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"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

The council of tomorrow

The council of tomorrow

Ingrid Ready, Staff Writer May 19, 2026

What do you think it takes to be a leader? Do you think leaders are born or can they be developed through experience and teachings? The Lincoln Leaders Council was developed this year by David Maxwell,...

Bergan with his daughter Anna Bergan after placing second in the SD softball state tournament with the 16U BV Blitz in the 2024 season (photo used with permission by Anna Bergan).

Bergan’s life after retirement

Makayla Hamm, Staff Writer April 19, 2026

Shawn Bergan is retiring after his 27th year as part of the LHS staff, but there is more to Bergan than what his students see at school.  Retirement does not always entail a quiet, inactive life; Bergan...

The triplets dressed up for Halloween, where they decided to be a witch, a monster and Elsa. (photo used with permission by Lily Statema)

Triplet trouble

Mallory Schneider, Staff Writer April 9, 2026

  Lily Statema, a 16-year-old triplet, partakes in different extracurricular activities than her sisters and is a victim of many common misconceptions about being a triplet.  Lauren, Kenley,...

The passengers lay flat on their stomachs, in preparation for the zero-G cycle that is about to start (Photo used with permission by Derek Dillman).

Defying gravity: the zero-g experience

Nadia Schneider, Editor in Chief April 8, 2026

You have probably experienced the weightless sensation before — that very short period of time when you are going over a hill in your car and feel yourself get lifted off the seat. But that feeling goes...

The LHS debate team has recently made it a priority to shift towards policy debate, which is not done in the state of South Dakota.

The state of debate

Naomi Jespersen, Editor in Chief April 8, 2026

Walk into almost any varsity debate tournament in South Dakota, and one thing becomes immediately clear: There is no LHS debate team in sight. This absence is not due to chance or skill, rather choice...

When high levels of arsenic were discovered in the taxidermy collection, the Great Plains Zoo partnered with the University of Notre Dame to restore and preserve the animals. (Artwork used with permission by Sketchify & Canva)

New habitat: Notre Dame

Vivian Kiesow-Knudsen, Editor in Chief April 7, 2026

What began as a personal taxidermy collection in the 1940s and eventually became a prominent Sioux Falls attraction has found a new home at the University of Notre Dame. The Delbridge Museum of Natural...

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