Winner Advocate, 125 W 3rd Street, Winner, SD (2024)

07/26/2024

The 55th annual Winner Elks Rodeo will be held July 26, 27 and 28 at the Tripp County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. each night.
The rodeo is a benefit for children’s services at LifeScape which serves children statewide from centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.
This year’s rodeo entertainer is Donnie Landis, PRCA rodeo clown and barrelman from Gooding, Idaho.
Returning this year is the thrilling bull soccer that will be featured each night. A person gets inside a human soccer ball and entices a bull to play soccer.
There will be $30,000 in prize money in all the standard events.
There will be a $1,000 bounty bull each night sponsored by Jorgensen Land & Cattle.
There will be a kids boot scramble each night with two age divisions—4-6 and 7-10.
Rodeo stock is provided by Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., named the 2020 stock contractor of the year. The Hollenbecks have been the stock contractor since the first Elks rodeo in 1969.
Alan Odden of Ft. Pierre will be rodeo announcer.
Winner Does No. 238 will run the lunch stand serving grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos and soft drinks.
The Elks will have a beer stand. No coolers please.
The rodeo is sanctioned by SDRA, NRCA, NSRA and M-SRA.
Proceeds from the rodeo go to children’s services at LifeScape.
Admission at the gate is $12, advanced tickets are $10 and children 10 and under are free.
Advanced tickets can be purchased at BankWest, Zip Trip in Winner, from July 22 until 3 p.m. July 26.
Each night advanced ticket holders are entered into nightly drawings.
The rodeo started in 1969 under the leadership of four Winner Elks members—Bill Dillon, Vince Hollenbeck, Dick Kazda and Harold Jans.

07/25/2024

It is going to be a fun time in Winner on Saturday, July 27.
This will be the 12th annual Winner Area Chamber of Commerce BBQ pit row plus it will also be the big Frontier Motors car show.
The first two blocks of Main Street will be blocked off plus a portion of Third Street on each side.
Persons are asked to removed their vehicles from Third Street on Friday night and Saturday.
Several teams will be set up on Main Street grilling ribs, pork butt and brisket.
The public tasting for the BBQ has been moved up an hour to 6 p.m. with the awards at 7 p.m. This will allow people to attend both the BBQ and the Elks Rodeo which is going on that Saturday at the Tripp County Fairgrounds.
The Chamber will be providing the meat for the contest. Teams can start picking up their meat at 4 p.m. on Friday at the Chamber office.
There will be $5,000 worth of prizes and payouts to first, second and third place in each category.
A team of judges will be tasting and rating the cooked products.
There will be one overall grand champion.
A prize will also be awarded to the team that has the best side dish.
There will be a calcutta for the BBQ and will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
In addition to the adult BBQ there will be a Kids Q barbeque. The two age categories are 6-9 and 10-14.
Grills will be provided or kids can bring their own grill. Each contestant in the kids division will be give two pounds of hamburger.
Dakota Honey of Winner is the sponsor of theKids Q.
The grilling for the kids will start at 10:30 a.m. and must be turned in at noon.
The wonderful smell of meat on the grill will fill Main Street and persons come downtown to mingle with the grillers and their neighbors.
What has become an annual tradition of this BBQ competition is an afternoon bean bag tournament. This has grown over the years and is a lot of fun. The tournament will start at noon with signup on Main Street.
For your afternoon and evening enjoyment there will be two bands playing. VT Rockin Country will play from noon to 3 p.m and from 3-7 p.m. Neo Johnsons band.
But the fun does not stop with a BBQ. There is a huge car show on Main Street sponsored by Frontier Motors.
Registration is from 2-4 p.m. in front of the former Stormy’s building. The show will be from 4-7 p.m.
Prizes will be awarded in several categories.
Come on down to Main Street on Saturday for fun, a chance to see some hot cars and fill your stomach with some great food.

07/24/2024

The 12th annual Winner Area Chamber of Commerce BBQ pit row and Frontier Motors car show will be held July 27 on Main Street.

The first two blocks of Main Street will be blocked off for this event. Also a portion of Third Street will be blocked off. Persons are asked on Friday night and Saturday to remove their vehicles from Third Street.

Grillers will be competing in the categories of ribs, pork butt and brisket.

This year the BBQ tasting has been moved up to 6 p.m. with awards and team prizes awarded at 7 p.m.

Those in the contest can starting firing up the grills at 4:30 a.m.

The Winner Chamber will provide the meat and contestants can start picking up the meat at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26.

There will be $5,000 worth of prizes with payouts to first, second and third in each category. There will be an overall grand champion chosen.

A prize will be awarded for the best side and the winner will receive $100.

There is still time for a team to sign up to take part in the barbeque. Persons just need to call the Chamber office at 605-842-1533.

The big car show is also held on Main Street. Registration is from 2-4 p.m. at the former Stormy’s building at the corner of 4th and Main Street.

The car show will be from 4-7 p.m. with lots of prizes awarded. There will be several divisions in the car show.

The BBQ is a full day of activity so come to Main Street and enjoy a full day of fun.

There will be a Kids Q barbeque. The age categories are 6-9 and 10-14. Grilling will start at 10:30 a.m. and is to be turned on by noon.

Winner Chamber will provide two pounds of hamburger to each contestant. The youth can bring their own grill or the Chamber will provide one.

Dakota Honey of Winner is the Kids Q sponsor.

The Chamber would like parents to pre-register their kids if they are going to be in the kids Q.

Fun in the sun continues with the bean bag tournament which has become very competitive over the years. Sign up starts at noon. There will be a 100 percent pay back for first second and third place.

For the third consecutive year there will be a calcutta for the main barbeque. This will start at 2 p.m.

There will be musical entertainment on Main Street. From noon to 3 p.m. VT Rockin Country will be playing and from 3-7 p.m. will be Neo Johnsons.

Tickets for the BBQ are $12 in advance or $15 at the gate.

Tickets can be obtained at the Chamber office.

“Come out and enjoy the day,” says Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber.

07/23/2024

Six South Dakota librarians have graduated from the Public Library Training Institute, which took place in June at Northern State University in Aberdeen. The institute, sponsored by the South Dakota State Library, is a program of continuing education for librarian practitioners, support staff, and trustees of South Dakota public libraries who do not have library degrees.

Misti Burns of the Tripp County Library, was one of the six to earn a certificate of public library management.

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Winner, SD 57580
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07/23/2024

T4 Foundation is a new foundation which is set up to help those in Tripp County affected by drug & alcohol use. Pictured from left are Baleigh Cerv, Cathy Mayes and Andrea Kindt. All three work at Main Gate Counseling in Winner.

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07/22/2024

Ludwigs + 1 were the relay winners in the Lennox Lapsley half marathon on Saturday, July 13. Their time was 1:41.44. The running event was held in Millboro.

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Winner, SD 57580
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07/22/2024

The 55th annual Winner Elks Rodeo will be held July 26, 27 and 28 at the Tripp County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. each night.

The Winner Elks benefit rodeo won the prestigious South Dakota Rodeo Association reserve rodeo of the year award in 2020.

The rodeo is a benefit for children’s services at LifeScape which serves children statewide from centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

This year’s rodeo entertainer is Donnie Landis, PRCA rodeo clown and barrelman from Gooding, Idaho. Donnie turned professional when he was 18 years old. He has worked the NFR two times and also Pendleton, Houston, Reno, Salinas as well as the Calgary Stampede. His family oriented humor will leave the audience in stitches. His vaudeville type stand up walk and talk and timing are the best in the business.

Returning this year is the thrilling event called bull soccer that will be featured each night. A person gets inside a human soccer ball and entices a bucking bull to play soccer.

The rodeo competition begins at 7 p.m. each night with over $30,000 in prize money in all standard events. To add to the excitement is a $1,000 bounty bull each night sponsored by Jorgensen Land and Cattle. There will be a bounty bull all three nights with $1,000 up for grabs each night.

There will be a kids boot scramble each night with two age divisions—4-6 and 7-10.

Rodeo stock is provided by Hollenbeck Rodeo Co., named 2020 stock contractor of the year. The Hollenbecks have been the stock contractor since the first Elks Rodeo in 1969.

Calling the action will be SDRA finals announcer Alan Odden of Ft. Pierre.

Winner Does No. 238 will run the lunch stand serving grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos and soft drinks.

The Elks will have a beer stand. No coolers please.

The rodeo is sanctioned by the SDRA, NRCA, NSRA and M-SRA.

Proceeds from the rodeo go to children’s services at LifeScape which in 2022 served six children from Tripp County, 10 from Mellette County, seven from Jones County, 28 from Lyman County and five from Gregory County.

The rodeo started in 1969 under the leadership of four Winner Elks members—Bill Dillon, Vince Hollenbeck, Dick Kazda and Harold Jans. LifeScape (then Crippled Children’s Hospital and School) had a traveling rehab unit that visited communities across the state providing clinics for children with physical disabilities, mostly polio. In Winner, the clinic was held at the Elks Lodge. The four men were so touched by the plight of the children and their families and decided to start a fundraising rodeo to help. The event has been held every ear since with the event raising over $265,000 over the years.

Admission at the gate is $12, advanced tickets are $10, kids 10 and under are free.

Advanced tickets can be purchased at BankWest, Zip Trip in Winner from July 22 until 3 p.m. July 26. Each night advanced ticket holders are entered into nightly drawings.

07/18/2024

The Tripp County 4-H Rodeo will be held July 19 at the Tripp County Fairgrounds. The rodeo will start at 9 a.m.
Rodeo stock will be provided by Hollenbeck Rodeo Co. of Winner. There will be no gate admission.
There will be both junior and senior events.
Jr. boys events will be ba****ck steer riding, cattle riding, flag race, goat tying, breakaway roping and team roping.
Junior girls events are barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, breakaway roping and team roping.
Senior boys events are tie down calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping, ba****ck, saddle bronc and bull riding.
Senior girls events are barrels, pole bending, breakaway roping, goat tying, team roping and ribbon roping.
The rodeo will start with the rough stock in the large arena.
A concession stand will be provided by the Tripp County 4-H Leaders.
Top placers in the 4-H rodeo qualify for the state 4-H finals rodeo in Ft. Pierre Aug. 16-18.

07/03/2024

Kids enjoyed playing in an inflatable farm at the Winner Summer Nights. There were several inflatables for the kids to enjoy. Winner Area Chamber of Commerce put on the summer event on Main Street.

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07/02/2024

Persons look over the numerous silent auction items at the benefit for Pam Fritz on June 22 at the Black Lab.

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07/01/2024

There was a large crowd at the circus in Winner on June 22. The circus was held at the Tripp County Fairgrounds. Rosebud Shrine Club sponsors the circus.

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06/30/2024

Sharon Eddie, left, was the winner of the heads or tails game at the Winner summer night. Second place went to Courtney Frederick. Making the presentation is Keshia Bauer, president of the Winner Area Chamber board. This game was a fundraiser for Winner Area Crime Stoppers.

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06/29/2024

Tripp County ballots in the race for Dist. 21 senate and house were recounted Friday morning. Pictured from left are Laura Root, Paul Jensen, Tim Gant and auditor Barb DeSersa.

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06/28/2024

Members of the Winner Community Playhouse board are planning for a 50th anniversary celebration which will be held on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. Pictured from left are Emily Moser, Arianne Boerner, Sandra York and Cheril Meiners.

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06/27/2024

Winner received close to five inches of rain in the three days that it stormed last week.
Winner officially received 4.60 inches of moisture. The most was 3.85 on June 21 and almost an inch more on Saturday.

06/27/2024

Several teams from Winner High School have made the academic achievement team for achieving or exceeding a grade point average of 3.0.

The following programs on the team are: boys basketball, boys basketball cheerleaders, boys cross country, boys golf, boys track and field, wrestling, competitive cheer, competitive dance, football, football cheerleaders, girls basketball, girls basketball cheerleaders, girls golf, girls track and field, one act play, oral interp, softball, student council, volleyball and yearbook.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association academic achievement team award began during the 1996-1997 school year and is designed to recognize varsity athletic teams and fine arts groups for their academic excellence.

The SDHSAA believes that high school students learn in two distinct ways: inside the classroom and outside the classroom on the stage and athletic field.

The SDHSAA award program is designed to create a positive environment as well as an incentive to encourage school “teams” to have their members excel both in the classroom and the activity.

06/26/2024

Dillon Bates, conservation officer in Winner, presented a program on fish at the Tripp County Library on June 11. He talked about the different types of fish that can be found in the Tripp County area.

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06/25/2024

Coach Troy Fiesterman, left, talks to the Winner team during the opening game of the Father’s Day tournament Saturday morning at Leahy Bowl. Winner Jr. Teeners defeated Parkston.

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06/24/2024

A large crowd was on hand to enjoy a meal at the Winner Regional Health 75th block party on June 14. The free supper included burgers, hotdogs, chips and a cookie.

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06/23/2024

The Colome community blood drive will be held July 16 at the Colome Legion. It is sponsored by the Colome American Legion Auxiliary.

The drive will be from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

To schedule an appointment contact Vicki Nelson at 605-842-0270.
LifeServe Blood Center collects the blood.

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06/23/2024

Several people have asked about the recount process. In District 21 there will be a recount in the senate race and the house race.

Within three days of the state canvass, a petition must be filed with the county auditor in all counties in District. 21.

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06/22/2024

A young girl gets ready to have her face painted during the 75th anniversary block party hosted by Winner Regional Health on June 14. The celebration was to honor the health care center’s 75 years in the community.

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06/21/2024

The Winner 16U tournament will be held June 22-23 at Leahy Bowl in Winner.

The Winner/Colome Junior Legion will play Martin at 9:30 a.m. June 22 in Winner.
The rest of the opening round schedule includes:
Chamberlain vs. Wager at 9:30 a.m. in Colome, Gregory vs. Parkston at 11:30 a.m. in Winner and Platte vs. Valentine, Neb., at 11:30 a.m. in Colome.

The championship game is at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday.

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06/20/2024

The 69th annual Rosebud Shrine Circus is coming to Winner. It will be held Saturday, June 22 at 8 p.m. at the Tripp County Fairgrounds rodeo arena.

The circus is sponsored by the Rosebud Shrine Club.

Tickets can be purchased at Winner True Value or BankWest.

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Winner, SD 57580
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06/05/2024

The summer kickoff will start with June Summer Nights
on June 19 in Winner. It will be held from 6-9 p.m. on the second block of Main Street.

Summer nights is sponsored by the Winner Area Chamber of Commerce.

There will be several food vendors.

They will include Travelers Cup of Winner serving Philly steak sandwiches, lemonaide and other drinks, Donut Factory, Armour, with mini donuts; Easy Entree and Town and CountryWomen’s Club will have a bake sale and selling root beer floats. There will also be Indian tacos for persons to enjoy.

Any person, business or organization that would like to have booth at the summer night call theWinner Chamber office at 605-842-1533.

The winner of the May Burger battle will be revealed and a trophy presented. Plus there will be a drawing for five individuals who ate at all six burger locations and turned in their punch card. Each will receive $100 in Winner Kash.

There are a lot of activities planned including a mechanical bull, inflatable obstacle course, bouncy house, inflatable farm, petting zoo, hay wagon rides.

The junior 4-H members are planning a fun booth and there will be fundraiser for Winner Area Crime Stoppers.

Winner Regional Health is planning on having a booth at the event.
The band will be Dirty Boys Band from the Pierre area. The band sponsors are Jorgensen Land & Cattle and Dairy Queen.
Mike Scott, executive director of the Chamber, invites all to come out and enjoy a good time with a lot of family friendly events.

Scott says this will be the only summer nights for the season.

There is still the BBQ Pit Row and car show set for July 27 which will be on Main Street.

Another Chamber event is the garage sales on June 21-22. Persons who are having a garage sale are to call the Chamber. There will be a list of the sales plus a map showing their locations which will be on Facebook and at convenience stores.

06/03/2024

Winner girls softball could not could not keep up with West Central and fell 11-0 on May 22 in playoff action at Hartford.

Ellie Kaiser had a double for the Warriors. Both Kaiser and Maree Pravecek were 1-2 at the plate.

Jessica Kills In Water pitched 4.1 innings and had 2 strikeouts.
With the loss the season ended for the Winner team.

05/30/2024

Tripp County voters will be going to the polls on June 4 for the primary election.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

On the Republican Primary ballot for Dist. 21 state senate are Erin Tobin, the incumbent and Mykala Voita.

There are three candidates running for Dist. 21 Representative. They are Lee Qualm, Marty Overweg and Jim Halverson. Persons can vote for two. Overweg is the incumbent.

There are two persons running for Tripp County Commissioner in District 4. The candidates are Jeremy Clay and Joyce Kartak, the incumbent.

There are two candidates for precinct committeewoman for Lake Consolidated. On the ballot are Margie Wiley and Brenda Hofeldt.
Also on the ballot will be an initiated measure asking voters whether they want to use a tabulator or hand count ballots in all Tripp County elections. Persons can vote either yes or no.

This initiated measure prohibits the use of automatic tabulating machines or systems to count or tabulate Tripp County ballots for any election in Tripp County.

Under this measure Tripp County elections would be required to hand count ballots while prohibiting the use of the electronic tabulating machines that is currently in use to count ballots in Tripp County.

A petition was presented to the Tripp County Commissioners to put this measure on the primary ballot.

The polling places in Tripp County are: Clearfield Consolidated at Clearfield Hall, Colome Consolidated at Colome fire hall, Hamill Consolidated at Hamill Hall, Ideal Consolidated at First Presbyterian Church in Ideal, Lake Consolidated at Colome Fire Hall, Lamro Consolidated at Tripp County 4-H Center in Winner, Sully Consolidated at 4-H center, Witten Consolidated at Witten Community Hall. All Winner precincts will vote at the 4-H Center.

There will be a test of the automatic tabulating machine on May 30 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse community room. The public is invited to come and watch the test.

05/28/2024

A ribbon cutting was held Friday morning for the highway project in Winner. Pictured from left are Joel Jundt, secretary of the Department of Transportation, Brad Norrid of Winner DOT, Winner Mayor Brad Schramm, Gus Reede of Reede Construction, Mike Flakus of Reede Construction, Rep. Rocky Blare, Doug Sherman of the Winner DOT, Doug Osborn of Northern Plains Construction, Rich Laber of Rosebud Concrete and Jordan Nelson of the Winner DOT.

05/27/2024

Bob McCready, second from right, retired Friday after working 37 years in the tire department at Grossenburg Implement. Pictured from left are Barry Grossenburg, Gene Grossenburg, McCready and Charlie Grossenburg.

05/24/2024

Two Winner High School seniors have graduated from the Tripp County ambulance cadet program. In the center are Alyssa Williams and Nicole Farley. Pictured with them are Paul Schueth and Sissy Orel.

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125 West 3rd Street
Winner, SD 57580
(605) 842-1481