Murdo Coyote
Sirens and horns celebrating the Lady Coyotes were blasting all through town for a send off for their journey to SoDak16 2026. Held in Spearfish Thursday March 5. The Girl’s BB team played and lost to Harding County 30-73.
On March 7, 4-H members from across Jones County gathered to test their culinary creativity and kitchen skills during the annual Iron Chef competition. A total of 13 youth participated, each preparing a unique dish while demonstrating organization, food safety, and presentation.
Participants were...
The Lady Coyotes played their first round of Regionals against the White River Tigers on Tuesday, February 24. The Coyotes claimed a heavy victory against the Tigers, 50-37, and would move on to play their second region game against the Wall Eagles on February 26 in Wall, S.D. They would...
At the recent February 18 special board meeting, the school board used a structured, decision-making process to evaluate three possible school calendar options: a four-day calendar, a five-day calendar, and a flex calendar. The goal of the meeting was to determine which calendar option would best...
Scoopy Scoopy Doo, the SD DOT snowplow for the Winner area, made an appearance in Murdo on Tuesday morning. The Jones County preschool class submitted the name for the plow and it was selected as the winning name. The plow will enter the Battle of the Blades Snowplow Blizzard Bracket held every...
Monday, February 2 was the beginning to an end of the Dakota Mill and Grain Bins located on North Main and Railroad St. The two smooth bins were standing since 1958, and in 1983 the three corrugated bins were added. Last year, a strong north wind compromised bin number three, blowing it over. More...
The Jones County School Board held a special community board meeting on Monday, February 2, at the mini gym for the purpose of discussing a four-day school week and sharing the community survey results on this topic. There was a very large turnout.
Deb O’Reilly, Superintendent and High School...
The monthly Murdo Area Chamber board meeting was held on Thursday, January 22 at the Rush Building on the end of Main Street. Krysti Barnes started with the treasurer’s report. She presented the bills due, and then shared a year-end treasurer’s report showing a detailed list of how the chamber...
The 58th annual Jones County Invitational Tournament concluded on Saturday evening with the Lyman Raiders winning the championship title. They won all three of their games against the Kadoka Kougars (52-31), the Jones County Coyotes (70-27), and a close match against the Stanley County Buffaloes (...
Snippets taken from Volume 71, Number 3 of The Jones County Tribune archives
The Coyotes win the invitational tournament of 1977.
