The Sully County Historical Society, formed just five months ago, was issued a $90,000 fundraising matching challenge by an anonymous donor. Read more⏵

Kelsey Swift arrived in the community in the spring of 2019 with her family of then boyfriend Josh Swift and sons Zakary and Christopher. “There was an opportunity for Josh at Ringneck Energy,… Read more⏵

Tim Gruis was named Firefighter of the Year by the membership of the Onida Fire Department and received a fire axe award during the Fireman’s Ladies Night event Saturday. Read more⏵

A Sully County Highway Department crew erected signs to indicate two recently passed county ordinances: a speed limit ordinance and a dynamic braking ordinance. Read more⏵

Troy and VeaBea Thomas are fourth generation operators of East Sully’s Thomas Ranch. Read more⏵

Representatives of consulting engineers SPN have surveyed and marked several Onida streets targeted as the next to be improved in Phase 3 of the city water and sewer project. Read more⏵

Valerie Chicoine is coming up on eighteen years of service at CHS. She says that although she had little knowledge of grain farming, she has enjoyed “getting to know so many people.” Read more⏵

Maci Fessler has for the past three months been serving the local BankWest branch as the Business Development Officer. Read more⏵

An anonymous donor has pledged to match all gifts toward the Sully County Courthouse dome restoration project received by June 1 up to $90,000 according to the Sully County Historical Society. Read more⏵

Brittney Schiefelbein has been a part of the American Family Insurance family since May of 2004, and currently runs the Brittney Schiefelbein Agency LLC for Onida, Pierre, and Gettysburg. Born… Read more⏵

• Expected to be operational in 2024, Summit Carbon Solutions will be the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world Read more⏵

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⏵

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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⏵

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⏵

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⏵