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The Andes Central School District School Board earned the highest honor for their board work during the 202425 school year.
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Nyla Zastrow, age 85, passed away on October 27th, 2025 surrounded by her family, at her home in Columbia. Funeral Services were held Monday, November 3 at Columbia UCC with pastors Jon Damaska and Eldon Reich officiating. Burial followed at Lakeview Cemetery, Columbia. Spitzer-Miller Funeral home of Aberdeen was in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the MakeA-Wish Foundation.
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Glenn W. Carlson, 78, of Lake Andes, formerly of Chicago, passed away peacefully after valiantly fighting battles with cancer on Friday, October 10, surrounded by his family. He was born in Chicago to the late Ruth (Nee Hellgren) and John W. Carlson.
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The October 29, 2025, Rotary meeting was brought to order by Rotarian Rachel Woods who played many roles for the meeting— President, Song Leader and Program Chairperson. We were once again fortunate to have four Senior girls from the Wagner Community School attending. Brooklin Nielsen whose parents are Jessica Davis and Greg Nielsen. She plans to attend Southeast Technical college in Mitchell after graduation and study for Dental Assistant. Shana Lensing’s parents are Ron and Trish Lensing, and she plans to do something with the horse industry. Adison Cuka’s parents are Tyler and Larissa Cuka, and she would like to attend SDSU for Pre Vet. Kyliana Lovell’s parents are Guy Lovell and Fury Rouse, and she plans to help at home and with other enterprises in which she is already interested.
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With the uncertainty of the state of our government, the Wagner American Auxiliary and Wagner American Legion know what an issue food security may become this next month in our community. We want to help and support our community and its residents which include many Veterans and children, through this stressful and difficult time. We held a food drive at the Wagner American Legion Hall Sunday, November 2nd from 11 a.m. -1 p.m.. Everything gathered will go directly to the Wagner ROCS food pantry to help stock the shelves in preparation for the upcoming month. We are so lucky to live in a generous community that helped us collect a pickup truck bed load of food donations. Auxiliary members pictured are Barbara Kucera, Raquel Foster, and Sandy Seiner.
Read moreThe Good Samaritan Society – Wagner is nearing the final stages of its much-anticipated renovation project, with resident moveins expected to begin in late November and continue into December, according to Katie Davis, Vice President of Operations for Good Samaritan Society.
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