where she met up with several classmates for a balloon ride to celebrate the fact they survived 70 years. Friends throughout her life are some of Denise’s most treasured […]
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Taffy Howard Dakota Scout Guest Columnist On Feb. 27, Americans across the nation celebrated National Term Limits Day. National Term Limits Day celebrates the ratification of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, setting a limit of two four-year terms for American presidents. Until Franklin Roosevelt, no president had served more than […]
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Chess team First Place Winners
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On Tuesday, April 9 an election took place at the Belle Fourche Community Hall. The election was held to let the community decide who should be the mayor, who should serve on the city council and who should be on the school board. After the polls closed the ballots were counted by hand. Ballot counting […]
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