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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.

TRIPP
Monday, August 17
The City of Tripp will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall.

DIMOCK

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.

Mission Festival at Immanuel Lutheran
Everyone is invited to the annual Mission Festival Services of Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Dimock Sunday, August, 16 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The 10 a.m. service will feature the Reverend Dr. Daniel Jastram, who was raised in a missionary family and spent his boyhood years on the mission field of Japan. He has served as a parish pastor and a professor of the Old Testament in the Concordia University System. He has spent several years now as a missionary in Southeast Asia based in Tokyo, Japan, serving with LCMS World Missions. His wife, Joan, is a native of Mitchell.
Following the noon meal, the Reverend Dr. Brian Mosemann, originally from White Lake, will preach at the 2 p.m. service. He has served throughout the years as a parish pastor and a Concordia University System professor in several different posts across the country and in England. He currently serves as pastor of the quad-parish of Menno, Scotland, Marion and Parker congregations.

Closing night
It hardly seems possible that another season of the Parkston Amphi-Thursday is over.

Summer Children's Theater performs The Fairytale Network
Local youth performed in the summer Children's Theater production of The Fairytale Network held at the Amphitheater Saturday, July 25.

National and local blood supply now at dangerously low levels
LifeServe Blood Center is calling on eligible donors to make an appointment to give blood immediately, after weeks of significant declines in donations have led to concerning shortages.

Results from the 2026 Hutchinson County Fair
The 2026 Hutchinson County Fair was held Wednesday, July 29 to Saturday, August 1, at the Hutchinson County Fairgrounds in Tripp.

How to get students excited about a new school year
A new school year presents a wealth of opportunities for students.

How to minimize distractions during study time
Digital technology may have impacted life for the better in many ways, but the same devices that educate, entertain and connect users can distract students at every turn.

Back to school safety checklist
As summer draws to a close and children start heading back to school, family life can get pretty hectic.

Prairie doc
Allergies during pregnancy
Pregnancy is such an incredible state of anticipation.

How SD hospitals fared in the latest quality ratings
Two hospitals in South Dakota were rated “below average” in 2026 based on a regular review of patient care and medical outcome benchmarks set by the federal government.

The end
Another season of the Parkston AmphiThursday has come to an end.

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