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Physician Tom Dean sits next to a picture of his parents, Harold and Betty, who died in a COVID-19 outbreak at Weskota Manor Avera in Wessington Springs. (Nick Sabato / Republic)
WESSINGTON SPRINGS In a house set halfway up one of Jerauld County’s many rolling hills, Tom Dean can see nearly the entire city of Wessington Springs from his front porch.
Outsiders may think the term city is used loosely. There are no stoplights and yield signs are more prevalent than stop signs. City Hall, the school and a 125-year-old opera house still in operation are all on the same street.
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