Graduating Tri County High School senior Patrick Overzet plans to spend the summer working as a mechanic on a combine crew, beginning in North Dakota and working across the country. — Daily News/Mike Taylor HOWARD CITY — Never give up. That’s the advice Tri County High School graduating senior Patrick Overzet would like to pass along to future [...]

Tractors played a big role in Lakeview High School’s Academic parade on Friday. — Daily News/Mike Taylor   LAKEVIEW — A parade in Lakeview was held on Friday afternoon to commemorate the dramatic increase in ACT scores at the school over the course of the past few years. According to Lakeview High School Principal Gary Jensen, this [...]

Jessica Riste, who served for the past 10 years as assistant manager at Julie’s Coffee House, at 6722 S. Greenville Road in Greenville, reopened the establishment under its new name — The Coffee House — Tuesday. GREENVILLE — Regulars at the recently-closed Julie’s Coffee House in Greenville will continue to get their caffeine on there. The [...]

This year’s contestants in the Sheridan Springfest Pageant include, from left, Alexis Brown, Kelsey Ross, Riann Rohn and Anna Lake. Contestants met Thursday evening at the Sheridan VFW for the traditional annual Pageant Tea. — Daily News/Mike Taylor   SHERIDAN — It’s going to be a busy Memorial Day weekend in Sheridan. That’s when the Sheridan [...]

Area Celtic band Peat in the Creel, featuring, from left, Mike Mulder, Alison Myers, Bill Nieusma and Toby Bresnahan, appears at a free concert June 1 at Robbins Book List in Greenville. — Daily News/Mike Taylor GREENVILLE — When it comes to experiencing the better things in life, once is never enough. That’s particularly true when it [...]

SHERIDAN — If you live in the village of Sheridan and have an old ’74 Pacer rusting away in the back yard, you may want to consider finding a new home for it. At Monday’s regular meeting, the Sheridan Village Council discussed the possibility of adopting a recently drafted ordinance dealing with junk within village limits. [...]

Kyle Hamlin   LAKEVIEW — Lakeview Community Schools Superintendent Kyle Hamlin will act as negotiator for the district with the architectural firm and contractors chosen to work on upcoming school improvement projects. At Monday evening’s school board meeting, board members voted to give Hamlin the power to act on the school system’s behalf, provided the architectural [...]

Alexis Justice says she enjoys school and likes her teacher, but hates that she has to miss so many days due to problems arising from her cystic fibrosis. — Daily News/Mike Taylor LAKEVIEW — If she had been born 20 years earlier, Alexis Justice’s life, at age 7 would be nearly half over. As it is, the [...]