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Timber Lake City Board

Timber Lake City Board

Timber Lake City Board

The Timber Lake City board reorganized in May, where a new member, Ty Traversie, who won the seat in the April election. The board is pictured at the September 8 meeting with new finance officer, Jennifer Bollinger, who replaced Karla Nordyke.

Day hopes to fill medical service gap with new telemedicine clinic

When Horizon Health closed down its clinic location in McIntosh earlier this year, Melissa Day worried about patients she had been seeing for years.She tried to figure out how to provide service to the healthcare gap created in her community by the closure.Day is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a...

Cole Elshere among 2025 Casey Tibbs Foundation honorees

Faith cowboy Cole Elshere will be among the honorees at the 36th Annual Casey Tibbs Foundation Tribute Dinner scheduled Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre.Each year, the Casey Tibbs Foundation pays tribute to six individuals who have exemplified and...

Eagle Butte Airport on list to receive weather cameras

The Eagle Butte Airport is one of several that may get a weather camera installed at their facility.The South Dakota Dept. of Transportation and the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission have been reaching out to airports across the state to gauge interest in operating an aviation weather...
Acting Tribal Health Director for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Molly Longbrake explains the time and effort that went into developing plans for a new substance abuse treatment center in Eagle Butte. CRST officials recently broke ground for the new facility. Photo by Warren LeBeau

Acting Tribal Health Director for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Molly Longbrake explains the time and effort that went into developing plans for a new substance abuse treatment center in Eagle Butte. CRST officials recently broke ground for the new facility. Photo by Warren LeBeau

Breaking ground

Timber Lake School menu

Monday, September 22: Breakfast: Waffles, juice, fruit, and milk. Lunch: Chicken fajitas on softshell, broccoli, peaches, and milk.Tuesday, September 23: Breakfast: Pancakes, juice, fruit, and milk.
S.D. Humanities Council delivers 13,000 free books to S.D. third graders

S.D. Humanities Council delivers 13,000 free books to S.D. third graders

S.D. Humanities Council delivers 13,000 free books to S.D. third graders

The South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC) has delivered more than 13,000 free books to third graders across South Dakota as part of its annual Young Readers program.This statewide effort ensures that every third grader – at every public, private, tribal, and home school – receives a high-quality,...

LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersTimber Lake Topic September 3, 1915The first Dewey County Fair was a big success. For four years, beginning with 1911, Timber Lake had held an annual birthday celebration to commemorate the selling of the lots on August 15,16,17 in 1910.

THANK YOU

We would like to say THANK YOU to the Isabel Fire Department and the Dupree Fire Department for helping put out the tractor fire we had. It is very much appreciated. It is wonderful to know that we have great crews to help out in these situations.