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Flandreau readies Emergency Medical Services transition
The City of Flandreau is advertising for two full-time and as many part-time EMTs as possible as it prepares to transition what has for decades been a county-run ambulance service to city operation at the start of the new year.Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the city will assume full responsibility for the local ambulance service.Rural communities…
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Rummage sale Nov. 14-15 will benefit music students
The Flandreau Music Boosters are first looking for donated rummage sale items, and then rummage sale buyers.The boosters will be holding a fundraiser rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, November 14 & 15 at the Wm. Janklow Community Center. Doors are open Friday from 4-7 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 12 noon.Anyone who…
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Area farmers preserve old time fertilizing tradition
A small group of farmers from across the region gathered at the Bill and Jackie Doyle farm recently for an annual manure-spreading day, a tradition that continues to draw those committed to keeping older farming methods alive.About a half-dozen draft horse teams pulled ground-driven manure spreaders across the fields equipment that operates literally by the…
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Little Shop of Horrors: Curtain opens Thursday
The Crystal Theatres annual fall musical kicks off this Thursday evening and runs through a Sunday matinee performance.If youre not familiar with Little Shop of Horrors, its the quirky story of a plant that tries to take over the world.Little Shop of Horrors is a musical comedy spoof on horror show. It follows Seymour Krelborn,…
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The Warehouse officially begins to take shape
No words were needed.It was a simple photo sent early Thursday morning concrete being poured at the site of The Warehouse that said it all. Excitement, pride, and the power of community were captured in that one moment.Construction on the highly anticipated indoor recreational and athletic facility in Flandreau is now underway in earnest, a…
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Flandreau School to host Veterans Day Program
Flandreau Public Schools will host a Veterans Day Program on Tuesday, November 11 beginning with free breakfast for the Veterans from 8-9 a.m. Please contact the school at 997-2455 if you are a veteran and will be coming for breakfast.The program starts at 9 a.m. Veterans present will be recognized during the program and the…
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Devotion to students, veterans, community
The temperatures dropped this past week, and with them came raindrops that turned into what appeared to be the seasons first flakes of snow. None of it, however, slowed the steady stream of people gathering at Colman Lutheran Church to share condolences with the family of Roger Fritz.Fritz, a lifelong educator in the Colman-Egan district,…
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Flandreaus new early childhood center nearing completion
After months of construction and detours, the road is finally reopening to the Flandreau Early Childhood Enrichment Center, giving the community its first close-up look at a project years in the making.The facility, designed for children ages six weeks through five years, aims to fill a critical gap in affordable, high-quality childcare especially for families…
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Bison, salmon begin their journey
The long-planned food trade between the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the Tulalip Nation is finally moving with trucks carrying bison west to Washington and the first shipment of salmon soon on its way back to South Dakota.In a previous story in the Moody County Enterprise it was reported about an Intertribal Trade Agreement, signed…
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Governors Hunt highlights strong pheasant season
The pheasant hunting season is officially underway in South Dakota, and blaze orange once again dots the landscape as hunters from across the country descend on local fields and pastures, both public and private.The Governors Hunt was held this past Saturday outside of Egan at Patriots Bend land owned by Egan native and former state…
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