Pioneer Review
Brigitte Brucklacher is this year’s SDACTE Lifetime Achievement Award winner! This honor was announced on July 27, and she received her plaque at the SDACTE Awards Banquet that was held in Brookings. Mrs. Brucklacher is an outstanding person whose contributions to the area of career and...
South Dakota is gaining international recognition as one of the world's premier destinations for experiencing the night sky.Badlands National Park was designated an International Dark Sky Park by DarkSky International at a special evening ceremony Friday, July 17, becoming the first and only...
On behalf of the First National Bank of Philip, Racheal Gartner and Gavin Brucklacher, hosted the Fraud Awareness Event for the Philip area. John McCullough from Financial & Retailers Protection Association (FRPA) explained throughout the hour long meeting, the best practices, alerts, training...
The Haakon County Young Women’s (HCYW) Kiddie Park was recently vandalized, broke into and rotten, thoughtlessness acts done to the property. The majority of the damage was done to the inside of the newly constructed bathrooms. The HCYW kiddie park is maintained by volunteers who freely give their...
The Philip Volunteer Fire Department helped the Philip area celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Independence Day, with their annual fireworks display on July 4th. It was very spectacular and the sky was lit up for approximately 45 minutes. The beautiful display of colors in the sky were enhanced...
Planes flew in, and vehicles drove in, for the Wings and Wheels show at the Philip Airport, Saturday June 27th. Although it was too windy for the Young Eagle Flyers to give plane rides for the children, a good number of vehicles were on display. Those attending were served a breakfast from 9:00 to...
Publisher's note: I want readers to understand that I believe that the “local" United States Post Offices we deal with on a daily basis are working with everything in their power to give us better service. The rules and regulations implemented in Washington D.C. and New York, just do not fit the...
On June 2, 2026 Philip Pearson had the honor of flying to Washington DC on the Midwest Honor Flight Mission 31. This mission carried 84 Veterans and flew out of Sioux Falls in the early morning. They were ready to take on a very long day of activities. Every Veteran had a guardian by their side....
The South Dakota DOT employees put the final touches on new lighted stop sign at the south intersection of Highways 14 and 73 in Philip. Both the north and south stop signs are complete and now have flashing red reminder lights.
Not an accident, no team finds themself on any State podium by accident much less on top. That takes intention and attention to detail, not only from a practice and race selection perspective but the how and the why. When athletes are presented with realistic / achievable / time driven goals they (...
