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Dell Rapids Little League Hosts 12U Baseball Tournament

June 5, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Photo courtesy of Kiley Stone

The Dell Rapids Little League hosted a 12U baseball tournament Friday, May 30th through Sunday, June 1st. Sixteen teams from Dell Rapids, Baltic, Crooks, Sioux Falls, Humboldt, Flandreau, Madison, and Brookings participated in the tournament. Rains on Saturday forced the first day of the tournament to end early. Dell Rapids Little League Board Members and coaches delayed the start of games on Sunday and worked all Sunday morning to get fields ready for play to continue. The tournament brackets had to be shortened, but every team that participated in the tournament was able to play two full games over the weekend.

Madison and the SF Rockets were declared the Co-Champions of the 2014 Dell Rapids 12U Tournament in a rain-shortened championship game. The game had to be stopped in the third inning as law enforcement sent teams home after funnel clouds were spotted in Sioux Falls prior to thunderstorms and rain hitting the Dell Rapids area.

Photo courtesy of Kiley Stone

Loretta (Brown) Winberg

June 4, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Fri., June 6, for Loretta Geraldine Winberg, 87, Canova, who died on June 2, 2014, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. The Rev. Mark Dickson will officiate in Sun Prairie Baptist Church, rural Salem. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Casketbearers will be grandchildren Austin, Ethan, Kyle, Dana and Alyssa Winberg, and Adam Gushgari. Honorary casketbearers will be grandchildren Emily, Colin and Katelyn Winberg, Andrea Bright, Sara Gushgari, Maria Brown, Rebecca Christman, Sawyer Naasz, and Mike and Nick Hanna. Priscilla Hansen and Angela Larsen will provide piano music.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday with the family present from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Kinzley Funeral Home in Salem.

Loretta Brown was born on April 1, 1927, at Canova to Victor and Phoebe (Lindblom) Brown. After graduating from Canova High School, she attended Sioux Falls College for two years and worked as a pianist for a program on KSOO Radio.

On June 5, 1947, she married Curtis L. Winberg. They lived and farmed in McCook County on the Winberg family homestead. Later, they moved to the Forsberg family farm east of Canova, where she lived until her death.

She was a lifelong member of Sun Prairie Baptist Church, where she played the organ and piano for many years, was on the Cemetery Board and was a GMG leader. She taught piano lessons for over 50 years and worked for Raven Industries for nearly 20 years. She was a 4-H leader and on school committees.

Survivors include five sons, Duane of Madison, Craig of Sioux Falls, Brian of Columbia, Mo., Steven of Canova, and Kevin of Dell Rapids; a daughter, Kathleen Gushgari of Scottsdale, Ariz.; 16 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Florence Ziegler of Sioux Falls.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis; a brother, Everett Brown; and a daughter, Corinne Naasz.

Memorials may be directed to the Avera McKennan Foundation. Condolences may be sent to www.kinzleyfh.com.

Wilhelmina (Visser) Wickre

June 3, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Wilhelmina Wickre, 94, of Colton died Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Dells Nursing and Rehab Center in Dell Rapids.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Saturday, June 7, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Colton. Burial will be in the Minnehaha Cemetery, rural Colton. Visitation with the family present will be from 5-7:00 PM Friday at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Colton.

Wilhelmina was born January 6, 1920 in Hull, Iowa to parents Weep and Alice (Burgers) Visser. At the age of six months she moved with her family to the Colton area. She attended the Hamre County School. She married Hjalmer Wickre March 24, 1939 at St. Jacobs Lutheran Church. They farmed in the Colton area and she went to work at the IOOF Home in Dell Rapids in 1973 and worked there until her retirement in 1990.

She enjoyed her flowers, cooking, baking, playing card, dancing and listening to gospel and country music, but most of all enjoyed visiting with family and friends.

Grateful for having shared her life are a son, David (Judy) Wickre, Sioux Falls; three daughters, Marcene (Dan) Woldt, Sioux Falls, Nancy (Pete) Turgusen, Dell Rapids; Darla (Dick) Jelken, Sloan, Iowa; ten grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren with one on the way; four great great grandchildren with one on the way. four sisters, Ethel (Gerald) Van Der Vliet, Colton; Bernice Wrage, Dell Rapids; Lucille Miedema, Hospers, Iowa; and Arlene Hardy, Colton and her special friends at the Colton Assisted Living.

She was preceded in death by her husband Hjalmer Wickre, a son Jerry Wickre, brothers, Walt Visser and Tony Visser, and four sisters, Nellie Waswick, Henrietta Roetman, Winner Visser and Audrey Wold.

Memorials may be directed to the First Lutheran Church, Colton. Condolences may be left at www.minnehahafuneralhome.com

Nohava Elected as SDFDA President-Elect

June 2, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Pictured are the new officers of the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association. L-R Chad Osthus CFSP, Watertown, SD ~ Vice-President; Ken Kirk, Rapid City, SD ~ Immediate Past President; George Bittner, Mitchell, SD ~ President; Robby Bates CFSP CCO, DeKalb, TX ~ NFDA President; Doug Nohava CFSP CPC, Garretson, SD ~ President-Elect; and Jim Jaeger CFSP, Wagner, SD ~ NFDA Policy Board Representative

Douglas G. Nohava, CFSP, CPC, of Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, and Garretson, SD, was elected as President-Elect of the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association (SDFDA) at their annual state convention held on May 7-9 at The Lodge at Deadwood. This year’s convention marked the state association’s 115th anniversary.

Nohava, a funeral director for nine years, will serve on the Executive Board of the SDFDA for the 2014-2015 association year. He graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Program of Mortuary Science in 2004. He has been employed with Minnehaha Funeral Home since 2005 and is licensed in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Doug is also a Licensed Insurance Producer in South Dakota and Minnesota and currently represents United Heritage Life Insurance, a funeral insurance provider. In 2010, Doug received the Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) designation from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. To attain the CFSP designation, Doug completed 180 hours of academic, professional, and public education activities. In 2013, he became a Certified Preplanning Consultant (CPC) through the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). Since 2012, he has also served on the NFDA Disaster Preparedness Resource Group and is also a Region 8 Team Member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (D-MORT).

Doug is a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson, and the Garretson Commercial Club. He is also a certified firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and fire service instructor with the Garretson Volunteer Fire Department and currently serves as the department’s 2^nd Assistant Chief. He and his wife, Karly Hegge, have two daughters, Kalyce and Amity.

The South Dakota Funeral Directors Association is a professional association that represents the funeral home establishments and the funeral directors in the state. The Association provides education, legislative representation and public relations statewide.

City Council Meeting: 6/2/14

June 2, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, June 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include an outdoor event permit request, second reading on ordinance 799, consideration of bid acceptance for the library renovation project, first reading on ordinance 800, and the administrative report.

The full agenda can be found by clicking here.

Big Sioux Media will webcast the meeting starting at 7:30.

Quarrier Boys Track Team Finishes 2nd at State

May 31, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys track team finished second at the State A Track Meet in Sioux Falls on Saturday, May 31st. The Quarriers finished with 83 team points. Custer won the team championship with 93 points. Canton was third with 59 points.

Zach Schroeder won the 100m dash with a time of :11.06. The 4x100m relay team of Adam Reams, Kahler Berven, Riley Schmidt and Schroeder finished second with a time of :44.05. Schroeder also one the 200m dash with a time of :22.82. The 4x200m relay team of Sam White, Berven, Schmidt and Schroeder finished second with a time of 1:31.93. The 4x400m relay team of S. White, Zach White, Ben Gillogly, and Tanner Heim finished seventh with a time of 3:32.88. The medley relay team of S. White, Schmidt, Berven, and Heim finished seventh with a time of 3:46.53. Bret Nichols won the triple jump with a jump of 44’10.75″. Ty Hoglund placed third with a jump of 43’01.50″, and Tanner Ljunggren finished fifth with a jump of 41’03.00″.

Schroeder was named the “Outstanding Track Performer” for the meet, and Nichols was named the “Outstanding Field Performer” for the meet.

Maddie Vietor placed seventh in the triple jump in the final day of the girls State A Meet. She had a jump of 34’04.00″.

Ally Mullaney finished third for Dell Rapids St Mary in the girls State B meet. She had a jump of 5’01”. Mullaney also finished sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of :16.38.

State Track Results – Day 1

May 30, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The first day of the 2014 State Track Meet was completed on Friday, May 30th. The State A Meet for the first day was held in Madison, while the State B Meet was held in Sioux Falls the first day.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys track team had a great first day. Zach White won the high jump event with a jump of 6’4″. Mason Schmidt finished eighth with a jump of 6’0″. Brett Nichols won the long jump with a leap of 22’5.75″. Ty Hoglund finished fifth with a jump of 21’00”. Zach Schroeder qualified for the finals in the 100m dash with the fastest prelim time of :11.28. The 4x100m relay team qualified for finals also with the fastest prelim time of :43.78. Schroeder also qualified for the 200m dash finals. The 4x200m relay team will also be in the finals after having the quickest prelim time of 1:31.40. The 4x400m and medley relay teams also qualified for finals on Saturday, May 31st.

Brittney Siemonsma for the Quarrier girls track team finished eighth in the shot put with a throw of 35’08.50″. Maddie Vietor finished fifth in the long jump with a jump of 16’05.25″.

Jared Scholten from Dell Rapids St Mary finished fourth in the 3200m run with a time of 10:38.56. Ally Mullaney qualified for the finals in the 100m hurdles with a prelim time of :16.33.

The final day of the 2014 State Track Meet for both Class A and B will be held in Sioux Falls.

Rodney L. Feuerhelm

May 30, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Rodney L. Feuerhelm, 67, of Trent, SD, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2014 at his home after a short illness. His funeral service will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Trent Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, 2014 with the family present from 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. at Kahler Funeral Home. To leave condolences, visit www.kahlerfh.com.

Rodney Lee Feuerhelm was born on October 4, 1946 at Chester, SD, the son of Gordon and Mabel (Miller) Feuerhelm. He grew up and live in Trent and attended Trent school. He was drafted into the United States Army in October of 1967. He served sixteen months in the Korean War. After his discharge he returned home to Trent and went to work in construction with his father. He married Susan Halvorson on April 4, 1980 at the Trent Baptist Church. The couple made their home in Trent. Rodney continued to do construction until driving truck for Harold’s Trucking. He later worked for Dakotaland Auto Glass, Hoffman Sanitation and Sam’s Club. Due to poor health, he retired from Sam’s Club in 2010.

Rodney enjoyed his many trips to the Black Hills with his family on their four wheelers.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Susan of Trent; his son, Kelly (Amber) of Baltic; his daughters, Heather (Chris) Klein of Colton and Dulcy (Scott) Poppenga of Worthing; his grandchildren, Gillian, Elizabeth, Reese, Caden, Connor and Kaylee and his sister, Judy (Darrel) Bothe of Elkton.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents and parents.

Art Nebben

May 30, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Arthur J. Nebben, 96, of Dell Rapids passed away peacefully Thursday, May 29, 2014. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. Burial will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2:00 PM with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Tuesday at Minnehaha Funeral Home in Dell Rapids.

Arthur Johan (John) Nebben was born Jan. 24, 1918 to Johannes and Anna (Haugen) Nebben on the Nebben family homestead southeast of Colman, SD. He attended Gale Ridge Country School through the 8th grade. He attended Colman High School until 1933. Due to the death of his father in 1929, he worked the family farm. Art served in WWII from Nov. 21, 1942 – Oct. 11, 1945 in the 163rd Signal Corp, United States 5th Army deployed to the Forward Operating Command in North Africa and Italy. After the war he returned to Colman and worked as a mechanic at Lone Tree Station, hauled cream and carried the US mail on the Star Route. He enjoyed dances and went to many barn dances, area dances halls and the Dells Pavillion, where he met Delores Maseman, marrying her June 19, 1950 at Luverne, MN. They made their home on the Maseman family farm near Dell Rapids where they farmed for 65 years, raising three children.

Art was a lifetime member of the George Fitzgerald Post 65 American Legion and had continuous membership for 68 years and the Dell Rapids VFW #10632. He served as Commander of the Legion, was Historian for over 35 years, was a member of the firing Squad, Post #129 40&8, Dells Sportsman’s Club and the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. Art was elected to the Dell Rapids Bowling Hall of Fame. He raised purebred Hampshire hogs, receiving many awards at the fair. He was received the Soil Conservation Farm Award by the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce and Journal. He had a natural artistic talent so could paint or draw anything. He carved many Redwood signs around Dell Rapids for the Legion, Sportsman’s Club and Riverview Cemetery. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping and shared in family vacations with his daughters, son-in-law and grandkids. Art could strike up a conversation with anyone and had a great ability for recalling historical events and his knowledge of history and facts were amazing to anyone that knew him. Even at the age of 95, he drove tractor and harvested. He read extensively, did word puzzles, watched “Wheel of Fortune” and always did the daily word “Jumble”. His favorite saying was “we’re making history every day.

In 2009 he went on the WWII Honor Flight to Washington DC, which was a highlight in his life. Many times one would see him wearing his Honor Flight cap around town. Art was instrumental in developing the Veterans Memorial Park in Dell Rapids.

Art passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014 at his daughter’s home in Dell Rapids surrounded by family. He was 96 years old and preceded in death by his parents; infant son, Lynn; brother, Olaf; 3 sisters, Annette Steinborn, Luella Knutson and Dorothy Plumme; daughter-in-law, Sally Nebben; sister-in-law, Darlene Park; uncle, Rudolf Haugen and cousins, Alfred and Arnold Hogan.

Art is survived by his wife, Delores; son, Jay Nebben; daughters, Jan Dybvig and Melanie (Lee) Burggraff, all of Dell Rapids; 5 grandchildren, Cody, Colt and Paige Burggraff and Peter John and Jennifer Nebben; 4 great-grandchildren, Kain Arthur John, Kasch John Joseph, Teagyn and Paislee Burggraff, all of Dell Rapids; brother, Palmer (Swede) Nebben, Colman; sisters, Hilda Johnson and Laura Knutson, Dell Rapids and Rosie Croon, Colman along with many nieces and nephews.

www.minnehahafuneralhome.com

Madeline Haas

May 30, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Madeline J. Haas, 83, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Golden Living Center Prairie Hills in Rapid City. Her funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. MST on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home Chapel in Rapid City. Visitation will be one hour prior to the start of the service. Interment will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery, Dell Rapids, SD. To leave condolences, visit www.kahlerfh.com

Madeline was born on April 14, 1931, the daughter of Ray and Ellen (Doyle) Haas. She moved with her parents to Dell Rapids for a short time before becoming a resident of the Golden Living Center in Rapid City.

She is survived by her nieces and extended family at the Golden Living Center Prairie Hills.

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