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Pamela Monaghan-Geernaert, front right, of Aberdeen runs alongside fellow ultramarathons as she competes in her ninth 100-mile race in Hyak, Wash. Courtesy photo.

Aberdeen runners with different stories finish 100-mile ultramarathon journeys

By Paige Schmidt, Aberdeen Insider 07/31/2026

Many Aberdeen residents spend their weekends relaxing, but a few chose to spend the last weekend of June doing something…

Northwestern's Ella Boekelheide holds off the competition down the stretch while winning the girls Class B 800-meter run Friday, May 30 at the 2025 state track meet in Sioux Falls. Boekelheide has been named the high school girls athlete of the year by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association. Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Ella Boekelheide named SD high school girls athlete of the year

By Aberdeen Insider 12/29/2025

Ella Boekelheide has been named the 2025 high school girls athlete of the year by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association….

Olympic marathoner Dakotah Lindwurm, left, and Nate Davis, NSU director of athletics, visit during a question-and-answer session Thursday, Jan. 23 at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the Northern campus. Aberdeen Insider photo by Scott Waltman.

Lindwurm discusses journey from Northern State walk-on to Paris Olympics

By Scott Waltman 01/25/2025

Dakotah (Bullen) Lindwurm has played the underdog role as well as possible, but it probably no longer applies. Not after……