LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersTimber Lake Topic December 2, 1965 West River Chorus will present Handel’s “Messiah”The first presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” by the West River Chorus this year will be Sunday afternoon at Isabel.Accompanied by a tableaux enacted by...

Standing Rock Reservation Ministry chosen to receive Catholic Home Missions grant

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB)Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions convened this fall to review grant requests for the 2025-2026 year.The subcommittee awarded more than $7.8 million in grants for 69 dioceses and eparchies.

Wheels up to Wisconsin

John Templer, president of Western Dakota Bank at Timber Lake and Isabel, was happy to fly Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft home from Dallas after his recent surgery for an ACL injury. They flew from Texas’ Love Field to Green Bay in Templer’s Cessna Conquest I on November 17.

AG convenes task force to review state open meeting laws

By John Hulst SD SearchlightA 15-member task force established by South Dakota’s attorney general will review the state’s open meetings laws and ponder possible changes.South Dakota already has an Open Meetings Commission that reviews alleged violations of the state’s open meetings laws and can...

Little Eagle man earns prison time in burglary case

A 28-year-old Little Eagle man will serve nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to first degree burglary.Jett Allen Grey Cloud was sentenced Nov. 3 in U.S. District Court to serve 33 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100...

Fourth Circuit Court

Corson County, McIntosh November 17Trenton Durfee, 34, of Mesa, AZ, use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Fine and costs, $282.50 Maija Massey, 27, of Temple, NH, use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Fine and costs, $282.50 Samantha Mosbrucker, 46 of Bismarck, ND, speeding.

Eagle Butte man sentenced to six years in prison for assault

A 45-year-old Eagle Butte man convicted of assault resulting in serious bodily injury will serve more than six years in prison for the offense.Jody Jeremy Dupris, also known as Jeremy Jody Dupris, was sentenced to six years and four months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised...