Murdo Coyote
After celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary, Ray and Janice Pike share that the two most important words in a marriage have proven to be...“Yes” and “Dear!”
“The road has been long but we sure have had some fun along the way,” Ray beamed.
61 years or the blink of an eye? According to the...
Reprinted with permission from Dakota Wesleyan University.
Like many Dakota Wesleyan students, Betty Oldenkamp ’82 came to DWU from a small South Dakota town. Today, her work as the president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) touches the lives of fellow South Dakotans across the state.
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From what began at local talent shows and campfire jams all to The Deadwood Mountain Grand and beyond, local songwriter and performer Cody Henson Hullinger shares that “If it wasn’t for my friends and family I would not have been able to accomplish what I have in the music world.”
It takes a...
Mom was 35 that winter. She had taught school for only one year before she got married and moved to the farm. But like any elementary teacher, she was always prepared to entertain us children when we were cooped up in the house for long hours, or even days. I particularly remember cutting out...
James E Roghair, son of the late Ed and Margaret Roghair, lived near Okaton on their farm his first 14 years (1943-57) and still has many relatives in the area. He writes from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The blizzard of 1952 is legendary in western South Dakota. Everyone who lived through it has a...
With just few hours left before Christmas, you may start to hear the sleigh bells ringing. Santa Claus is known to spread holiday cheer all around world, only two KELOLAND store managers are making it their mission to fill his heart with joy.
Taking lap photos with children at the Empire Mall is...
Ninety-six-year-old Harold Thune's basketball story finally came full circle.
From his time in Murdo to the University of Minnesota and back to South Dakota, Thune was found in the Gophers locker room again for the first time in 75 years.
The opportunity was possible when the Gophers honored...
“I’m a straight arrow, I just bend a little sometimes,” chuckled George Allen Iversen as he visited with Murdo Coyote staff Rylee Metzger and Lonna Jackson. The day before his 85th birthday came in like a flood of memories as the stories of growing up in Jones County were relived. When thinking of...
Hannah Hight, a senior at Jones County High School of White River, S.D. is a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Mass., on June 25-27, 2017.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields....
“I think that it is very important that we are aware of the Second Amendment. It is part of who we are in this country.” Stated Mike McKernan, local HuntSafe instructor of 35 years. The passion for hunting, fishing and shooting began at an early age for McKernan. While growing up in Sisseton and...
