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P.O. Box J
205 West Main Street
Parkston, SD 57366

605-928-3111
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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.

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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.

Parkston Meals on Wheels drivers for March
Parkston Meals-on-Wheels drivers for March are:
Monday: Dean and Donna Schaefers.
Tuesday: Michael Boyle family and Merlyn Tiede.
Wednesday: Tom and Karen Weiss.
Thursday: Glennis and Deb Stern.
Friday: Mark Morehouse and Darren Bigge.
Saturday: Jari Mahoney.

Give back to your community with a blood donation in March
When communities come together, lives are saved.
The next local drive is the Tripp-Delmont High School Blood Drive, Monday, March 2, from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 203 South Main Street.
Schedule your lifesaving appointment by visiting lifeservebloodcenter.org or by calling 800-287-4903.

The Little Things in Life Matter
Scott named V.F.W. Elementary Teacher of the Year
Parkston Elementary first grade teacher Jody Scott believes in the profound impact that the little things we do can have on a person's life.

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The Parkston-Ethan-Hanson-Mt. Vernon Royals returned home with the second place trophy from the Class A State Tournament. Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting | ©2026 SDPB | Craig Wollman

Wrestling coach Dan Bonte accepts the sixth place tropy at the State Dual Tournament. Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting | ©2026 SDPB | Tim Tushla

Flash flooding across the country means water damaged cars could flood the market
Vehicles across the country can be trapped in rising and rushing flood waters this year.

ASB first in world to pilot new rural trauma team development
Avera St. Benedict Hospital has made history as the first site in the world to receive and pilot the newly updated Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC), an internationally recognized program to strengthen trauma response in rural areas.

PRAIRIE DOC
Accidents happen, but being prepared saves lives
Many of us have been there before—near the top of a ladder, stretching just a little farther to finish the job.

That's a bingo
A warm spring day brought out a group of people for a meal and an afternoon of Bingo.

Student interest in South Dakota energy programs on the rise
In South Dakota, where the state's proportion of clean energy production is the highest in the country, students are taking advantage of growing energy workforce needs.

School seeks another look at six-man football
At its last meeting, the board of directors of the South Dakota High School Activities Association was asked to once again consider the feasibility of adding a six-man classification to high school football.

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