CORRECTION: The Watchman has received updated information that the institution that Dr. Julie Nelson received her advanced degree is now called Northwestern Health Sciences University  Read more⏵

As directed by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, ABO along with public schools across the state was closed this week. Read more⏵

On Monday, March 2, sixteen ABO students attended the 2020 South Dakota Music Educators Association sponsored Festival Choir. This event, held in conjunction with five other sites around the s… Read more⏵

For their ‘Pillowcase Project,’ the South Dakota Department of the American Legion Auxiliary was commended by their national organization. The ‘Pillowcase Project’ was named the Best Children … Read more⏵

In two senses of the word, the Onida Fire Department celebrated a double Firefighter of the Year recognition. Read more⏵

Committed to improving lives, strengthening communities and fostering civic engagement through service and volunteering, the Central South Dakota Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is… Read more⏵

Aberdeen based Dakota Plains Energy along with their partner Terna Energy have been working with landowners in Cora, Fairview, Morton, and Rich Valley townships to assemble the 40,000 acres th… Read more⏵

“Basically, my farming experience got me the job,” said Travis Heuertz about working for the South Dakota Highway Patrol adding auxiliary equipment to their vehicles, or ‘upfitting.’ Read more⏵

As late as Friday, weather forecasters were predicting temps in the 40s for Saturday, February 8, the date of the Sully County Fair Board’s ‘Just Chili’n’ fundraiser for the hundredth Sully Co… Read more⏵

Lilly Paxton was named local champion at ABO’s local National Geographic Geography Bee held on January 31. Read more⏵

The ‘Just Chili’n’ chili cook-off this Saturday is the latest fundraiser the Sully County Fair Board is conducting as they look forward to making the 100th Sully County Fair in 2022 the biggest ever. Read more⏵

In solidarity with their classmate Blaine Duffel, the Sully Buttes Class of 2021 held a quilt raffle fundraiser, the proceeds to be used to defray medical expenses related to Blaine’s heart co… Read more⏵

The cast of the Sully Buttes One Act Play team invited the community to watch Monday evening’s dress rehearsal performance. A crowd of about three dozen watched the students bring their At the… Read more⏵

The stories of the community of Blunt and First Dakota National Bank – formerly Dakota State Bank – have unfolded side by side from the founding of the bank in Blunt in 1908 until its closing … Read more⏵

The early morning hours Monday were filled with the sounds of heavy equipment as county and city plow operators got to work clearing snow from streets and roads. Read more⏵

 On the road or at home, The Onida Watchman keeps readers informed. A popular photo feature, the Watchman on the Road, follows readers on their travels to places close to home, off the beaten … Read more⏵

For members of the Christian faith, Christmas is the day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and spend time with friends and family. Part of what makes the holidays so festive are the decor… Read more⏵

Two members of the Sully Buttes Oral Interp Team will perform their pieces at the State Oral Interp competition this Friday in Yankton. Read more⏵

Griffin Petersen has been selected as the next Drum Major for the Sully Buttes Marching Band. Read more⏵

Set the holiday season in motion by attending the 70th anniversary Christmas cantata on Sunday, December 1, at 5:00 p.m. at the Emmanuel Mennonite Brethren Church. The performance by the Sully… Read more⏵

The Sully Buttes stage was decorated Saturday for the 60th anniversary Sully County Snow Queen pageant in a manner that harkened back to the event’s earliest days: with Christmas trees and twi… Read more⏵

This Monday will mark 101 years since the Armistice that ended World War I. The Armistice went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918. Read more⏵

Through the American Legion Auxiliary’s Dictionary Project, Onida third graders recently received a dictionary of their very own. The goal of The Dictionary Project is to ensure that everyone … Read more⏵

Onida firefighters Danielle Rausch and Brian Ring spent Tuesday morning working with Onida elementary students on fire safety. Read more⏵

Longtime American Red Cross volunteer Nancy McKenney received Disaster Services Volunteer of the Year laurels during the organization’s Celebrating the Mission event last Thursday, September 26. Read more⏵

One of the first phone numbers residents of a certain age learned – perhaps even before learning their home phone number – was the number to call in case of fire, 258-2600.For more than five d… Read more⏵

Grant Johnson was crowned Emperor and Avery Weinheimer Empress at the 50th Sully Buttes homecoming last Thursday. Read more⏵

In spite of the three days of wind that beleaguered the community during the 2019 Blunt Fest celebration, turnout for the festivities was strong. Read more⏵

Sully Buttes High School will celebrate its 50th homecoming in 2019. Read more⏵

Judges of the Youth Talent Contest had their work cut out for them as area youth presented acts with flair Saturday afternoon 2019 Sully County Fair. Read more⏵

The Sully County Fair Board sponsored a salad supper last Wednesday to raise funds for the annual fair. Board members and friends decorated 16 tables and provided salads and “fair foods” for a… Read more⏵

Clover Buds leader Jackie Yackley relates that the week leading up to the Sully County Fair is very busy for 4-H club members Read more⏵

A salad supper to raise funds for the Sully County Fair will be held Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Center. Read more⏵

Seventeen youth and four chaperones from the Youth for Christ fellowship traveled to Denver in June for the Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection (DOOR) mission trip. The Onida… Read more⏵

The Sully County Fair is only four weeks away, and enclosed in this copy of the Onida Watchman, area subscribers will find the exhibit list for the fair. Read more⏵

The Sully Area Library summer reading program ‘A Universe of Stories’ concluded Thursday with a visit from the South Dakota Discovery Center’s digital planetarium. Read more⏵

The tour of Sully and Hughes cemeteries continued June 20 when the group of history enthusiasts ventured to the Mennonite and Pleasant Township cemeteries in East Sully. At both of the cemeter… Read more⏵

Forty years ago, in its June 28, 1979 edition, the Onida Watchman reported the triumphant return of the Sully Buttes Marching Band from the Red River Exhibition in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Read more⏵

American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State are the premier programs for teaching how government works, while developing leadership skills and an appreciation of the r… Read more⏵

The Children’s Western Wish Foundation named Onida sixth grader Mackenzie Nelson, daughter of Derek and Desiray Nelson, the CWWF Honored Princess at the PRCA Match of Champions Rodeo in Fort P… Read more⏵

Concert goers were greeted by the scent of popcorn in the air, and an opportunity to support the ABO music program through the free will donate concession stand. Decorations by the Guthmiller … Read more⏵

Sully Buttes students put a year’s worth of science learning into the projects they developed for the academic fair last Friday, May 10. Read more⏵

At the Wheat Land Lions Club’s end of year celebration and awards night Saturday, Brian Ring was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest honor that a club can bestow upon its members.… Read more⏵

In the American Legion Auxiliary Essay and Poem contest, Sully Buttes sophomore Justin Davey’s essay stood out among all entries at the local and regional levels, and was advanced for consider… Read more⏵

Members of the Sully Unit 79 American Legion Auxiliary were at Oahe Manor Sunday to celebrate with Alice West her 75 years of membership in the Legion Auxiliary. Surrounding Alice are Mary Sti… Read more⏵

Having grown up in Sioux City, IA, Sully County Conservation Officer Dylan Peterson says that summers spent at his grandparents’ home along the Bad River taught him appreciation for a rural se… Read more⏵

Blunt Mayor Bryce Chambers says that the berm that has been constructed along the east side of town has “saved every house in town.” Read more⏵

Artists in residence Kevin Earlywine and Jacqueline DeGraff of the Dakota Players last week conducted workshops with Blunt and Onida elementary students dedicated to the idea that drama is an … Read more⏵

The snow that blanketed South Dakota last week is forefront in everyone’s minds, but not forgotten are the icicle images readers sent in for the Watchman’s icicle contest. Read more⏵