Engagement Announcement for Swiftbird/Stapley



PFC Gunville graduates MCRD boot camp



PFC Gunville graduated from MCRD boot camp as an Assault­man  at San Diego on March 13th, 2015. Winston Gunville is a 2014 graduate of Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School. He is cur­rently stationed at Camp Horno, California then will proceed to training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty­nine Palms, California. His parents are Bill and Marga­ret Gunville. Grandparents are […]

Tiger enlisted in National Guard



Early childhood screening for children birth to pre-kindergarten age     



“The Dupree School District, in conjunction with Northwest Area Schools Educational Cooperative has scheduled its annual Early Childhood Screening For chil­dren birth To Pre-Kindergarten age. Screenings are scheduled to be held September 14th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm Mountain at Dupree School’s Old Gymnasium. This screening is free! It will assist parents and guardians in their child/children pre­pare for school. […]

Meeting Notice



The Dupree City Council will hold their September meeting on Tuesday, Septem­ber 8, 2015 due to the Labor Day Holiday on Monday. The meeting will take place at 7:00 p..m at the City Office.

Horses coming to State Fair need health papers issued within 48 hours of arrivaleling



PIERRE, S.D. – Vesicular Stom­atitis Virus (VSV) has been found at 29 locations in five counties in Western South Dakota since July 28, 2015. The disease causes painful blisters and sores on the mouth, nostrils, teats and feet of horses, cattle, swine and other livestock. To date, 27 of the prem­ises have affected horses, while two cattle herds have also […]

Student speak out against tobacco



J.D. Enright Timber Lake School “If you smoke in a car, it is 23 times more harmful than in a house because it is a smaller space. “Sneezing and coughing are side effects of secondhand smoke along with sniffling, sore throats and cancer of all sorts. This is brought to you by some­one who hates smoke.”

95th Annual Dupree Community Stew Picnic



The 95th Dupree Commu­nity Stew Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 13th, 2015 at the Lawrence Wood­ward Creek, two miles east of Dupree. The stew will be served at 12:00 Noon. Every­one is welcome. Bring something for the stew kettle and your own dishes and silverware and whatever else you may want to eat. The officers and cooks were […]

Prairie Strippers host two day retreat



The Faith/Dupree Prairie Strip­pers Quilt guild hosted a retreat in Timber Lake on August 28 and 29,2015. Two classes and Sew on your own were offered. There were 37 quilters from various towns in SD,: Mobridge, Glenham,Pierre, Draper, Mead­ow, Lemmon, Ipswich, Ethan, Belle Fouche, Timber Lake, Spearfish, Little Eagle, and Fort Pierre. Back row of Prairie Strippers that were here […]

Cover Crop Tour to be held near Bison



Have you been interested in trying cover crops, but don’t know what to Plant? You are in­vited to attend the first ever local Cover Crop Tour sponsored by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Plant Materials Center, (PMC) and the Perkins County Conservation District. It will be held Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm. The location of the tour […]