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Dozens of area teens take part in “Identity by Design” at the CRYP Passion for Fashion

Dozens of area teens take part in “Identity by Design” at the CRYP Passion for Fashion

Dozens of area teens take part in “Identity by Design” at the CRYP Passion for Fashion

The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 25th Annual Passion for Fashion event, also known as Wačhípí kta Iglúwinyeyapi (Youth Get Ready for the Dance), took place Saturday, March 8, at CRYP’s Cokata Wiconi Teen Center.Twenty-eight youth in grades 7-12 attended, along with nearly 30 family members of all...

LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersIsabel Dakotan March 25, 1915The snowplow arrived Tuesday morning.

TRAIL CITY NEWS

On Monday night, Rod Harlow was over to have supper and visit Chuck and Marsha Aberle at their house.Bill and Lynn Hahne were invited to and attended the National World Electric Conference in Atlanta, GA for 3 days.
Techs from Municipal Pipe Tool Co. were cleaning sewer lines March 11 but the work was interrupted after several residents had sewer back-up in their homes.

Techs from Municipal Pipe Tool Co. were cleaning sewer lines March 11 but the work was interrupted after several residents had sewer back-up in their homes.

Timber Lake city sewer project starts, stops

Following a pre-construction meeting with engineers and contractors on March 10, the Timber Lake City Board, at its regular meeting that evening, approved documents to get the water and wastewater projects started.However, one of the contractors, Municipal Pipe Tool Co., began work on the sewer...

Isabel to contract out street maintenance, snow removal

The town of Isabel wants to contract out street maintenance and snow removal rather than hiring someone to replace Robert Martin, who unexpectedly resigned as maintenance supervisor last month to pursue other opportunities.At a meeting last Tuesday, March 11, the Board of Trustees approved the...

Takini community due to threat from fast-moving fires

The community of Takini and the Takini School were evacuated last Monday, March 10 due to multiple large, fast-moving wild fires that were fueled by dry conditions and high winds.Fire crews from about 20 area communities and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, as well as other agencies, battled the...
With efforts underway to upgrade and improve the Isabel Community Center, Sioux Falls centurian and former Dewey County resident Ruth Schmidt made a generous contribution to the project.

With efforts underway to upgrade and improve the Isabel Community Center, Sioux Falls centurian and former Dewey County resident Ruth Schmidt made a generous contribution to the project.

Isabel Community Center project receives sizeable contribution from former resident

A former resident of Isabel, Firesteel and Timber Lake surprised Isabel community officials earlier this month with a $10,000 contribution and instructions to use the funds toward replacing and updating the heating cooling system in the building.Ruth Schmidt,100, of Sioux Falls explained in a...

Denver drug dealer draws lengthy sentence

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced last Thursday, March 6, that a 34-year-old Denver, CO woman convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance was sentenced to serve more than two decades behind bars.Rikki Renee Barrowman, also known as Juree T Rials, was sentenced to...

MN man going to prison for delivering methamphetamine to SD reservations

A 40-year-old Mountain Lake, MN man convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced Feb. 25 to more than 10 years in federal prison.Francisco Javier Mendez was sentenced in U.S. Circuit Court to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release,...