Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Fanger

Day County Emergency Management Officer Bryan Anderson points to areas on a map of flooding in Day County while Jim Grimes, Doug Hanson and Kevin Jens look on. The 1997 map of regional flooding was pulled out and used as an illustration during the Day County Mitigation Planning Meeting Feb. 19 with NECOG representatives who will be writing the county’s five-year plan through input from members of the public. It was the first of three meetings set to address the soon-to-expire existing plan. Find the full story in this week's Reporter & Farmer.

FFA has had an influence on these lives

by Amanda Fanger

reporter@reporterandfarmer.com

Future Farmers of America is a program that has churned out some lifelong advocates for the agricultural industry. National FFA Week is Feb. 22-29 and a group of past members as well as a current member spoke this week about how the organization – and the local program’s advisor – influenced the direction of their lives.

2011 Webster Area graduate Olivia Siglin is now a...

Bearcat girls pick up three straight wins

by John Suhr

suhrs@reporterandfarmer.com

The Webster Area Bearcat girls who have had a hard time on the hard court this season turned things around this week picking up three wins downing Leola-Frederick in front of a home crowd Feb. 15 and again for parents night stripping the stripes off the Groton Tigers Feb. 18 before ending the week Feb. 20 downing Tiospa Zina.

It may not have been the most high scoring game, but it was enough for the Lady Bearcats to pick up...