News

Zion Lutheran has a new pastor and secretary, and we get to know Pastor Corey Scott, Rich Holzapfel has been hard at work with his grandson Finnlay on the train room in the museum, and we continue our coverage of last week's council and school board meetings. Plus, Prairie Rose Community Fund awarded nearly $40,000 in grants and scholarships to local organizations and students, and more!

This week is Sunshine Week, a time where newspapers across the country highlight transparency and open government. City Council, School Board, County Commission, and State Legislature are all covered in this issue. Also, the Youth Wrestling participants had fun at districts, with 12 heading to State, Jesse James 4-H has been busy, and the 3rd grade girls basketball team had a Cinderella season you won't want to miss reading about!

The Exercise Place is settled in at its new location down at Depot Square, an overview of 624 Main Ave and how it's such a "treasure", and local landowners had a meeting to organize against the proposed CO2 pipeline. Plus, the Blue Dragon Basketball team wrapped its season last week and Youth Wrestling Districts were held in Garretson, plus much more!

The contract of Principal and Football Coach Chris Long was terminated at the end of a special meeting last Wednesday, election petitions are in...

Community go-getter Kris Frerk was honored with an award for Regional Economic Development Champion for her work promoting Garretson, the Garretson School Board approved...

We continue our look back into the 1990's by checking out a couple of headlines and articles from 1995, the year that Jesse James...

The Garretson Middle School held its annual science fair and came away with co-Grand Champions, the latest COVID-19 cases in the state are back...

The GHS Lady Dragon basketball team won the Big East Conference Tournament this past weekend, the first tournament win since the 2010-11 season. Also,...

The community is invited to Garretson High School's One-Act Play, "Big Bad," on Sunday. They participated in region competition yesterday. Plus, the city council...

An infrastructure company held an informational meeting regarding a CO2 pipeline they are looking to install near Garretson and were met with mixed reception,...

We continue our look back over the news stories of 2021, the Garretson School Board takes a wait and see approach regarding COVID mitigation,...

Happy New Year! We look back on the news covered in the first half of 2021. Plus, Garretson's long-time maintenance officer retired, the Minnehaha...