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⏵

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⏵

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⏵

During the months of April and May, the Facebook group ‘I Spy With My Little Eye...OnidaEdition’ offered daily respite from sheltering in place and an opportunity to explore the community vica… Read more⏵

ABO administrators remind the public that commencement is a closed ceremony limited only to the graduates and their families. Read more⏵

It was a year ago that Blunt resident Sara Van Asperen saw posted a help wanted sign. “The Blunt Post Office needed help in the morning when my business was slow, so I took the job, and it pro… Read more⏵

As part of its arrangement to provide alcohol to Badlands Distillery for production of hand sanitizer, Ringneck Energy has made available to the community 250 gallons in order to combat the co… Read more⏵

The community is called to celebrate May Day Onida style and drag Main Friday night, May 1, starting at 8:00 p.m. Read more⏵

The Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) has selected Sully Buttes senior Shalie Weinheimer as one of the best and brightest from the Class of 2020 being recognized for their acade… Read more⏵

As a way to ‘capture life while everyone is quarantined safe at home,’ Bailey Nelson of Captured Moments by Bailey M photography studio announced in an April 7 Facebook post that she would joi… Read more⏵

South Dakota Secretary of State Steve Barnett announced today that his office will mail absentee ballot applications to all South Dakotans registered in the statewide voter registration file, … Read more⏵

With the arrival of warmer weather and dryer conditions, area residents are beautifying their properties, cleaning up their yards, sheds and garages in readiness for gardening and other spring… Read more⏵

In 2014, Josh and Katie Bakker arrived in Onida, a move that has been “absolutely good for our family,” said Josh. The Bakkers have two daughters, Sully Buttes 7th grader Payge and first grade… Read more⏵

Like many distilleries, Badlands Distillery of Kadoka switched gears from making bourbon to producing hand sanitizer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic shortage. Soon, demand for the sanitiz… Read more⏵

SBHS alum Caleb Shepherd has been a member of the Onida Fire Department since 2015 and had served as the department’s secretary for two years when he was elected Chief last December. “I’d alre… Read more⏵

At the start of their third week of being separated from their students, a Facebook post announced that ABO staff would parade the streets of Onda and Blunt in order to see their students whom… Read more⏵

In the wake of COVID-19 responses, Vitalant is urging schools, businesses, religious institutions and civic groups to continue organizing blood drives and individuals to continue donating bloo… Read more⏵

The Agar-Blunt-Onida school district announced on their Facebook page this week several measures administrators are taking to maintain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more⏵

WHEREAS  the Onida City Council has the authority pursuant to SDCL 9-29-1 to pass ordinances and resolutions for the purpose of promoting the health and safety of the citizens of Onida, and Read more⏵

NOTICE OF MEETING OF LOCAL REVIEW BOARDSDCL 10-11-13NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the governing body, sitting as a Review Board for the Cityof Onida, Sully County, South Dakota, will meet at the… Read more⏵

Onida First Grade teacher Susie Rilling has been named the Agar-Blunt-Onida School District Teacher of the Year. Read more⏵

John Hanson has been working since January as the Maintenance Manager at the Ringneck Energy ethanol plant. Read more⏵

The Onida Chamber of Commerce will welcome HairapheNailia, the salon recently opened by Diane Lorenz in the converted storage unit building south of the Phoenix Center, with a ribbon cutting a… Read more⏵

At their January meeting, the Agar-Blunt-Onida School Board elected to add a Student Advocate position to the elementary staff to work with kids to get them on track to school success. Student… Read more⏵

The Onida Watchman was on hand when the first kernels began their journey toward ethanol, and the Ringneck Energy ethanol plant began accepting corn. Read more⏵

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Lured by the simpler lifestyle a small town offers, Don’s Food Center cashier Sakara Topp moved to the community last September. Read more⏵

Tom Yackley says that when Sully 4H’ers went to the state 4H shoot in 2019, he saw some were competing in BB gun. “I asked about it, and it turns out, we already had the guns.” Read more⏵

Jennifer Kalmback came to the area by way of Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV and settled in Blunt. “I’ve been living in Blunt five years,” said Jennifer. She began working at The Corner convenie… Read more⏵