Winner Advocate

Winner Advocate Covering Tripp County since 1910

Laura Brown-Advertising/General Manager
Dan Bechtold-Editor
Elisabeth Gregg- Graphic Artist
Jennifer Duffy- Office Manager
Rita Pravecek- Social Media/ Website
Charley & Norma Najacht-Owners
Charley Najacht-Publisher

Submitted photoBrad Whitley, left, retired from the Winner Volunteer Fire Department on May 30. He has been with the fir...
06/04/2026

Submitted photo

Brad Whitley, left, retired from the Winner Volunteer Fire Department on May 30. He has been with the fire department for 36 years. On the right is fire chief Jason Orel.

06/04/2026

Winner Regional Health to Host Annual Health Fair on June 5

Community members are invited to attend the annual health fair at Winner Regional Health on Friday, June 5 from 7 to 11 a.m. The event will take place in the Long Term Care area of Winner Regional Health and will feature a variety of health resources, screenings, and community booths.
Visitors will have the opportunity to explore booths from both local and statewide health-related organizations, offering information and resources focused on wellness, prevention, and healthy living.
A free breakfast will be served throughout the morning until 9:30 a.m., giving attendees a chance to enjoy a meal while visiting with exhibitors and healthcare professionals.
Several free health screenings will also be available, including pulmonary function testing and blood pressure checks.
In addition, Winner Regional Health will once again offer reduced-rate laboratory testing. Community members can receive a comprehensive blood panel for just $80. The panel includes:
CBC with Differential
Complete Metabolic Panel
TSH
Lipid Panel
Hemoglobin A1C
The health fair will also feature a silent auction with a variety of items perfect for decorating outdoor spaces and patios.
Winner Regional Health encourages community members of all ages to attend and take advantage of the valuable health information, screenings, and activities available during the event.
“We look forward to seeing everyone at this year's Health Fair and helping promote healthy living throughout our community,” said Chelsea Luse, director of marketing at Winner Regional.

Beehler joins Ameriprise By Dan BechtoldEditor Mali Beehler has joined the staff of Ameriprise in Winner.She started her...
06/03/2026

Beehler joins Ameriprise

By Dan Bechtold
Editor
Mali Beehler has joined the staff of Ameriprise in Winner.
She started her position as a financial assistant on May 26.
Beehler graduated from Winner High School in 2023. She went on to Mitchell Tech and graduated in 2025 with a degree in business management.
She lived in Sioux Falls and worked for a year for an oil and gas company doing abstract work.
She moved back to Winner in April and reached out to Amerpise to see if there were any job openings.
Beehler will have to take three tests to be a financial planner along with additional training through Amerprise and to update the phasing from becoming a financial planner to becoming a financial advisor.
Her goal is to help people with their finances and investments. She is looking forward to meeting new people.

06/03/2026

Help keep senior meal program going

By Dan Bechtold
Editor
There is a growing need for persons to contribute to the senior dining program in Winner to ensure the doors will stay open.
The center in Winner provides a hot daily meal for seniors.
The site averages 81 meals per day. This is those who pickup meals, those who come for a sit down meal and those delivered to the home bound. For anyone 60 or over the cost is $6 per meal. The cost to prepare the meal ranges from $12.47 to $14.42. Through March local meals program is down $15,404.14.
For many senior citizens, the daily meal is not just about food—it is an essential part of their routine and overall well being.
The Winner site serves an average of 795 meals per month.
While a suggested contribution of $6 per meal is encouraged, many individuals are not able to pay the full amount and more are unable to pay at all. ROCS remains committed to ensuring that no senior is turned away due to inability to pay. This commitment creates a growing funding gap.
The rising costs for food, fuel, maintenance and operations are putting increased pressure on the program. Although ROCS receives state and federal funding, those funds require local match contributions and do not fully cover operational expenses.
That is why there is a plea for individuals or organizations to step up and help the dining program.
Due to rising costs ROCS is seeking a community contribution of 18 percent.
This results in an annual community contribution of $24,858.40.
ROCS believes there needs to be a collaborative partnership between local stakeholders and ROCS to ensure seniors have consistent access to essential services.
Persons who would like to support this program, can send contributions to ROCS dining services—Winner, 146 E. 5th St., Winner, S.D. 57580.
All contributions will help keep the food and socialization coming for the senior citizens in Winner.
Persons who have questions can reach out to Diane Schroeder—site manager.

05/29/2026

Health fair is June 5
A community health fair will be held June 5 at Winner Regional Health from 7-11 a.m.
There will be a variety of vendors, a silent auction and a complimentary breakfast.
Persons will have access to discounted health screenings. The screenings will include a pulmonary function test, blood pressure, CBC with differential, complete metabolic panel, TSH, lipid panel and hemoglobin A1C.

Winner girls golf team won runner up honors at the regional golf meet May 19 in Mitchell. The entire team qualified for...
05/28/2026

Winner girls golf team won runner up honors at the regional golf meet May 19 in Mitchell. The entire team qualified for the state meet.
WHS qualified all five girls individually as well as a team.
At the region, Gracie Root was second with an 87. She was followed by Claire Pravecek, 7th, 98; Payton Sargent, 8th, 100; Kenli Pollard, 11th, 105 and Reese Halligan, tied for 12th, 113.
Chamberlain won the team trophy with a score of 374. Winner’s second place score was 390. Three teams qualified from Region 3 and 15 girls qualified to go to state individually.
The state Class A golf meet will be held June 1-2 at Two Rivers Golf Club in North Sioux City.

Winner/Colome high school baseball team punched its ticket to the state tournament as they defeated Belle Fourche 18-8 i...
05/27/2026

Winner/Colome high school baseball team punched its ticket to the state tournament as they defeated Belle Fourche 18-8 in the region tournament May 20 in Winner.
Camdyn Anderson drove in five runs on four hits to lead the Royals past the Broncs.
Winner/Colome rallied for the victory despite trailing 4-0 in the first inning.
After Belle Fourche took the first four runs Winner/Colome rallied big time scoring 8 runs in the first inning. The Royals tagged on 3 more in each of the third and fourth innings and capped its scoring with 4 runs in the fifth inning.
Carter McKenzie had a triple and Adryan Brandis and Cooper Craven each had a double.
Carter McKenzie earned the win for the Royals. The starter surrendered six hits and six runs over two innings, striking out 3 and walking 4.
Zac Olson pitched three innings in relief.
The Royals had 15 hits in the game. Carter McKenzie, Masen Beehler and Cooper Craven all collected multiple hits. Logan Calhoon had three walks.
In the first game of the region, Winner/Colome won 16-6 over Hot Springs.
Quincy Phillips had a home run with McKenzie getting a triple and Olson, Anderson and Beehler all with doubles.
The Royals were down in the first inning but rallied for the win. They scored 4 runs each in the 3rd and 4th inning and 5 in the fifth to win the game by the 10 run rule.
Camdyn Anderson, Zac Olson, Carter McKenzie and Brandis each collected two hits for Winner/Colome.
Anderson was the winning pitcher with four strikeouts.
The State B tournament was May 25-26 in Brookings. In the first game, Winner/Colome took on Madison/Chester/ORR.

05/27/2026

Primary election is June 2
There are several local candidates on the ballot in the June 2 primary election.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Tripp County Republican races are for auditor, sheriff and two county commissioner districts.
Seeking election as county auditor are incumbent Barb DeSersa and Tanessa Collette
The candidates for sheriff are incumbent Shawn Pettit and Dave Baker.
In District 5, the county commissioner candidates are incumbent Cody Jorgensen and Micah Cook.
In District 3, the county commissioner candidates are incumbent Mike Novotny and Steve Novotny.
There will also be a race for Dist. 21 state senator and Dist. 21 state representative.
Seeking election for the senate are incumbent Mykala Voita and Erin Tobin.
There are four candidates on the ballot for state representative. They are Jim Halverson, Marty Overweg, Wyatt DeJong and John H. Harter. Halverson and Overweg are the incumbents.
Also on the ballot are races for governor, U. S. Senator and U.S. Representative.
The GOP candidates for governor are Larry Rhoden, the current governor, Jon Hansen, Dusty Johnson and Toby Doeden.
Sen. Mike Rounds is being challenged by Justin McNeal.
For U. S. representative the candidates are Marty Jackley and James Bialota.
Persons will be able to vote for precinct committeeman and committeewomen.
On the ballot are:
Ideal Consolidated—Malon Burtz and Rocky Blare
Lamro Consolidated—James Halverson and Brad Assman
Colome consolidated—Brad Bolton and Brian Beck
Winner E 3rd—Nathan Naasz and William Mann
Sully Consolidate—Richard Krantz and Ken Engel
Lamro Consolidated—Cindy Assman and Becky Olson
Colome Consolidated—Debra Rae Kendrick and Kay L. Bolton
Sully Consolidated—Susan Engel and Sandra L. Krantz
The polling places include:
Clearfield Consolidated—Clearfield Hall
Colome Consolidated—Colome fire hall
Hamill Consolidated—Hamill Hall
Ideal Consolidated—First Presbyterian Church in Ideal
Lake Consolidated—Colome Firehall
Lamro Consolidated—4-H center in Winner
Sully Consolidated—4-H center in Winner
Witten Consolidated—Witten Community Hal
Winner SE 1st, Winner E. 2nd, Winner W. 2nd, Winner E. 3rd and Winner West 3rd will all vote at the 4-H center.

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate PhotoVal Ewing, center, guidance counselor at Winner High School, was honored at graduation...
05/22/2026

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo
Val Ewing, center, guidance counselor at Winner High School, was honored at graduation on May 16. She is pictured with Haley Barfuss and Roper Moore. Ewing has worked at Winner High School for 24 years and has taken a job in another school district.

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo Two retiring staff members from the Winner Elementary school were honored at the May ...
05/22/2026

Dan Bechtold/Winner Advocate Photo
Two retiring staff members from the Winner Elementary school were honored at the May 16 WHS graduation. Honored were Ann English, left, for 26 years of service and Jo Streifel for 45 years of service. Making the presentation is Roper Moore, president of the WHS student council.

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