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The newly renovated Leewood Apartments in Britton are ready for tenants. The building consists of 16 units, including one, two and three bedroom apartments. The building dates back to the early 70s and sat empty for two decades before SLH Holdings took it over after it was purchased by the city. HME Companies now manages the apartments.

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The apartment units feature many modern amenities such as keyless entry, quality cabinets, ceiling fans in every room, in-unit washers and dryers and are also pet-friendly.

Leewood Apt Project Complete

The project has been a few years in the making, but the renovated Leewood Apartments are finally ready for renters. The apartments located on 9th Street in the southwest part of Britton have been undergoing major work since 2021 and though the project ran into many speedbumps, the property owner, HME Companies, says they are complete and looking for tenants.

LA Board Nixes Online School

Langford Area School District’s Board of Directors met last week for their regular February meeting. The board voted to remove Premier Online Academy from the school’s structure for the next school year. Premier was a free online K-12 school run through the LA district that was started this past fall with Ryan Bruns, former LA superintendent, as the online academy’s superintendent as well.

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New Marshall County Healthcare Center Chief Financial Officer Erik Peterson is pictured with this family, including wife Taryn and sons Max (bottom left) and Blaise.

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ERIK PETERSON

CFO Moved By MCHC’s Mission

Erik Peterson says he was vaguely familiar with the small town of Britton a year ago. As a football fan, he knew NFL player Dallas Goedert is from the area, and he had followed the story of Trevor Zuehlke that made statewide headlines. Though Peterson knew of Britton’s existence, it was not on his radar of places he might move to, that is, until May of 2022 when he saw an opening for Chief Financial Officer at Marshall County Healthcare Center.

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Members of Project Jack Drop gather around the box, parachute, data storage vault, computer and motors that will be taken to 120,000 feet on a NASA balloon and then released. The students are one of six teams chosen in NASA contest. Pictured, from left, are Britton native Zack Strong, Adam Forman, Evan Talcott, Brett Wartner, Braydon Crawford and Ben Brainard.

Local Grad Part Of NASA Contest

What goes up must come down. That is the interesting dilemma for a group of South Dakota State University engineering students whose project has been selected as one of six finalists in a NASA competition.

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Marshall County Journal

PO Box 69, Britton, SD 57430
Phone: (605) 448-2281