Paula Keyman officially retired following this school year after 33 years with the Lennox School District. Keyman spent most of those years at Worthing Elementary. Growing up the oldest, Paula Keyman liked playing school with her younger sisters. “I always played school. My sisters were my little students,” she said. “I always loved being around little kids.” Keyman took her love for teaching to Augustana University where she graduated with degrees in early childhood and ele

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday May 12. Commissioners heard agenda items including roof structure updates and clarifications on the consent agenda. Building Superintendent, John Rombough was present for an Old Courthouse roof structure update. Rombough introduced Robbie Veurink from Midwest Engineering, LLC to give a presentation to the commission. “John had us come and do an inspection of the roof and we looked back at it in 2020 and there was a valle

The Lennox High School Orioles baseball team split a pair of games last week, cruising to a 14-3 victory over the West Central Trojans on Monday, May 4, before falling to the Dell Rapids Quarriers 4-2 on Thursday, May 7. Lennox exploded offensively and received a strong pitching performance from Mason Reischl to earn a convincing six-inning road win over West Central. The Orioles wasted no time getting on the board in the first inning. Jaxson Bittner tripled to center field a

At right: Layci Eli throws out the pitch in the Orioles’ match-up against Dells. The Lennox High School Orioles softball team continued its strong spring season with a pair of dominant victories last week, defeating Baltic Bulldogs 11-1 on Tuesday, May 5, and Dell Rapids Quarriers 12-1 on Thursday, May 7. Lennox used a big second inning and a balanced offensive attack to roll past Baltic in six innings. The Orioles got on the board in the first inning when Layci Eli doubled t

The Lennox High School track and field teams turned in a strong showing at the Rich Luther Invite on Tuesday, May 5, highlighted by numerous personal best performances and a long list of top-eight finishes across both the boys and girls divisions. Leading the way for the Orioles was freshman Bergan Musser who delivered an exceptional performance, sweeping the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.88 and 200 meter dash with a time of 24.61, both personal bests and currently the top

This past week, Eli Plank (pictured at right) reached 100 varsity wins. Eli has been on varsity since seventh grade and has worked his way up the line up each year and this season he surpassed 100 varsity wins in singles and doubles. Plank is the second player in school history to reach this milestone and now has the second most varsity wins in school history behind his brother, Jaxon Plank. On May 4 the Lennox High School boys’ tennis team took on Sioux Falls Roosevelt in

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, May 5 in the Lincoln County Boardroom. Commissioners heard agenda items including AED replacement and IT equipment. Building Superintendent, John Rombough requested the commission consider a motion to approve the purchase of five Automatic External Defibrillators from Avera Heart Hospital for the amount of $7,625. “About six years ago, the sheriff’s department was getting in new AED’s and we had the old ones left over wh

After three public meetings about a possible opt-out, the school board passed a resolution approving an opt-out at the May 11 board meeting. In the resolution, “…the above said board is unable to operate under the tax limitation measure currently in statute for the General fund. We therefore OPT OUT of such tax limitation in the amount of $500,000 starting with calendar year 2026 taxes payable in the calendar year 2027. This opt out will be for 10 years, which will be throug

The Lennox High School Class of 2026 held their Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the High School gymnasium. The ceremony began with the graduates walking in to the processional performed by the Lennox High School Band under the direction of Mr. Youngquist. Macy Wallenstein, student council president, welcomed those in attendance. Superintendent Adam Shaw then introduced the student speakers who delivered the commencement address. The commencement addresses

Hailey Seelen gets ready to hit the ball. The Lennox High School softball team endured a challenging stretch of games last week, falling in three close match-ups. Beresford 4, Lennox 2 Lennox opened the week on Tuesday, April 28, with a 4-2 loss to Beresford. After a scoreless first inning, the Orioles struck first in the second when Madyson Dykstra delivered an RBI double to score Macy Wallenstein for a 1-0 lead. Both teams remained locked in a tight battle until the sixth