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The Faith Area Community Foundation (FACF) granted funds this last spring  from the Community Savings Account. Funds were awarded to the Faith Volunteer Fire Department going towards  the purchase of Jaws of Life equipment. The Faith Entertainment Committee received funds to help pay for bringing...
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Lifelong Faith area resident Irean Jordan celebrated her 100th Birthday last Sunday, September 10, 2023, at the Faith Legion Hall with her family and friends. Irean turned 100 on September 3, which means she had 100 years and 7 days of life experience to share with everyone at the party! One...
Photo & info courtesy Lenae Hulm
Glen Haines was recently gifted a custom Henry .22 caliber rifle, from Old Republic Armaments in recognition of his 55 years of service with the Faith Volunteer Fire Department (FVFD).  In 1968, he joined after noticing a need in the community. When asked what made him want to join, he said, "to...
 Photo courtesy Alison Grueb
The Faith Longhorns traveled to Dupree last Thursday night for their season opening game. While it did not go as the Longhorns and fans hoped on the scoreboard, the team played well together and kept penalties to a minimum in comparison to the competition.  The Longhorns will travel to Newell,...
First National Bank in Faith recently welcomed a new employee. Kaylee Grueb accepted a full time teller position and in doing so moved with her family to Faith. Kaylee shares a bit about herself and connection to Faith. “I grew up on a farm near Chancellor, SD and graduated High School in Parker,...
Photo courtesy Faith SPEC
The Faith Special Entertainment Committee(SPEC) completed another successful summer softball series this past weekend.  Five teams from the area came together to compete for a 1st place trophy and bragging rights for the next year. The Weekend Warriors from the Bison area captured the title this...
 Photo courtesy Jodene Shaw
Everyone was invited to join in the celebration as the community of White Owl marked 130 years of life on the prairie this last Sunday, July 30th. The day started off with a walk through the history of White Owl as told by the well respected old timers of the area. Rusty and Julie Foster gave wagon...
Photo courtesy Kirsten Maxwell
Several Faith area children and parents enjoyed to first session of swimming lessons at the Faith City Pool this last week. Parents commented how grateful they are to have this service available. “Learning how to float and not panick in the water, may very well save their life one day,”...
Photo courtesy Melinda Selby
Thirty-one golfers converged at the Northshore Golf Course on July 4th to compete in teams of four vying for first place and a year of bragging rights.  Looking back at last year’s event there are a few familiar faces in the top three places.  Brad Lemmel moved from the second place team in 2022 to...
Photo courtesy Laila Brownlee
One hundred and ten years after it was moved to its current location, a local one-room school was recently the focus of work by a group of volunteers intent on preserving a piece of community history.   Royal Center School, which was placed in February on the National Register of Historic Places,...

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