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July 6, 2020 reporterandfarmer.com $ 1.30 includes tax Webster board Works on budget: 4 Fall sports Too early to tell: 6 Post 40 falls To Groton: 5 Inserts: Webster Ace, Mike’s Jack & Jill WEATHER Day County Sheriff’s Office High Low June 26 82 63 June 27 85 65 June 28 86 65 June 29 80 66 June 30 89 63 July 1 84 65 Precipitation: June 28, .21” rain July 1, NA on rain See the Public Notic- es on pages 9-10 for board and council minutes, school budget, notice to creditors, variance hear- ing and township weed re- moval notices. PUBLIC NOTICE PREVIEW WHAT’S UP We all need We all need someone who someone who has our back has our back Working from home College online Streaming movies Gaming Need more internet speed ITC has your back Call 1.800.417.8667. We'll get you up-to-speed! Food boxes available Day County Ministe- rial Association is spon- soring food boxes through the USDA Farmer to Fam- ilies Food Box Program. Boxes of produce, dairy and meat may be picked up Tuesdays, July 14-Aug. 25 at Webster Armory, 3-6 p.m. during food pantry hours. Drive-in movies Friday night drive-in movies featuring The Cho- sen series are being shown at Webster Armory July 10 and 17 beginning with a prayer at 9:45 p.m. These events are sponsored by Webster United Method- ist, St. John’s and Amer- ican Lutheran churches. See ad in this issue for more details. Methodist services United Methodist Church parking lot ser- vices at 11 a.m. continue through July on the south side of the Webster Ar- mory. Steak supper Waubay Fire Depart- ment steak supper is July 18, 4:30-8:30 p.m. at the fire hall. Council meeting City of Webster coun- cil meeting is July 6, 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall coun- cil room. Agenda includes public appointments and hearings at 7:00 bids pav- ing streets, 7:15 bids re- sealing streets, 7:25 hear- ing for variance; business items; building permits and executive session if needed. Andover is awarded loan for wastewater and storm water system improvements by Amanda Fanger [email protected] More than $1 million has been granted to An- dover through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund which will allow the westernmost Day County town to make improve- ments to their wastewa- ter and storm water sys- tem. The announcement was made last week by Gov. Kristi Noem. “It was very gener- ous,” said Andover Board President Ilene Helmer of the news. According to the press release, the Board of Water and Natural Resources approved a $1,168,000 loan which in- cludes $1,068,000 in prin- cipal forgiveness. The loan terms are 2.125 per- cent for 30 years, it stat- ed in the press release. Helmer said this means 91 percent of the loan is forgiven but the town will have to pay back the remaining approximate- ly nine percent. The loan will cover the estimated cost of the project. “I am pleased to an- nounce that the City of Andover will receive this assistance,” Noem said in the press release. “The funding will help the city make needed up- grades to its wastewater and storm water systems to better serve its cus- tomers and protect the Commissioners are looking into draining Waubay, Bitter Lake by Amanda Fanger [email protected] Turning an eye to- wards examples of oth- er counties’ success in draining lakes, Day Coun- ty Commissioners dis- cussed at their June 30 meeting the possibility and challenges with do- ing the same here. Commissioner Frank James said he felt the issue has been dropped for the past two decades when it should have been pursued all this time. “This is ridiculous. We dropped the ball for 20 years,” he said. “Just keep the pressure on. If they don’t know, ask ‘Who’s your boss?’” Those were instruc- tions he directed towards Bryan Anderson, Day County’s Officer of Emer- gency Management. Com- missioners informally authorized him to enter dialog with FEMA to pur- sue options for controlled drainage on the various bodies of water here. Day County State’s Attorney Danny Smeins also said he’ll be reaching out to Kingsbury County to learn what went into the process there of put- ting a controlled drain on Lake Thompson. “I think we just end up thinking it’s too big of a problem, then the water drops and we forget about it,” Smeins said. He point- ed out that this endeavor will need to be fact-driv- en. He suggested soil sam- ples from a specific area on the southeast edge of Bitter Lake could have been blown in during the dust bowl of the 1930s. “We may have other is- sues (than they had at Lake Thompson)... If it’s not a natural (drain) or there’s no record (of nat- ural flow).” Smeins said he be- lieves this isn’t the first time in recorded history that the lakes have been at a high elevation. For example, he said, “They talk about when they built Fort Sisseton, it was surrounded with water.” Commissioner Linda Walters maintained that when the 1999 water study was done in Day County, engineers ignored direc- tions of “old-timers” and took soil samples in the wrong places. She said those men who claimed that have now passed on. Anderson said he’s had brief contact with some individuals in Pierre, one person having been involved with the original documentation of the flooding. Anderson said when he shared that the edge of Bitter Lake is now three miles away from where it was then, telling the person of the current elevation levels, he said the person ex- pressed surprise. James said he thinks it would make more sense to figure out a solution to the flooding problem rather than keep spend- ing money on fixing roads over and over again. “Once you get a couple miles east, it’s all down hill,” Anderson said. In addition to the is- sue of draining the lake water out of the county, James said they need to Pasture party gets out of hand Commissioners discuss open air ordinance by Amanda Fanger [email protected] Day County Sheriff Ryan Rucktaeschel pre- sented a county ordi- nance from 2000, asking commissioners to look it over and decide if it needs to be retweaked. The ordinance related to open air events, such as one that occurred last month. Rucktaeschel said he’s not sure how many people attended the “Party in the Pasture” but said he felt more private security should have been hired to po- lice the event. “They’ve got to have security because Waubay Fun Fest is a go by Amanda Fanger [email protected] Organizers of the an- nual Waubay Fun Fest have taken a lot of time to decide if it will be safe to proceed with their event this year. Last week they announced the July 17-19 event, at this time, is a go. Secretary-treasurer for the Green Buffalo Club Sarah Bartelt said the organization finally made the decision based on seeing most every- thing else opening up again. While going for- ward, she said the event will look slightly differ- ent than normal because of safety precautions. Additional tents will be acquired, making for 8,000 square feet of shad- ed area. No events will be held indoors and hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the festival area as well as signage encouraging so- cial distancing. No indoor activities means the library will not be hosting anything and there will be no alumni display at city Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Fanger Nine-year-old Haylee Hesla splashes into the pool after coming down the water slide at the Webster Aquatic Center July 1. Children spent the afternoon splashing around and swimming, taking the opportunity to cool off from the heat and humidity. SPLASHING AROUND AT THE POOL See LAKES: 2 See PARTY: 12 See LOAN: 12 See FEST: 12
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July 6, 2020 reporterandfarmer.com $1.30 includes tax
Webster boardWorks on budget: 4
Fall sportsToo early to tell: 6
Post 40 fallsTo Groton: 5
Inserts: Webster Ace, Mike’s Jack & Jill
WeatherDay County Sheriff’s Office High LowJune 26 82 63June 27 85 65June 28 86 65June 29 80 66June 30 89 63July 1 84 65Precipitation:June 28, .21” rainJuly 1, NA on rain
See the Public Notic-es on pages 9-10 for board and council minutes, school budget, notice to creditors, variance hear-ing and township weed re-moval notices.
Public NoticePreview
What’s Up
We all need We all need someone who someone who has our backhas our back
Working from home College online
Streaming movies Gaming
Need more internet speedITC has your back
Call 1.800.417.8667. We'll get you up-to-speed!
Food boxes availableDay County Ministe-
rial Association is spon-soring food boxes through the USDA Farmer to Fam-ilies Food Box Program. Boxes of produce, dairy and meat may be picked up Tuesdays, July 14-Aug. 25 at Webster Armory, 3-6 p.m. during food pantry hours.
Drive-in moviesFriday night drive-in
movies featuring The Cho-sen series are being shown at Webster Armory July 10 and 17 beginning with a prayer at 9:45 p.m. These events are sponsored by Webster United Method-ist, St. John’s and Amer-ican Lutheran churches. See ad in this issue for more details.
Methodist servicesUnited Methodist
Church parking lot ser-vices at 11 a.m. continue through July on the south side of the Webster Ar-mory.
Steak supperWaubay Fire Depart-
ment steak supper is July 18, 4:30-8:30 p.m. at the fire hall.
Council meetingCity of Webster coun-
cil meeting is July 6, 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall coun-cil room. Agenda includes public appointments and hearings at 7:00 bids pav-ing streets, 7:15 bids re-sealing streets, 7:25 hear-ing for variance; business items; building permits and executive session if needed.
Andover is awarded loan for wastewater and storm water system improvementsby Amanda [email protected]
More than $1 million has been granted to An-dover through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund which will allow the westernmost Day County town to make improve-ments to their wastewa-ter and storm water sys-tem. The announcement was made last week by Gov. Kristi Noem.
“It was very gener-ous,” said Andover Board
President Ilene Helmer of the news.
According to the press release, the Board of Water and Natural Resources approved a $1,168,000 loan which in-cludes $1,068,000 in prin-cipal forgiveness. The loan terms are 2.125 per-cent for 30 years, it stat-ed in the press release. Helmer said this means 91 percent of the loan is forgiven but the town will have to pay back the
remaining approximate-ly nine percent. The loan will cover the estimated cost of the project.
“I am pleased to an-nounce that the City of Andover will receive this assistance,” Noem said in the press release. “The funding will help the city make needed up-grades to its wastewater and storm water systems to better serve its cus-tomers and protect the
Commissioners are looking into draining Waubay, Bitter Lakeby Amanda [email protected]
Turning an eye to-wards examples of oth-er counties’ success in draining lakes, Day Coun-ty Commissioners dis-cussed at their June 30 meeting the possibility and challenges with do-ing the same here.
Commissioner Frank James said he felt the issue has been dropped for the past two decades when it should have been pursued all this time.
“This is ridiculous. We dropped the ball for 20 years,” he said. “Just keep the pressure on. If they don’t know, ask
‘Who’s your boss?’”Those were instruc-
tions he directed towards Bryan Anderson, Day County’s Officer of Emer-gency Management. Com-missioners informally authorized him to enter dialog with FEMA to pur-sue options for controlled drainage on the various bodies of water here.
Day County State’s Attorney Danny Smeins also said he’ll be reaching out to Kingsbury County to learn what went into the process there of put-ting a controlled drain on Lake Thompson.
“I think we just end up thinking it’s too big of a
problem, then the water drops and we forget about it,” Smeins said. He point-ed out that this endeavor will need to be fact-driv-en. He suggested soil sam-ples from a specific area on the southeast edge of Bitter Lake could have been blown in during the dust bowl of the 1930s. “We may have other is-sues (than they had at Lake Thompson)... If it’s not a natural (drain) or there’s no record (of nat-ural flow).”
Smeins said he be-lieves this isn’t the first time in recorded history that the lakes have been at a high elevation. For
example, he said, “They talk about when they built Fort Sisseton, it was surrounded with water.”
Commissioner Linda Walters maintained that when the 1999 water study was done in Day County, engineers ignored direc-tions of “old-timers” and took soil samples in the wrong places. She said those men who claimed that have now passed on.
Anderson said he’s had brief contact with some individuals in Pierre, one person having been involved with the original documentation of the flooding. Anderson said when he shared that
the edge of Bitter Lake is now three miles away from where it was then, telling the person of the current elevation levels, he said the person ex-pressed surprise.
James said he thinks it would make more sense to figure out a solution to the flooding problem rather than keep spend-ing money on fixing roads over and over again.
“Once you get a couple miles east, it’s all down hill,” Anderson said.
In addition to the is-sue of draining the lake water out of the county, James said they need to
Pasture party gets out of handCommissioners discuss open air ordinanceby Amanda [email protected]
Day County Sheriff Ryan Rucktaeschel pre-sented a county ordi-nance from 2000, asking commissioners to look it over and decide if it needs to be retweaked. The ordinance related to open air events, such as one that occurred last month.
Rucktaeschel said he’s not sure how many people attended the “Party in the Pasture” but said he felt more private security should have been hired to po-lice the event.
“They’ve got to have security because
Waubay Fun Fest is a goby Amanda [email protected]
Organizers of the an-nual Waubay Fun Fest have taken a lot of time to decide if it will be safe to proceed with their event this year. Last week they announced the July 17-19 event, at this time, is a go.
Secretary-treasurer for the Green Buffalo Club Sarah Bartelt said the organization finally made the decision based on seeing most every-thing else opening up again. While going for-ward, she said the event
will look slightly differ-ent than normal because of safety precautions.
Additional tents will be acquired, making for 8,000 square feet of shad-ed area. No events will be held indoors and hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the festival area as well as signage encouraging so-cial distancing.
No indoor activities means the library will not be hosting anything and there will be no alumni display at city
Reporter & Farmer | Amanda FangerNine-year-old Haylee Hesla splashes into the pool after coming down the water slide at the Webster Aquatic Center July 1. Children spent the afternoon splashing around and swimming, taking the opportunity to cool off from the heat and humidity.
SplaShing around at the pool
See LAKES: 2
See PARTY: 12
See LOAN: 12 See FEST: 12
