Woonsocket

On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Town and Country Fire District of Woonsocket was called to a structure fire at the home of Skip and Diane Larson north of Woonsocket on SD Highway 37. A garage/shed was engulfed in flames when they arrived. The building was a total loss along with tools, hay bales and other miscellaneous items that were housed in the building. The fire spread to a shelter belt that was near the building, but the firefighters were able to get the flames under control, so most of the trees were not harmed. 

It took approximately 2.5 hours to put out the fire. While the Town and Country Fire District was fighting the blaze, the fire departments of Alpena and Wessington Springs both brought water to help work on getting the fire out. 

There was no definite start for the fire determined, but speculation was that someone was mowing near the building and possibly threw a spark that ignited the hay bales and got the fire going. There were no injuries reported and no further investigation is expected to take place.

Pony Hills held a golf tournament for adult/youth teams on Sunday, Aug. 13. Out of the 27 teams that participated, the winners were as follows:

10U – first, Jeremy and Brody Uecker; second,  Darin and Kash Kilcoin; third, Jake and Elsie Klaas;

11U-13U – first, Kregg and Aiden Krueger; second – Jevin Goertz and Trevor Johnson; third – Brandon Goergen and Skylar Kluth;

14U-17U – first – Blake Larson and Brady Larson; second – Xavier Baysinger and Shiloh Senska; third – Jordan VonEye and McCoy Schulz.

…See a picture of the participants in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

The Woonsocket Development Corporation would like to announce that the mural they have been raising funds for has now been started. Local artist, Kenzee Schafer, has started painting the mural on the long building on the north end of Dumont Avenue across the street to the east of Lake Prior. According to Gay Swenson, President of the Woonsocket Development Corporation, “The mural will be of Lake Prior over a hundred years ago, when the town had its first major [population] boom. While the painting is from long before colored photos, the mural will be anything but. The building will feature many bright colors and rich blues, but will include the major buildings of the time and a festival over the water with different boats and even some fishing. There will also be many other elements that will truly make the mural belong to Woonsocket, the town with the beautiful lake.”

Swenson reported that the mural fund is at $24,072.84 right now. There is still $6,000 needed to be raised. Anyone who would like to help can send their donation to Gay Swenson, 23020 397th Ave., Woonsocket, SD 57385. Thank you goes out to everyone who has already donated to make this mural a reality.

…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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