The Dakota Roadhouse restaurant and lounge on Woonsocket’s Dumont Avenue (Main Street) is under new ownership as of Wednesday, Nov. 16. with Candi Sails from Wessington Springs as its new proprietor. Sails is not new to the restaurant business as she currently owns The Cone Zone Drive-In in Wessington Springs with her husband, Leon, but because that business is only open in the summer months, she needed something to do for the rest of the year, and since she likes working in food service, Sails thought this could be a good addition to their lives.

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According to her mother, Bailey Feistner has been working toward a goal of becoming Teen Miss Rodeo South Dakota for quite a while. This past weekend, Feistner saw all her hard work and determination to meet that goal pay off as she was crowned the new Teen Miss Rodeo South Dakota 2023 at their annual pageant held in Brookings. The contest was held Nov. 3-5 in conjunction with the Brookings PRCA Rodeo produced by Sutton Rodeo, and the results were announced prior to the start of the Saturday night rodeo performance.

The contest consisted of open interviews, horsemanship, speech, personality, and appearance as well as personal and horsemanship interviews. When explaining the idea behind the title of Teen Miss Rodeo, Feistner stated, “The basic idea is they are looking for someone to represent rodeo across the state who understands rodeo and the many parts of it while still being kind and put together.” 

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Kids from all over the county congregated in the parking lot of Spirit of Faith Lutheran-Methodist church on Wednesday, Oct. 26, for the annual Trunk-or-Treat event held in Woonsocket. The weather was perfect for an evening of outdoor fun. The youth group served a meal for everyone to enjoy, and there were 20 trunks for the little ones to receive all different kinds of treats. All attendees were asked to cast their vote for their favorite trunk. The winner was announced at the church’s Sunday service, and Laura Conrad and Ivy Senska’s “Monster” trunk was awarded top honors. 

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