• Expected to be operational in 2024, Summit Carbon Solutions will be the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world Read more⏵
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Ringneck Energy CEO Walt Wendland has announced the company’s plans for partnering with Summit Carbon Solutions to make the clean energy produced in the plant even more environmentally friendly. Read more⏵
After four months working a variety of shifts at The Corner in Onida, Thea Swanepoel has been named night manager. Read more⏵
The Agar-Blunt-Onida School District will join districts across the state to thank school board members for their leadership and dedication to our schools and communities during South Dakota S… Read more⏵
In a Facebook post Sunday, Lexie Rauch issued a shout out ‘to all of Team Senftner. Way to show up and show your support.’ Read more⏵
Rory Mennenger and Kim Wickum are taking to heart the ‘and more’ element of their business name – Crazy B’s Tees and More – with the addition of greeting cards, balloons, giftware and wine to … Read more⏵
The Onida Fire Department received their new truck over the weekend. Read more⏵
In the fall of 2019, Jamie and Jen Nye announced their plans to retire from operating Nye Lumber and their hope that another entrepreneurial man or woman would be interested in acquiring the b… Read more⏵
Brittany Gilbertson says that in addition to her interactions with customers, she appreciates having the flexibility the job offers for her family. “Carrey [Smalley] caters towards family, and… Read more⏵
Bowdle native Micaela Mennenger has made her home in Onida for more than seven years. “I’m originally from Bowdle but moved here in the fall of 2014.” Read more⏵
For 2021 Sully County Junior Snow Queen Lilly Paxton, the first weekend of the South Dakota Snow Queen Festival in Aberdeen was “really fun.” Read more⏵
The Corner is Onida’s one-stop station for gas, food, snacks, and most importantly: friendly faces. Read more⏵
Searching for a job in the new age is a tougher task, as many businesses have been closing or taking extra precautions amidst the pandemic. As for Nick Wiley, he was just in time to secure a p… Read more⏵
When lifelong friends Carrie Jo Howard and Leann Weischedel set their dreams of owning a store into motion by establishing the 3 Friends store in Onida, their friends worried it might ruin the… Read more⏵
From insurance agent to agency manager, with hobbies included, BankWest Insurance's Lee Kinney has been in the insurance game for fourteen years now, counting ten years of manager experience u… Read more⏵
When construction of the courthouse began in 1911, county commissioners had installed the very latest in office innovations including telephones and fireproof vaults, and envisioned a building… Read more⏵
For more than twenty years, a hunting party comprised of extended family and friends from Marietta, OH has made traveling to Sully County to hunt pheasants an annual tradition. Read more⏵
Rural America’s low population density provides us access to beautiful, wide-open spaces and a remarkable quality of life, but it creates significant challenges in the delivery of healthcare s… Read more⏵
Hailing from Nebraska, Cory Hildebrandt has been the Location Manager of CHS Midwest Cooperative since February of this year. Prior to accepting the position, Hildebrand spent two years in Pie… Read more⏵
For the Oahe Grain elevator, Onida native Kyle LaFurge says that being the “IT guy” is among his duties. Read more⏵
Of 1,103 registered voters in Sully County, 942 ballots were cast resulting in 85.4% voter turnout, nearly twenty percentage points greater than the statewide turnout of 66.7%. Read more⏵
The South Dakota Emergency Medical Services Association (SDEMSA) has named the Onida Fire Department Ambulance Emergency Medical Service of the Year. Read more⏵
On October 14, the Sully County Public Safety Network (SCPSN) alerted the community to the closure of the Ash Avenue/185th Street railroad crossing for long overdue repairs to the crossing. Read more⏵
The first item of business for the Agar-Blunt-Onida school board Monday was executive session, and when they returned to regular session, the board voted to accept the resignation of Superinte… Read more⏵
At a dedication ceremony Tuesday, Roger McGruder and Leo L. McGruder revealed the African American Homesteaders Historic Marker, which commemorates the contributions of Norvel Blair and the Mc… Read more⏵
Amanda Maier will soon mark her first year of working as a teller at BankWest. Read more⏵
Leann Weischedel grew up in Blunt and graduated Sully Buttes in 1976. Soon after, she located with husband Allen to their farm northwest of Onida. The family moved to Onida in 1994 while their… Read more⏵
Jackie Yackley has for the past 25 years been one of the faces at Sunrise Bank Dakota. Read more⏵
Mike Wolforth spent his grade school years attending school in Agar, attended high school in Gettysburg for two years and then graduated Sully Buttes. He enrolled in Lake Area Tech’s building … Read more⏵
Brooke Jacquot of Onida has announced that she will begin a new family daycare business in her own home on Monday, August 24. The daycare will be cutely named ‘Little Deer’s Daycare.’ Read more⏵
A trio of Blunt Junior Firefighters, 8th grader Ely Heuertz, and 6th graders Bryson Heuertz and Ryley Sprinkel spent the waning days of summer at the Sully County Fair manning the concession s… Read more⏵
Two members of the Onida community were diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, bringing the total number diagnosed in the county since the pandemic began in March to three. Read more⏵
Sully County Commissioners meeting in special session on Friday, August 7, hired by a 3-2 vote Planning and Zoning Administrator Janet Schmahl to serve the county as Director of Equalization (… Read more⏵
Several Sully County employees are in quarantine due to close contact with a person identified as having COVID-19. Read more⏵
To help defray the medical expenses that resulted from her lengthy hospital stay in May, a GoFundMe crowdfunding site has been set up for Onida native Valerie Knodel at https://au.gofundme.com… Read more⏵
Nothing is stopping the Sully County Fair from having it’s now 98th annual celebration, but with that continuation comes regulation. Read more⏵
The 2020 harvest has started, and there are very promising results coming from Tim Luiken, the manager of Oahe Grain and Corey Hildebrandt, new manager of CHS Midwest Co-op. Read more⏵
The 2020 blood drive will be going a little differently this year, in a very positive way. This year, all blood donors participating in the blood drive will receive COVID-19 antibody testing. … Read more⏵
When she was just six years old, Laynee Brandt’s parents Paul and Tammie Brandt acquired the Bunkhouse bar and restaurant in Agar. “I grew up in here,” said Brandt, who for the past eight year… Read more⏵
Members of the Agar-Blunt-Onida school board heard the Superintendent Kevin Pickner’s “very fluid, tentative reopening plan” during their regular meeting Monday, July 13. The plan was develope… Read more⏵
In the year since the Ringneck Energy ethanol plant opened, the company has endured a rocky start and a pandemic, and come out on the other side sleeker and ready to meet the needs of emerging… Read more⏵
As the year of 2020 passes by, so does the 74th anniversary of the Onida Municipal Airport. The year was 1946 when the groundwork of the municipal airport first started, and after its completi… Read more⏵
If there’s one thing that some people forget about others, it’s the fact that everyone is born different. One factor that more and more people forget is that some people were born with a devel… Read more⏵
Since last Monday, June 22, a painting crew from Alabama has been in Agar painting the watertower. Read more⏵
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sully County Fair Board has determined that the 2020 Fair will go on as scheduled. Read more⏵
Kellie Yackley is currently serving as the director of St. Mary’s Foundation, but come July 1, she will lead a philanthropy team as Community Giving Officer for the Avera Foundation, where she… Read more⏵
Ringneck Energy Chief Financial Officer since January 2019, Danci Baker says that she saw in Ringneck Energy a company that fits with her passion for agriculture. “I am fiercely loyal to ag,” … Read more⏵
The headline in the June 3, 1920 issue of the Onida Watchman reads ‘O.E.S. Instituted Here Last Week.’ Read more⏵
As a whole, South Dakota Legislative District 24 turned out voters at a higher rate than the state average of 25.34%. Comprised of Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, and Sully Counties, Sully had the high… Read more⏵