Community
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Huron Area Arts Council, Huron Event Center announce Christmas tree winners
HURON A team of judges met Sunday afternoon to evaluate the current years collection of exhibits in the annual Huron Event Center/Huron Area Arts Council Christmas Tree competition. Prizes were awarded for Most Beautiful and Most Original in two classes, General and Youth. An over all Best in Show winner…
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Heartland Cuisine – Iroquois United Women in Faith
The Iroquois United Women in Faith unit at United Methodist Church is small but active. They host monthly dinners after worship, and those freewill donations are what they use to fund their many missions. Recently they had a yearly fundraiser event to support the Abbott House. Lots of soup and…
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Elks raise money for suicide prevention
Huron Elks Lodge No. 444 raised more than $7,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. From left, are Lodge secretary Rick VanVleet, Laura Jones, Annette Bowen, Duane Laufmann and Dennis Bennett.
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Hegg Brothers Holiday Jam is tonight
HURON The curtain is set to go up for the The Hegg Brothers Holiday Jam at 7:30 p.m. tonight, in the Huron High School Auditorium. The show is the major fundraiser for the Huron Youth Advisory Council, an organization made up of youth in the Huron area, which provides grants…
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Local author releases new Christmas book
James Jesser of Iroquois has the perfect stocking stuffer for anyone who loves to read. He has written two Christmas stories, The Inheritance and Three Wisemen and a Cranky Angel, which have been printed into one book titled, Festive Tales. Originally, The Inheritance was written for the Kingsbury Journal, but…
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Shopping for others’ Christmas cheer
Youth from Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Huron purchased 20 Angel Tree gifts Sunday at Walmart. The youth earned the funds to purchase the gifts through the churchs annual soup and sandwich fundraiser in October.
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HBOR gives to Salvation Army
Huron Board of REALTORS members presented clothing items to the Salvation Army on Friday. After the presentation, members helped organize and distribute the items for each family in need. Front row, from left, are Salvation Army Office Manager Kaylee Martin, Angie Uttecht, Molly Hopper, Laurie Smith, Crystal Hofer, Amy Fullerton…
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Iroquois hosts annual Christmas celebration
The weather was beautiful for horse drawn wagon rides last Sunday afternoon during the annual Christmas celebration in Iroquois. Tim Sullivan, owner of the Ingalls Homestead, brought one of his teams of horses to Iroquois to give rides about town. Young and old enjoyed the open-air rides and then warmed…
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Forty years of service recognized
Rollin Walter of Iroquois was recently recognized for his 40 years of service to the City of Iroquois. Walter was presented a plaque for his service, by The South Dakota Water and Wastewater Association. This was supposed to be a fill-in job, Walter joked of his longevity. I remember that…
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Impaired driving informational event set
HURON There is a special event set for Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the basement of Community Counseling Services, at 88 3rd St. SE. Titled Life of Death Impaired Driving the campaign is hosted by prevention specialist Kennedy Appel and will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at CCS.…
