Almost 2-year-old Caleb Presler opens wide for a big bite of pancake at the Brandon Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday. The fundraising event is the annual kickoff to Fire Prevention Week. Caleb’s parents are Adam and Natasha Presler.
Governor Larry Rhoden was the featured speaker at September’s On The Menu event. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Ahlers spoke to the group in August.
Brandon Valley players (left-to-right) Austine Nelson, Sam Stemwedel, Alaya Schunke, and Clarie Minion form a wall against a Yankton free kick on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Coming off a five-hour rain delay and change of courses, theLynx boys’ golf team captured the program’s very first Metro Conference crown. Representing Brandon Valley were Max Vincelli, Teddy Krivarchka, Cooper Shuman, Lincoln McInerney, Kalen Pudwill. Also pictured is Coach Cody Linneweber (at top).
The Marching Lynx are proving that practice reflects in the scores received at competitions like the Bands of America Regional Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Twisted Nightmare isn’t for the faint of heart. The longstanding haunted house relocated to a vacant home south of Brandon and is open through Oct. 31.
Madi Meyer, a junior at Brandon Valley High School, has completely bought into the Girl Scouts organization. In July, she took the stage at the 58th National Council Session in Washington, D.C.
Tateum Horstmeyer, who fills the flight 6 singles role for Brandon Valley, went unscathed in the ESD Conference championships, winning the flight title.
Brandon native Jake Adams takes a cut at a ball during the Home Run Derby that was staged at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. Adams, the 2017 Big Ten Player of the Year, actually won the Derby with 18 total homerun hits.
The Lady Lynx rush the court following their fifth-set win against Harrisburg on Saturday afternoon. The BV victory halted the Tigers’ 110-match win streak that dates back to September 2022.
Brandon resident Jim Linn, who is the executive director of Veterans Community Project in Sioux Falls, addresses the ribbon cutting crowd last week, celebrating the completion of 25 tiny homes for homeless veterans. The homes, village center and volunteer building took five years to complete.
Chloe Dabney (middle) poses with her trophy and check for winning the South Dakota Civics Bee on June 11, 2026, at Augustana University in Sioux Falls., S.D. Dabney will go on to compete in the national competition in Washington on Oct. 14.
Photo courtesy of South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry
