The Wessington Springs weekly True Dakotan reports in its Thanksgiving issue that a bull elk has been spotted 10 miles west of the Jerauld/Buffalo county line by Odon Corr, who runs regular coyote trap lines in the area. He saw it last Friday at 8 a.m. on the north side of Highway 34, on the east side of Elm Creek, near the Billy Etbauer ranch.

The Wenzel brothers' newspaper always does an excellent job of reporting on the vagaries of nature in their part of the world. The new issue also reports on a little scuffle between city workers and a family of beavers on a little pond near the big sewer pond northeast of Wessington Springs.

Every morning, the workers break a hole in the dam so it drains properly and by night the beavers have repaired the hole so their pond refills. While the city isn't so concerned about the little pond, they are worried that a precedent may be established and the beavers will tackle the big pond next.