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Congratulations to Coach Bill Clemens on receiving Basketball Region 1-4 Junior High Coach of the Year!

Congratulations to our Northwestern musicians on their great performance at the Large-Group Music Contest! The band received a I rating, and the choir received at II rating.

Northwestern CDE Ag Business Individual Patrick- 4 th Ty- 5 th Team- 2 nd Ag Mechanics Team- 9 th Floral Chesnie- 8 th Team 9 th Fo...

Good luck to the Northwestern E-sports team at the state contest in Brookings!

Congratulations to all students who represented Northwestern at the NSU Regional Science Fair! Amyah Wilson – Sanford Award Elexis Kramp – SD Academy Award Jarren Haven –...

Congratulations to our Visual Arts team on its 3rd place team award at the state contest in Sioux Falls! Abigail Holmberg: 1 st Painting Watercolor Gregory Nelson: 2 nd Cr...

Congratulations to seniors Lincoln Woodring and Nathan Melius for being named second-team All-Lake Region Conference for boys basketball!

Congratulations to senior Dustin Dirksen for making the All-Lake Region Conference Wrestling Team!

Congratulations to junior Adrianna Ratigan for making 1st Lake Region All-Conference and to freshman Tara Blachford and sophomore Ashley Haven for making 2nd Team All-Conference i...

Congratulations to sixth-grader Darla Gaboya for being named middle school student of the month!

Congratulations to junior Ana Ratigan for being named student of the month!

Elementary Celebrates Read Across America Week! Northwestern elementary students celebrated Read Across America week March 4-7 with a variety of activities. Monday: I’m...

Congratulations to all the FFA members on a great job at the Faulkton CDE! 1 st Place Ag Business Team-Patrick O (4 th Place Individual), Ty B (8 th Place Individual) Dalla...

Congratulations to sophomore Murphy Lewis on receiving the honorable mention for the 2024 Yam Flag Competition! Youth Art Month YAM Flag competition awards one winner and one hono...

Northwestern Science Fair By Jensyn Siebrecht Northwestern School held its annual science fair Feb. 28. Middle school and high school students start their projects in Oc...

Get your 2024 Wildcat Yearbook from any journalism student! Make checks for $40 payable to Northwestern Journalism. Please enclose your check with the attached form and return to s...

Congratulations to junior Rhianna Troske for being selected to the SDSU Honor Band!

Congratulations to the E-sports participants who have qualified for the state tournament March 22-23 in Brookings! League of Legends Team Natasha Kaderabek (Captain) ...

The girls basketball team will play Harding County in Timber Lake at 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time/6:00 P.M. Central Time in the SODAK 16 for a berth to the State B Tournament! Full...

CONGRATULATIONS to the girls basketball team on its win over Leola-Frederick to advance to the SODAK 16 Feb. 29! 💛💚