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Bill and Marchell Phillips played in a pool tournament at Prairie Knights Casino this past weekend.On Saturday, Esther Hahne went with her daughter, Joy Voegele of Aberdeen, to Bismarck for Christmas and grocery shopping.Peyton and Rylan Keller went to Bonnie Keller's house in Mobridge to help her...

LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersIsabel Dakotan December 2, 1954Two Isabel hunters, Fred Ley and Edwin Klingman, became lost in the wooded area near Whitewood during a snow flurry while hunting deer.

Kids write rhymes

I have fun in the snow, I can run in the snow. Kyrie Lemburg Though the leaves fall, We throw the snow ball. In the winter it blows, In the dark it glows. Brandee Larson The snow glows, The snow blows.Christina Mulloy The snow glows, and it snows.
Castaneda

Castaneda

Timber Lake Community Daycare sold

The Timber Lake Community Daycare has been sold to the owner of a local home-based daycare who plans to incorporate the two businesses into one and expand capacity.Micaela (Hulm) Castaneda, owner of Tiny Tots Daycare in Timber Lake, has agreed to purchase the Community Daycare from Timber Lake and...

Districts working to sustain vocational programs at NWAS

The eight school districts that make up the Northwest Area Schools Multi-District are faced with making some changes if they are going to maintain the vocational program that has been in operation since 1973.As the yearly assessments for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Multi-District are...
Members of the Timber Lake School Board are (l-r) Tyrone Kraft, president Jake Kraft, Brandon Heck, Doug Lawrence and Joe Locken. File photo by Jon Flatland

Members of the Timber Lake School Board are (l-r) Tyrone Kraft, president Jake Kraft, Brandon Heck, Doug Lawrence and Joe Locken. File photo by Jon Flatland

The survey says:

The Timber Lake School Board reviewed the results of a school-wide survey on switching to a proposed 4-day school week last Wednesday, Dec. 11, which shows respondents are nearly evenly split on the issue.The total of 141 parent/guardian surveys submitted was the best response the district has had...

State reviewing Isabel request to lower speed limit

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has begun the process of reviewing Isabel’s request that the speed limit on the portion of Highway 20 that runs through the community be reduced from 35 mph to 25 mph.Town officials requested the reduction in response to complaints about...

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds’ staff will be visiting local communities

Staff from the office of U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) will be conducting outreach in the communities of Dupree and Timber Lake to assist residents with any issues they may have with federal agencies.“South Dakota is filled with many strong communities,” said Rounds.

Jury finds Mahto man not guilty of assault charges

A federal jury in Aberdeen acquitted a 42-year-old Mahto man last Wednesday, Dec. 4, of charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.Raymond Webb was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2023 on charges stemming from an alleged incident that...