Baltic News

Today, it is bare land where unused tennis courts were recently torn down along Highway 114 through Baltic, or Lovely Avenue.

Performance Paint & Auto Body just west of Baltic is under construction to expand the building.

Summer is here, and that means kids are riding their bikes around town. The Baltic Summer Recreation Program and Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department teamed up to hold the first-ever bike rodeo on Thursday to teach children about bicycle safety.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter A group athletic training program that recently began in Baltic will keep several students active through the summer.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter After two years of celebrating the town celebration Dawg Days of Summer, the annual Baltic community gathering is facing an end because of a lack of help with organizing it, city officials and past Dawg Days organizers say.

The city's new summer youth director has spent the last month busy preparing activities for the 2009 Summer Youth Recreation Program.

By Elizabeth Reiss and Alan Van Ormer A Baltic Elementary School teacher was selected as the Baltic School District's 2009 'Teacher of the Year' recently.

Erling Engstrom of Brookings will celebrate his 81st birthday Monday, June 1. Greetings may be sent to 2043 Arbor Ridge, Brookings, SD 57006.

By Alan Van Ormer Beacon editor Baltic students will have a new food service company providing them breakfast and lunch after the Baltic Board of Education awarded a food service management contract for next year to Taher, based in Minnetonka, Minn.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Tax increases in Baltic appear to be inevitable if a proposal to build a swimming pool at Baltic Heights Park becomes a reality, city officials told a committee that is pushing to build a swimming pool.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Twenty-seven Baltic High School graduates will turn their tassels and receive their diplomas on Saturday afternoon.

By Alan Van Ormer Tribune editor Area communities are adopting resolutions to come into compliance with a federal regulation requiring communities that provide utility services to have an identity theft program.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Decorated with twinkling lights, bright shiny masks hanging from real trees and a castle with a drawbridge, the prom theme 'Midnight Masquerade' was celebrated as the sound of high heels and loud music could be heard from the Baltic High School gym Saturday evening.

Weeks after lawmakers voted against closing the campus of the South Dakota School for the Deaf in Sioux Falls, administrators struck a deal that soon might leave them with no alternative.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Baltic is beginning to take steps toward implementing a Geographic Information System to improve the management of city infrastructure.

Clean-Up Week next week Clean-Up Week for the City of Baltic will be held May 4-8. Many items will be picked up at the curb side free of charge.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter When Rick Nielsen talks, students listen. The inspirational speaker, magician, juggler, humorist and author came to Baltic School for an assembly Thursday and delivered a message of hope to students in grades four through 12 in a most entertaining way.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Those who wish to nominate someone for a newly created Hall of Fame at Baltic High School have until next week to do so.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter Teachers, parents, students and members of the community will get together April 24 at Baltic School for the 15th annual Parent Teacher Organization Carnival to raise money for the school district.

By Elizabeth Reiss Beacon reporter The Baltic City Council authorized the city to apply for federal stimulus money for two projects last Wednesday during its regular monthly meeting at City Hall.