Speirs Woodworks:
‘You should see what I saw’
To say that Bill Speirs has a passion for what he does is almost an understatement. A visionary of sorts, Speirs, who is the owner of Speirs Woodworks in Miller, has an uncanny ability to see something in a piece of wood and then set out to create a work of art that is not only beautiful, but useful as well. “I see a unique piece of wood I like and I can see what I want to create out of it,” explained Speirs. “People tell me I’ve got a talent for that.”
The fact that all of Speirs woodwork is custom-made and never mass-produced, along with the
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Dr. John Hopkins holds his son, Darren, age three; his wife Megan holds two year old daughter Audrey.
John Hopkins, DO, a family practice physician, will be joining Avera Medical Group Miller and Avera
Mayor Ron Blachford called the Miller city council meeting to order at 7:00 pm Monday, April 7th with the Pledge of Allegiance. Also present at the meeting were
Hand County Republicans will have the opportunity to choose between candidates running for three separate offices in the June 3 primary election, as follows: Sandra Selting and Nehemia Volquardsen for Hand County Auditor; DeAnn Hargens and Suzy Wernsmann
PIERRE, S.D – Attorney General Marty Jackley and Brule County States Attorney David Natvig announced Friday that a Brule County jury returned a verdict finding Donika Gonzales, 23, Gann Valley, guilty of first degree manslaughter, class C felony, up to life imprisonment in the
A District 23 South Dakota Legislative Primary Election Candidate Forum has been scheduled for April 28 in Miller at 7 p.m. This will be a great opportunity for District 23 residents to get acquainted with the five candidates, learn their stances on issues affecting
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Wheat Grower employees, Isaac Mapiloko and Brad Kopecky prepare connections for loading chemical trucks. Miller Ag Center open house is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2014.
Wheat Growers’ Miller Ag
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MILLER HIGH SCHOOL recognized our senior girls in sports at a recent basketball game, as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). Pictured are Courtney Haaland, Christina Koeck, Amanda Lewellen, Jenna Heilman, Kayla Boomsma, and Shelby Lingscheit. Each girl received a t-shirt and
Erin Yost has joined American Bank & Trust in Miller as an Ag Business Banker.
American Bank & Trust, Miller Market President, Tim Prince stated, “We are pleased that Erin
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THE MELENDEZ CHILDREN are pictured with their parents: Hailey (on the table) and (from back to front) Keisha, Anthony, Kaitlin, and Karlie. Kaelub wasn’t available for the picture.
After a long, cold winter, we are starting to think spring at the library! What better way to think spring than plants and gardening, and the Dakota Prairie Master Gardeners have donated two great books to the library along those lines. The first is
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TERRY MANNING, city water department, examines the large hole that opened up on Broadway Avenue at the stoplight early Monday morning as a result
University of Jamestown (Jamestown, N.D.) head football coach Shawn Frank announces the signing of Kris Wharton of Miller who will join the Jimmies’ roster beginning in the 2014 season.
Five-foot-ten, 165 pounds Wharton was named Special Teams
Thursday, April 10 marked the Big Dakota Conference girls’ golf tournament in Chamberlain. Three girls from Miller participated, playing their way to a fourth place overall team finish behind Mobridge/Pollock, Chamberlain, and Winner.
Twenty-three girls were
The Miller sixth grade girls’ basketball team took third place at the Nordby Center Showtime Classic in Huron on Saturday, March 29. The girls won the first game against Brookings, 46-30 and then lost to the Pierre
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KELLAN HURD wrestled in his first State AAU tournament and earned an eighth place medal in the Bantam 45 division.
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OLIVER FRITZSCHE competed in the State Championship round , placing second in Tots 55.
2014 MILLER GIRLS’ TRACK TEAM (front, l-r): Maycee Mohr, Samantha Sporrer, Allison Hasart, Macee Fanning, Nicole Swartz; (back, l-r): Taylor Schlechter, Ashley Gasper, Brooke Fawcett, Shae Knox, Taica Blasdell, Megan Fiala, Shaly Werdel, Jennifer Kenaston.
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SBA senior standout Tricia Wilken scored her 1000th high school basketball point while helping her team defeat Lower Brule January 14.
Something very special happened for a
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The Miller Girls’ 6th grade basketball team won the Watertown Boys’ and Girls’ Club Tourney March 8. Pictured, back, from left: Coaches Mark Ketelhut and Jerry VanZee, Kaliopie Ford, Abby Ketelhut, Kadye Fernholz, Vonna Gail Schlechter, Serena McKinistry, and Coach Kelly Fernholz. Front, from left: Rachel
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Mason Chapin, 44, fights Chamberlain’s Skyler Bertram, 31, for control of the ball during the Region 6A Championship. The Cubs defeated the Rustlers 80-52 for a berth in the State ‘A’ Tournament.
Sunshine Bible Academy
to host Rebecca Friedlander
Sunshine Bible Academy will host Christian artist Rebecca Friedlander on Thursday, April 10. Friedlander uses a
April will again bring Independent Community Banking month(ICB), which is in its twenty-first year. Heartland State Bank will join independent community bankers nationwide during April to celebrate this month long event. Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed
With all the hype about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, please be aware that flight travel is still one of the safest modes of transportation around. According to my pilot daughter, more road accidents occur ever day.
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Last week the discussion centered on term limits and plausible reasoning for extending them. This week we need to visit why South Dakota needs to have a felony penalty for acts of severe animal cruelty. It becomes a matter of when outside groups
