Wagner, SD

Wagner hosted the fourth annual State “B” Wrestling Dual tournament on Saturday, January 26, 2008, with thirteen teams from throughout the state participating.   The event was well organized and proved to be very exciting.  There were numerous talented athletes involved - all displaying great sportsmanship and having fun. 

To host this event is a great honor and opportunity for Wagner; it allows us to invite athletes, coaches and fans to our community and enjoy all we have to offer. We hope they enjoyed their stay and are excited about coming back soon.

Some interested citizens in Wagner have formed an assisted living committee to look into the possibility of starting an Assisted Living Facility in Wagner. After a successful first assisted living committee meeting held at Heritage Court in November, I hope we can build on that momentum and have a successful follow-up discussion. The next meeting will be on January 21^st, at 12 p.m. at Boom’s. At this meeting, we will try to pinpoint and summarize what the residents of the Wagner community really want and need from an assisted living facility. We will also discuss scheduling visits to different assisted living centers.

On January 8, 2008 a group of Wagner residents gathered to discuss and review our progress and what we will be doing next.  Dave Olson facilitated the meeting and helped us to think about what we are currently working on.

 Matt Cerny talked about the city website that is now up and running.  You can find the site @ www.cityofwagner.org .  Matt will be the person keeping the site update and if you would like to see something new or different on there you can contact him at the city finance office. 

 The Chamber of Commerce has a goal of getting more business members to meetings and is implementing ideas to do so.  They are hoping to target new members and become a more lively bunch!! 

The Education committee is a group of go getters!  They had a meeting at the same time so will be posting minutes from that meeting at a later date.  From what we hear though, they are set and running - congratulations and thank you for your hard work!!

The community beautification crew have made their first step goals of getting together with city officials, SD Nat Guard, and YST to become a group that works to keep our community clean together.  Linda Soukup noted that she is working on grant ideas and planting ideas for that part of the goal.  There will be a meeting to collaborate on or before the middle of February. 

 There has been a goal established to have a Multicultural Study Circles in Wagner.  Training for that will be Feb 15th and 16th- tentatively!!  As  a person who has went through study circles, I encourage everyone to become involved!  It was a great experience where I learned a lot about our community, it’s members (whom I might never gotten to know) and myself! 

Our next meeting will be Feb 12, 2008.  Lets push for greater progress to report then!!  Great work to date.