🌱 How Harrisburg slugger Kennedy Kokenge earned statewide softball recognition

What's up Harrisburg! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Harrisburg slugger Kennedy Kokenge earned statewide softball recognition

Today's riddle: Why did the turtle cross the road ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunshine and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 56.
• Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Argus Leader Starting 9: South Dakota's best softball players (argusleader.com) — Harrisburg softball standout Kennedy Kokenge is highlighted among South Dakota’s nine best high school players, praised by her coach for elite power, consistency, and smooth infield defense. The statewide roundup showcases her .531 average, 11 home runs, and leadership, putting Harrisburg firmly on the map in this season’s softball conversation.
   

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📸 Around Harrisburg

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 24

• JHS Summer School
  Sioux Falls Jefferson High School E Wing
  8:00 am
• Running Start
  Edison Middle School Classroom 159
  8:30 am
• Strength & Conditioning Make-up Lift (Grades 10-12 only)
  Sioux Falls Jefferson High School Weight Room
  10:00 am
• Freshman Strength & Conditioning
  Sioux Falls Jefferson High School Weight Room
  11:00 am

Thursday June 25

• Strength and Conditioning/Weight Training
  Tea Area School District Tea Area High School Weight Room
  5:50 am
• HS Track Throwers Open Field
  Tea Area School District Tea Area High School West Grass Field
  4:15 pm
• Wrestling: Summer Clinic @ Tea Area High School
  Tea Area School District Tea Area High School Wrestling Room
  7:15 pm

Friday June 26

• MS Girls Basketball Open Gym
  Tea Area School District Tea Area Middle School Gym
  7:30 am

Tuesday June 30

• Youth Hoops
  Tea Area School District Tea Area High School Main Gym
  8:00 am
• Marching Band Sectionals
  Sioux Falls Jefferson High School Track & Football Complex Footba
  10:00 am

Thursday July 2

• Ribbon Cutting at Gruen-Wald Engineered Laminates, Inc. →
  Gruen-Wald Engineered Lmnts, 1101 Heritage Pkwy, Tea
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hy-Vee posted a job opening for Meat Clerk in Harrisburg. Apply here.
• Harrisburg School District 41-2 posted a job opening for 2025-26 Day/Evening Shift Substitute Custodians (open until filled) in Harrisburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harrisburg here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sioux Falls

• Great Bear Shows Its Summer Side (keloland.com)
• Bergen Reilly has experienced incredible growth in popularity of women's sports (dakotanewsnow.com)
• $10 million campaign for St. Francis House expansion (keloland.com)

Canton

• Iconic mansion abounds with history on 2 acres in Canton (siouxfalls.business)

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Ok Harrisburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She was going to the shell station (Thank you Nettie D. for sending it in!)
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