Government offices in Winner will be closed on Monday, Jan. 2 in observance of the new year’s holiday.
Since New Year’s falls on a Sunday this year offices are closed on Monday.
The Tripp County Courthouse and library will be on Jan. 2.
The Winner city office will be closed Jan. 2.
All state and federal offices in Winner will be closed Monday for the holiday.
The Winner Post Office will be closed Jan. 2.
Financial institutions in Winner and Colome will not be open for business on Jan. 2.
There will be no noon meal served at the senior citizens center on Jan. 2.
Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services will be closed Jan. 2.
The Winner Advocate newspaper office will be open Jan. 2 in order to get the paper out for the week.
Persons are hoping for relief from blizzard and frozen conditions that have gripped Tripp County and the state.
After Winner received 25 inches of snow and more in the rural area, plus enduring days of non stop blizzard a week ago, round two hit Dec. 22 through Christmas Eve.
This time in addition to the blizzard there were dangerous wind chills. At one time on Thursday the wind chill in Winner was at -59. Very dangerous to be outside in these conditions.
Visibility was a major issue as the wind whipped the snow around.
Again, law enforcement officials were dealing with cars, trucks stuck on highways.
Sheriff Shawn Pettit said Friday afternoon plows are attempting to open up roads. “There are still vehicles in the roadway and a semi that we are not able to remove,” he said.
The Tripp County Courthouse and library were closed Thursday and Friday.
Interstate 90 was closed between Sioux Falls and Rapid City. The interstate was reopened from Mitchell to Sioux Falls at 7:30 a.m. Christmas Eve.
The interstate from Mitchell to Rapid City was opened earlier.
Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order officially declaring an emergency for the winter storms that have been impacting South Dakota on Dec. 22.
“My
administration has been assisting county and tribal governments in the local
response to the ongoing winter storms across the state,” said Noem. “Under the
direction of the office of emergency management, we will continue to help all
of South Dakota’s communities get through these storms together.”
The state emergency declaration detailed the impact of the storms, which have
resulted in multiple days of sub-zero weather conditions across the state.
As high winds moved east, low visibility and drifting snow were worsening. What Winner and Tripp County had on Thursday moved east to the Sioux Falls area on Friday. The storm caused widespread hazardous travel conditions and road closures due to zero visibility.
The emergency declaration claimed that due to these conditions the normal flow of school, mail and commerce traffic was interrupted.
The
South Dakota National Guard was activated pursuant to the statewide emergency
and resources are needed to provide additional assistance to the tribes.
One of the guard’s immediate missions is hauling available firewood from the
Black Hills Forest Service to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Other missions helped
the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Sunday afternoon into the evening Winner received strong wind. Snow was very limited in the overnight hours.
Noah Running Horse, 39, of Ideal, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022 at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 at noon at the Shekinah Glory Chapel in Ideal, SD. Burial will follow in the Ideal Cemetery in Ideal, SD. Wake services were held on Monday, Dec. 26, and Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 7 p.m.at the Shekinah Glory Chapel in Ideal, SD.
Noah was born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD to Wayne & Kathryn Running Horse Sr. on June 16, 1983. He was airlifted to Sanford Medical in Sioux Falls on Oct. 12, 2022. He fought long and hard until he was transported to Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls where he went to sleep. He was 39 years old.
Noah went to school at Ideal grade school and Winner High School. He lived out to Big Ol’ Ideal with his parents. He loved life and lived it to the fullest. Noah loved playing fastpitch softball. Everywhere he went he made friends. He loved his family very much.
Noah is survived by his wife Dana, his children Jeff Running Horse & Angel Running Horse, his grandson Roland, his stepson Zachary, his parents Wayne & Kathryn Running Horse Sr., his siblings Frances “Running Horse” Cook, Loren Running Horse, Anna (Abe) “Running Horse” Stanford, Wayne Jr. (Geraldine) Running Horse, Calvin (Connie) Running Horse, Kelly Star Chief Sr., Chris Traversie Sr., his younger siblings Katelyn, Reuben, & Kayla (Jacob & Jonah Eli) Running Horse, his nephews, nieces, and takojas, his aunts, and uncles Arlie & Gerald, Neil & Grace, Al & Shirley, Glen, Linda, Marion & Joe, Buzzy, Harold & Richard, and his grandmother Jeanette Shaving Bear.
Noah is in heaven with his grandparents Eli and Baby Sallie “Black Crow” Swalley, Clifford & Ruth Old Lodge and Fenton Shaving Bear, his uncles Manny O., Calvin Old Lodge, Lawrence Old Lodge, Larry Cortez, Melvin Running Horse, Reuben Running Horse & Butch Pawnee, his aunts Vi “Old Lodge” Medicine Eagle, Tree “Old Lodge” Long Crow, Iris Siers, Judy Erickson, Dolly BB, Vera Siers, Lou G., Freda Bordeaux, and Velma Little Eagle.
Funeral services for Alvin Hannahs, 87, Gregory, will be held on Dec.29 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Gregory. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. There will be a prayer service Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. at Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home.
Alvin Franklin Hannahs was born on May 27, 1935, to Gordon LeRoy and Delia (Ronfeldt) Hannahs on a farm outside Gregory, SD. He was the sixth of nine children. Alvin grew up in the Burke and Lucas area and attended school through the eighth grade.
After his school years Alvin worked for various farmers until enlisting in the Army in 1957. Alvin served most of his active Army days in Germany. After returning to the states and being discharged to active reserves, he met and married Katherine King on Dec. 16, 1959, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burke, SD. To this union three children were born: Kathy Lynn, Kenneth Alvin, and Lana Mae.
After his marriage Alvin worked for several different farmers, then in 1963 moved to California for one year working as grounds keeper on the Indio Golf Course. In 1964 he moved his little family back to Gregory and worked for Gregory Redi Mix and Concrete. Beginning in 1971 Alvin was self-employed for a couple of years before going to work as a semi driver for several different companies and then as an owner-operator. After totaling his semi in an accident, he went back to hire out as a machine laborer (self-employed). After working part time to supplement Social Security Alvin retired from Malloy Electric (farming). Alvin never really retired though, until his first heart attack. He was always ready to help his children, grandchildren, and sister.
Alvin was the proud father of Kathy Lynn, Kenneth, and Lana Mae, proud grandparent of Jason & Jacob Quinn, Tiffany Good Shield, Jeremy Jacobson, Bobby, Landon, & Taressa Soesbe, and great grandfather to Raymond Anthony Cisnesos, Ashley Ann Jacobson, and Joel Walker Roy Soesbe.
Alvin was preceded in death by his parents Gordon LeRoy and Delia Hannahs, infant brother Robert, three sisters: Bertha Brozik, Vivian Parshall and Lula Belle Preslicka, one brother Delbert Hannahs, four nieces: Patricia and Sharon Parshall, Shirley Caldwell, and Sheryl Klein, one nephew Alvis Hannahs, one sister-in-law and two brothers-in-law.
Alvin is survived by his wife Katherine; his daughters Kathy and Lana; his son Kenneth; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; his sister Virginia Rash of Gregory; two brothers: Vernon of Red Bluff, CA, and Glen (Linda) of Eatonville, WA; and many nieces and nephews.
With Christmas soon to be here area churches are planning to hold services to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Church of the Nazarene and Colome Methodist Church
Pastor Ron Snethen
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service combined with the Colome Methodist Church at 6 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene.
The Colome Methodist Church meets at the Church of the Nazarene in Winner.
Dec. 25—Colome Methodist Church Christmas service at 9 a.m. and Church of the Nazarene, 11 a.m.
Calvary Chapel
Pastor Keith Moody
Dec. 25—Christmas service at 11 a.m.
United Methodist Church
Pastor John Price
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve services at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
First Christian Church
Pastor Maurice Gustafson
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service at 7:30 p.m.
Ideal Presbyterian Church
Pastor Maurice Gustafson
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service at 5:30 p.m.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Fr. Zane Pekron
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve Mass at 6 p.m.
Dec. 25—Mass at 10:30 a.m.
St. Isidore Catholic Church of Colome
Fr. Zane Pekron
Dec. 25—Mass at 8:30 a.m.
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Wood
Fr. Zane Pekron
Dec. 25—Mass at 2 p.m.
Zion Lutheran of Colome
Pastor Don Windspurger
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pastor Nathaniel Biebert
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m.
Dec. 25—Christmas service at 9 a.m.
Christ Lutheran Church
Pastor Wade Harr
Dec. 25—Christmas service at 9 a.m.
Zion Lutheran of Hamill
Pastor Wade Harr
Dec. 24—Christmas Eve service at 8 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Pastor Justin Wheadon
Dec. 24—Candlelight service at 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 25—Christmas service at 10 a.m., no Sunday School
Assembly of God
Pastor David Jahn
Dec. 25—Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship service at 10:30 a.m.
Three Winner wrestlers competed at the Lakota Nation Invitational wrestling tournament in Rapid City.
Abe Kaiser was first at 152 pounds and Jude Sargent was first at 170 pounds. Gus Bartels took 2nd at 145 pounds.
Kaiser in the first round won by fall over Justice Child of Little Wound. Kaiser had a bye the second round and then pinned Eddie Rousseau of Tiopsa Zina in 5:15.
In the championship bracket Kaiser pinned Zuya Romero of Red Cloud in 1:54. For first place he wrestled Rousseau again and won by pin in 32 seconds.
Sargent had a bye the first two rounds. In the third round he pinned Adonis Runs After of CEB in 12 seconds.
In the championship bracket, Sargent pinned Uziel Munoz of Lakota Tech in 28 seconds. Then for first place he pinned Cameron Dekle of CEB in 51seconds.
Bartels had a bye the first two rounds. In the third round he pinned Tayne Pucket of Lakota Tech in 29 seconds. In the championship bracket, Bartels pinned Cody Provost, Lakota Tech in 29 seconds.
Semni Big Crow of Pine Ridge won a sudden death victory over Bartels in the championship match.
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