Conde News

A South Dakotan and two other men are dead after a floatplane crashed in Alaska on Saturday.

The hardest times in life can bring about some of the biggest changes. One couple in Conde has learned that lesson the hard way.

The Conde Public School District will dissolve instead of consolidate with neighboring school systems. via Argus Leader

“One obstacle we have is the state's minimum of 100 students that are needed to keep the school open”

ROGER KASA/PLAINSMAN Craig Schroeder, newly-elected mayor of Doland, stands by his NorthWestern Energy truck in the NWE east parking lot in Huron. via The Plainsman

Eleven more school districts have offered their support for a lawsuit against the state of South Dakota over education funding. via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

“He is perfect. We could not ask for anything more, absolutely blessed”

The odds were against him. Landon Conder weighed just 15 ounces when he was born. via KTNV-TV Las Vegas

“I sort of feel like the Conde of the Congress”

State lawmakers who won't make some exceptions for small schools are unfairly taking the decision away from local leaders and voters, according to Rep. via Rapid City Journal

“I always thought when I was a little kid, man, I can't wait to be in high school. You know because high school kids they are the coolest but Conde, not going to happen now”

There are four kids in this math class, Conde is a small school but in the fall of 2009, it won't be a school at all. via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

In an opinion column published in last week's Journal, Conde sophomore Autumn Sanderson wondered why state legislators wanted to legislate the closing of the state's small schools. via Marshall County Journal

“As long as prices remain competitive, I expect that ethanol use will only increase”

By Steve Miller, Journal staff Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol now is facing competition from higher blends of ethanol, which backers claim provide more power and better ... via Rapid City Journal

“We have underfunded education since 1996”

The South Dakota Legislature convenes next month in Pierre for the opening of its annual session, but Bon Homme school officials revealed Monday night the district might not have reserves left by then. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

“When we have classes of three to five to seven I think is the maximum size class that we have, that allows that teacher to provide some very necessary one-on-one instruction to those students and our test scores reflect that”

The proposed Keystone Pipeline could pay a lot in taxes to 16 South Dakota school districts it would run through. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Facing a proliferation of sandwich board signs popping up outside Center Street businesses - some illegally - the Village Board on Monday took steps to control the situation in the central business district. via Buffalo News

A 44-year-old Conde woman convicted by a Brown County jury of firing a rifle at her neighbor has been denied a new trial. via Rapid City Journal

“We wanted a smaller, unpopulated area to raise our daughter, a place where we could get to know our neighbors.”

News-Democrat Jan and Mark Conder were living in Belleville's Villa Madero subdivision 18 years ago when they decided to look for a place in the country. They chose Southridge, then a new Shiloh subdivision, to build their three-bedroom ranch with a finished basement.

'The brick we chose is called rose range tudor. You have to love the names of things,' said Jan.

Theirs was one of two homes on Locust Drive. Most of the street was still wooded with locust, persimmon and oak trees.

The neighborhood grew and their daughter Katherine, now 18, made friends nearby. These days, some neighbors have grown children. Others are young parents who they see walking by as their children ride bicycles. Read more