Officials, on an extremely windy day in Wessington Springs, broke ceremonial ground for a new American Legion Hall Monday. It was wind of another type, in the form of an E-F-two tornado that reduced the previous Legion Hall to a pile of rubble on June 18th last year. One of those tossing dirt with a gold tipped shovel was Wessington Springs Mayor Melissa Mebius…
Darold Rounds is on the committee tasked with replacing the damaged Legion building. He says the replacement will be a significant improvement…
Helping honor the new construction was a visit from the National Commander of the American Legion Mike Helm and a representative from Senator Mike Rounds office. Mebius is looking forward to what the new American Legion Hall will bring to her town…
Rounds says low bids helped them plan for a larger facility….
The new American Legion Hall in Wessington Springs could be open by sometime in November. Post 14 is currently renting space in a small building on Main Street.