Tripp County had one new confirmed
positive case of COVID-19 on Monday.
There are 26 active cases in the
county.
Statewide, there were 287 new cases on
Monday with 96 probable.
Recently, the S.D. Department of Health
reported 10 South Dakotans have died due to COVID-19. That is the most virus
deaths reported in a single day since February.
The number of statewide active cases
has remained steady at 7,700.
New COVID-19 hospitalizations also
remain steady and there are currently 184 persons hospitalized with the virus.
South Dakota’s death toll stands at
2,125.
South Dakotans have increasingly sought
to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In the past month, 29,000 people have
gotten an initial vaccine shot.
About 51 percent of the state’s
population is fully vaccinated
A booster shot from Pfizer has been
approved and will be available to persons over the age of 65 and high risk
groups in the state.
Approval is still waiting for the
Moderna and Johnson and Johnson booster shot.
Services for Joyce Hermsen, 95, of Norfolk,
Neb., will be at Immaculata Monastery in
Norfolk, NE. The Rev. Allan Stetz O.S.B. officiated for the funeral Mass at
Immaculata Monastery in Norfolk on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. Graveside services were Monday, Sept. 27 at
11 a.m. at the Colome Cemetery. A luncheon followed at St. Isadore’s Catholic
Church basement, in Colome.
Joyce died on Sept. 22, 2021, at Faith Regional Services in Norfolk, NE. Brockhaus-Howser-Filmer Funeral Home in Norfolk is in charge of arrangements.
Joyce was born in Colome, S.D. on July 26,
1926, to Leon and Hilda (Stockman) Rehberg. She passed to eternity on Sept. 22,
2021, in Norfolk, NE.
Joyce graduated from Colome High School in 1943 and was married to
Albert Hermsen Jr. the same year. Joyce and Al made their home in Winner, S.D.
and had three children, Garry (deceased as an infant), Gayle (Sister Kevin) of
Norfolk and Gregory of Seattle.
Joyce was known as a great cook and
meticulous housekeeper. She and Al traveled extensively during their marriage,
visiting several countries in Europe and Asia. Al died in 1997 and Joyce
continued to live in Winner until 2014 when she moved to the Meadows senior
living facility in Norfolk, NE. She enjoyed having Sister Kevin closer and Greg
visited often from Seattle.
She is preceded in death by her husband Al;
infant Garry; her parents; and her two sisters, Shirley Mitchell and Mary
Olson. Joyce’s mother Hilda died while Joyce and her sisters were still small
children. They were raised by their maternal aunt, Clara Dedlow and her husband
Ed on a farm near Colome. Their cousin Earlean Dedlow was a special “big
sister” to them.
She is survived by her daughter, Sister
Kevin of Norfolk; her son, Greg of Seattle, WA; two granddaughters, Marissa Hermsen
of Seattle and Monica (John) Wisniewski of Bellingham, WA; three
great-grandsons, Elijah, Ashton, and Ezren Wisniewski.
Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Some of the members of the Colome Class of 1966 road in a stage coach in the Colome homecoming parade. The stage coach was built by Perry Bicek of Rapid City and it is believed this is the first time there has been a stage coach in the Colome parade. The Class of 1966 won first place for best class float.
Ryder Halligan had a successful day at the Winner
invitational golf tournament on Sept. 14 at Winner Country Club.
The WHS golfer shot a 77 to win first
place.
There were no team totals kept in the
invitational but Winner did place first
in the Big Dakota meet with a score of 342. In the Big Dakota, Chamberlain was
second and Mobridge-Pollock, third.
In the varsity Winner Invitational,
Maxton Brozik placed third. Karson Keiser was sixth, Kaden Keiser, seventh and
Carter Craven, eighth.
Landon Calhoon placed 12th.
There was both a junior varsity and
middle school division.
In the JV meet, Derek Fenenga took
first place. Masen Beehler took second and Brody Calhoon was seventh.
The middle school tournament was won by
Jalen Tideman of Winner. Levi Heenan placed third. William Jorgensen placed 7th
and Riley Peppel, 11th.
Submitted Photo Linkyn Petersek is the South Dakota Timed Event champion. He competed in the tie down roping, breakaway roping and steer wrestling. He won the average in the breakaway (6.18 on 2) and steer wrestling (10.7 on 2). He won saddles for each event, $2,000 and various other prizes.
Photo by Tessa Mann Winner High School is offering extra yearbooks for sale. Looking at some of the books are year book staffers Aleya Miller, left and Brindy Bolander.
Winner High School has extra copies of past yearbooks available for sale.
It is the perfect opportunity to pick up a book from each year you attended Winner High and “remember when” you and your schoolmates were all together!
If you are not sure if you ordered one, or can’t find it, here is your chance to regain old memories. The stories that can be told with those pictures, the “I wonder” that goes with the student photos, re-play all the games and school events with classmates, friends, and family. It can lead to hours of entertainment.
Copies of books currently for sale range between the years of 1993 and 2016, books are available for $10 each. Books from the years of 2017-2020 are available for $25 each. There is a very limited number of books available some years. Cash or checks will be accepted.
Checks should be made out to “WHS Yearbook.” You can contact Judy Duffy at the WMS/WHS Library between 8 am and 3:30 pm at 842-8125. All books are a first come first serve basis with the necessary funds gets the book.
Arrangements can be made to pick them up before coronation or after the parade on Friday.
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