Murdo Coyote
The sun rose on another day of adventure for the First Iowa Division of NARCOA on Monday, October 10. A group of seven railroad motorcars departed from the historical Murdo MacKenzie train station at first light and journeyed the lonely DSRC tracks to Belvidere and back. Chances are that you...
“Shopping,” the famous eight letter word made known for sending chills of excitement or terror down the backs of men and women around the world. At times the shopping carts, aisles and mile long receipts could dawn world war three, but in this day and age the dollar sign cannot be easily...
Okay, so it was most likely the three word enormously fonted title on this article that grabbed your attention. But taking my chances here, I am hoping that you (yes you!) might just have the keyword “story” rigged in your mind. Just to be clear, I am not seeking a story teller of bedtime tales,...
The following article was submitted by Greg Miller. It ran in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Bugle magazine in the January/February 2015 edition. Reprinted with permission from Alexander Deedy, the Bugle magazine, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
By Alexander Deedy, a former Bugle intern who...
The Jones County Community Foundation has received a $5,000 grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation to help build their permanent endowment fund. This grant comes as a result of the Jones County Community Foundation raising the first $20,000 of their $80,000 challenge. “We...
The 2016 Jones and Mellette 4-H Achievement Days kicked off on Wednesday, August 3 with the small animal and livestock shows. Festivities kicked off with the small animal show held at the Jones County Sportsman’s Club. Judge Jessica Magelky evaluated Madelyn Host’s healthy rabbit entry and gave...
Every small town has its “good guys,” but Murdo knows quite well that it really hit the proverbial “jackpot” when Bob Totton and his wife, Ellen, decided to make the move from Norris to its little community on Interstate 90 during the 1980’s. Bob had just retired from the United States Postal...
Do you hear it? Close your eyes and listen. Listen for the distant sound of hoof beats and wagon wheels echoing down a valley road, the pitter patter of feet shuffling up wooden stairs and the dull ring of a bell signaling that it is time for services to begin. Nearly a century of time cannot...
Jones County 4-H hosted the 2016 Youth in Action Day on July 13 at the Dan Parish Tech Center. During Youth In Action Day, 4-H members gave presentations and demonstrations, participated in consumer decision making, learned about horses in the hippology contest and completed the day with the...
Twenty bicyclists travelling in the Illini 4000 arrived safely at the Murdo Auditorium on Monday, July 4. Murdo served as the near halfway point on the group’s biking journey across America. Students from Ill., Wis.., China and India are currently making a trek across the country to research, raise...
