By Kevin Thranow

Several community members attended last week’s regular meeting of the Mission City Council at which the fate of open council seats was to be decided. Daniel Brave and Frank Iron Heart, who have previously stated their interest in the two positions for which terms expired at

By Kevin Thranow

The overcast day provided a sharp contrast to the brightness of the mood inside the St. Francis Indian School gym last Sunday when 40 seniors put on caps and gowns - many with beautiful and intricate beadwork and other decorations - and received their high school diplomas. In

By Rich Winter

During St. Francis Indian School’s 8th-grade graduation last Wednesday, each of the students was asked to stand up, grab a flower and give it to someone special in their life.

St. Francis 8th-grade student Josephine Menard grabbed her flower, headed directly to her family

By Kevin Thranow

There have been a number of graduation ceremonies in the area recently, and a few more yet to come. But one may stand out as a particularly auspicious occasion, the first 8th grade graduating class of Sapa Un Catholic Academy in St. Francis, which took place outdoors on the St

By Kevin Thranow

While the rest of Todd County High School’s Emergency Medical Services class was off in Sioux Falls at the state track meet last Friday, the two remaining students, Shanelle Lone Dog and Arvish Bhinder, were learning how to dismantle an automobile.

Mission Volunteer Fire

SAN FRANCISCO - Several area members of the Boys & Girls Club photography program presented their collaborative work “Star Stories” at the California Academy of Sciences’ “MAX [Media Art Xploration] 2019: A Space Festival” in San Francisco last weekend.

Based in

By Rich Winter

In August of 2012, then Todd County Middle School counselor Robert Critchlow marveled at the group of 6th-graders he met for the first time that fall. From the moment he saw the group sticking together, excelling at everything and carrying themselves with a different confidence

“Stay Active - Stay Healthy” is the theme of this year’s 33rd Annual Elder Games, which will again be held at the old track field at St. Francis Indian School, this Saturday, May 25. This event was created by Sicangu Elderly Concerns in 1986, and has been sponsored by Sicangu