Armour News

Governor Mike Rounds has awarded more than $1 million in grants to recreational trails across South Dakota.

Football should have been the occasion, based on the 40-degree temperature. But about 150 people, bundled against the chill and seeking patches of sunlight on the VA Medical Center lawn, celebrated the U.S. military Saturday at an Armed Forces Day ceremony that has become a tradition at the facility.

Also re-elected to second terms were: Rev. Gene D. Bauman of Spearfish, S.D., first vice president.

At least 10 school districts in the Mitchell area are making or considering cuts or taking other measures to trim their budget in difficult economic times.

Members of the South Dakota Horizons project team from Armour will provide free health screenings for students on April 29 at the Armour School.

The Armour Elementary gym was abuzz as children filed in Tuesday morning. Most weren't quite sure what the commotion was about, but each child proudly displayed a blue ribbon and presidential seal in anticipation of the morning's school-wide ceremony.

CHEERS to the forward-thinking approach taken by some high school students who plan to head off to college.

Myron Mogck, a bus driver for the Parkston School District, says he's driven Highway 44 between Armour and Parkston for a dozen years.

The South Dakota legislative committee that will put together next year's state budget decided Tuesday that tax collections will fall short of what state economists have predicted.

One didn't have to go far in the city Friday to find mega bargains at the start of the three-day Sioux Falls Area Super Sale.

It comes as no surprise that Roy and Bobbi Toole had their first date in a coffee shop.

By Monica Wepking, Editor The 45th annual Military Ball, sponsored by Det. 3 155 Engineering of the South Dakota National Guard, will be held Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the National Guard Armory in Wagner.

Students from Andes Central, Armour, Avon, Bon Homme, Bonesteel/Fairfax, Burke, Corsica, Dakota Christian, Gregory, Hanson, Menno, Parkston, Plankinton, Platte/Geddes, Scotland, Stickney, Tripp-Delmont and ...

The deepening shortage of money has affected the 2009 session of the Legislature before it even opens at noon today.

New clerk of courts Barbara a oeBarba McKean says Davison County court offices are busier than she expected.