There will only be a Winner city election in one ward on April 12.
The date for filing petitions for the city election was on Friday Feb. 25.
The election will be between Joe Hockett and Roger Farley in Ward Two. Incumbent council member in this ward Val Sherman is not seeking re-election.
Mayor Jody Brozik is unopposed and will serve another term in office.
In Ward One, Ron Sprenkle is the only person who took out a petition. Councilman Justin Schuyler is not seeking re-election. Sprenkle will be the new councilman in Ward One.
In Ward Three, incumbent Austin Klundt is the only one seeking election.
Winner School Board
The Winner School Board will have an election this year. There are five candidates running for three positions on the board.
The deadline for filing petitions for the school board was Friday, Feb. 25. The school board election will be held April 12 and will be combined with the city of Winner.
Seeking a position on the school board are Julie Manke, Scott Meiners, Jon Barfuss, Corey Audiss and Lynnelle Anderson.
Manke and Meiners are the incumbents.
The polling place will be in the Winner city council chambers.
Colome Consolidated School Board
The Colome Consolidated School Board will have no election this year.
Filing a petition for a two year term on the board was Brian Jorgensen.
Matt Bolie who was appointed to a two year term on the board did not seek re-election.
Serving a three year term will be Brett Galbraith, incumbent and Cole Shippy. Incumbent Joel Kosan did not seek re-election.
Colome city
The city of Colome will have an election for mayor this year.
Seeking election are incumbent mayor Brad Hill and his challenger is David Witt.
Petitions were also filed by the Feb. 25 deadline for the three council wards.
Filing in Ward One is David Duffy; Ward Two is Tara Beckers and Casey Harter and Ward Three is Kelly Leighton, Victor Senter and Kelly Dougherty.
The city election will be held April 12.
Ward 1: David Duffy
Ward 2: Tara Beckers & Casey Harter
Ward 3 Kelly Leighton, Victor Senter & Kelly Dougherty
Mayor: Brad Hill, Incumblent & Dave Witt
Election is set for April 12 at the Colome Fire Hall
Funeral services for Tom Graesser, 100,
Dallas, will be held March 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Prairie View Gospel Barn,
Gregory. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery, Gregory.
Visitation is one hour
prior to the funeral.
Carol Zimbelman, 83, of Winner, SD passed away on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at the Winner Regional Healthcare Facility in Winner, SD.
Funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Winner, SD. Private family burial was held prior to service.
Carol Rae (Hughes) Zimbelman was born on Nov. 28, 1938 to her parents Ray V. & Clara Hazel (Talcott) Hughes at the family home in Winner, SD. Carol grew up in Winner and attended elementary and high school in Winner.
On Nov. 20, 1955 she married the love of her life Allen Lee “Fritz” Zimbelman at the First Christian Church in Winner, SD. Carol married in her senior year and in February of 1976 when Fritz gave his life to Jesus and decide to become a minister she completed her high school degree and obtained her GED, preparing for the move with her husband into Central Bible College, thinking about and planning on some college courses to take with him. God had other plans.
Carol has always been very active in her church in Winner and all the churches that Fritz pastored. In Winner she was the President of the local CWF and also served 2 years as the South Dakota State President of CWF. She has served as a deacon and elder in her church until her death.
In her married life she had to move many times because of her husband’s ministry changes, so over the years she had established and maintained many new households, and over the years she has had children in some phase of school for 39 years. Carol was an excellent student of the Bible and has taught many Bible Study classes over the years. For 22 years Carol provided the program and favor for the Easter Prayer Breakfast. She would spend many hours thinking about and creating the favor to go with that year’s program theme.
After having breast cancer in 2012 she joined fellow survivors in the Sisters and Survivors, a Breast Cancer Support group. She also loved sewing and quilting many projects over the years. She was always ready to patch any jeans, coats etc. until the patches on patches couldn’t hold anymore.
Carol’s family was always so important to her and her family continued to grow frequently. Grandma Carol was a mom and grandma to all who came to the Beauty Shop. Her smile would always light up the room. She loved visiting, laughing & spreading God’s love whenever she had the opportunity.
Preceding her in death are her beloved husband Fritz, grandparents, parents, son Bradley Zimbelman, brothers Lyle, Robert & Ross Hughes, sister Mary Martin, and sister in laws Dixie Hughes & Joanne Hughes and numerous aunts and uncles.
Remaining to remember her are children: Bonita (Joel) Juillard, Sioux Falls, SD; Douglas Zimbelman, Winner, SD; Mark Zimbelman, Winner, SD; Susi (Duncan) Brown Riedl, Winner, SD; Matthew (Rev. Amy) Zimbelman, Colorado Springs, CO; daughter in law Liz Zimbelman, Rock Rapids, IA. Carol has 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. As well as an honorary daughter, Karen McIntosh, Gregory, SD.
She will be missed by everyone who knew her, but praise God she is joined by Fritz and Brad with our Eternal Father in Heaven.
Mike “Wheels” Gassen of Bellwood, NE died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 at his home surrounded by family.
A visitation/prayer service was held on Sunday, Feb. 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. at St. Isidore’s Catholic Church in Columbus, NE.
A visitation/prayer service will also be held March 3 from 5-7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gregory, SD. Memorial service will be held on March 4 at 10:30 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gregory, SD with graveside service and lunch at Mary Vale following.
Michael James Gassen was born on March 2, 1948, in Gregory, SD to William “Bud” and Marie (Tlustos) Gassen. He was the first of six children. He graduated from Gregory High School in 1966 before attending the University of South Dakota at Springfield where he graduated with degree in business education in 1972.
He was united in marriage to Beverly Miner of Gregory, SD on June 23, 1973. He began his teaching career in Wynot, NE before returning to Gregory to raise a family. Mike spent time in the automotive parts business before returning to his passion of education. He taught for a number of years in Bonesteel before becoming a full time guidance counselor in the Gregory school system. All throughout his teaching career Mike coached multiple sports, but loved coaching football, baseball, and golf most of all. Mike was always volunteering in the community and giving back. He participated in such things as the Chairman of Gregory County Hope Society, JC’s, Commercial Club, Knights of Columbus and multiple other organizations.
Mike’s family was the most important thing in his life, especially his 10 grandchildren. After retiring from teaching in 2013, Mike and Bev moved to Bellwood, NE to be closer to their grandchildren, and enjoy lake life. He always had a few ones in his wallet for the grandkids, and really enjoyed giving them golf cart rides around the lake. Mike had a unique voice and ability to connect with people wherever he went.
He was preceded in death by his children Jason and Landee; parents William and Marie; sisters Dianne Vedral and Nancy Ekroth; nephew Brian Ekroth; and his maternal and paternal grandparents.
He is survived by his wife Beverly of Bellwood, NE; three children: Jeff (Ranee) Dix of Commerce Township, MI; TJ (Laura) Gassen of Columbus, NE; and Jed (Kimberly) Gassen of Columbus, NE. His grandchildren: Brianna and Bethany Dix; Gabriel, Emilia, Savannah, and Henry Gassen; and Matthew Wills, Noah, Grace, and Joshua Gassen. He is also survived by his two brothers: Matt and Kelly, one sister Peggy Cassidy, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends.
Madaline Watzel, a senior at Winner High School, recently earned her state FFA degree. This is the second highest degree in FFA.
Watzel’s Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) consisted of working on her family ranch. She put in over 1,000 hours into it over the course of four years.
She feeds, doctors, hays, fixes equipment and markets the cattle from her parent’s feedlot. Each year she has grown her skills and kept documentation of it in order to apply for this award.
Watzel is the daughter of Dean and Barb Watzel.
“Madaline is a hard worker and has rightly earned this degree,” said Nicole Roth, Winner FFA advisor.
“It shows her dedication to FFA and she has reaped the benefits of having a supervised agriculture experience in the many skills she has gained including a strong work ethic, dedication and an understanding of and appreciation of agriculture,” said Roth.
Watzel will be recognized on stage at the state FFA convention in April.
“We are so proud of her for accomplishing this honor,” said Roth.
In the final NCAA Division II Coaches Rankings prior to the postseason, the Northern State University wrestling team came in with 11 points and receiving votes in the team poll. In addition, three Wolves are ranked individually including No. 11 Kolton Roth (141), No. 8 Wyatt Turnquist (149), and No. 10 James Burks (157).
Turnquist posts a team best 16-2 record in 2021-22 with nationally ranked victories over No. 4 Speelman of Augustana and No. 7 Bailey of UIndy. In addition, the junior is 9-0 in NSIC action and holds a team best four technical fall wins.
Northern State competes next Saturday, Feb. 26 from the NCAA Super Region V Tournament in Moorhead, Minn.
Shirley Ann Winter, 85, passed away on Feb. 19, 2022 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.
Due to Covid, a private family service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 at the United Methodist Church in Winner, SD. Burial will follow at the Winner City Cemetery.
Shirley was born in Tripp County on March 16, 1936 to Anton and Ila (Kappelman) Rehak. There were three daughters in this family, and Shirley was the middle child. As a youngster, Shirley enjoyed and told stories about helping her father on the farm and riding around the field on the drawbar of his tractor. She attended school in Winner.
She was united in marriage to Ralph Winter on Dec. 19, 1953. To this union, two daughters were born, Victoria and Valarie. She was a homemaker until her daughters were school age. Following this time, she began working for Lenker Agency, then a few years later at Home Federal Bank in Winner.
Shirley spent many hours riding on the back of a motorcycle with her husband, Ralph, across the country, visiting all the states west of the Mississippi River. They also enjoyed traveling in their retirement years to Alaska and Ellis Island.
After Ralph’s passing, she moved to Rapid City, to be closer to her daughters.
She is survived by her daughter Valarie (Steve) Lien of Rapid City; son in law Lon Harter of Sturgis; three grandchildren, Eric (Jason) of Dell Rapids, Amy (Chris) of Wall, and Jamie (Matt) of Brookings; six great grandchildren, Sunny, Sean, Berkeley, Calder, Hazel, and Lola; sister Bonnie Brown of Winner; and many nieces and nephews.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Ralph, daughter Vickie Harter, grandson Reed Lien, her parents Anton and Ila Rehak, and her sister June Nelson.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials made to the Winner United Methodist Church, PO Box 526, Winner, SD 57580.
Jerry Kemp, 78, of Colome, South Dakota passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at the Winner Regional Health Care Facility in Winner, South Dakota.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 at 1 p.m. at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner, South Dakota. Burial will follow in the Winner City Cemetery in Winner, South Dakota. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services.
Jerry Arthur Kemp was born on Feb. 21, 1943 at Garner, Iowa to Arthur and Grace (Nuehring) Kemp and passed away on Feb. 15th, 2022 at the Winner Regional Hospital.
Jerry and his family moved to Clearfield, South Dakota in 1947. Having moved several times, Jerry attended various country schools and graduated Winner High School in 1961.
Jerry was married to Norma Schmidt and to this union, Todd was born. Jerry then married Cindy Heese, and he adopted her son Michael.
After high school, Jerry worked for the PV Elevator in Winner. Later he worked for the Tripp County Highway Department, where he drove a road maintainer for several years. As owner of Kemp Trucking, he bought and sold hay for several feedlots.
Jerry was a friend to Bob and Joy. A few years after Bob passed away, Jerry invited Joy and her family to his annual Memorial Day cookout. Jerry loved to cook and was quite good at it. He took pride in his cooking.
Jerry and Joy were married June 30, 2007 at Calvary Chapel Church south of Colome, South Dakota.
Gardening with his dad was very important to Jerry and even more so was sharing the produce with family and friends.
Jerry enjoyed his cattle, especially at calving time. He liked taking Joy and his faithful dog, Bud, along to check on them. If Joy couldn’t go with him, he brought her a bouquet of wild flowers, lilacs, or a blooming branch from his orchard.
Jerry was a member of the New Apostolic Church in Ainsworth, Neb.
Preceding Jerry in death were his parents, Art and Grace, many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Jerry is survived by his wife Joy; his two sons Todd and Michael (Crystal) and family. His sister Judy Kelsey of Sundance, Wyo. and her families: Aaron (Ellen) Kelsey and family of Alaska; Adam (Yun Hui) and daughter of Arizona and Melissa (Jonathan) O’Brien of Arizona. A stepdaughter Brenda (Tad) McClanahan and son, and a stepson George A Shippy and family, both from Colome, South Dakota. Aunt Inez and Uncle Bruce Dunbar from Missouri, Uncle Keith and Aunt Wilma Nuehring from Iowa and numerous cousins.
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