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UNDATED – Here is your Thursday Night, January 23, High School Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS BASKETBALL Brandon Valley 75, Brookings 34 Canton 61, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 43 Chamberlain 80, Miller 36 Dell Rapids 66, Madison 48 Douglas 62, Pierre 55 Elk Point-Jefferson 70, Akron-Westfield, Iowa 32 Florence/Henry 47, Waubay/Summit 45 Freeman Academy/Marion 58, Baltic 31 Gregory 59, […]
STURGIS, S.D. – A 77-year-old male escaped serious injury after his Jeep Cherokee was struck by a train in Sturgis Thursday night. Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater says Robert Wallace of Lemmon was traveling west bound on Ball Park Road, and attempted to cross the tracks when he was struck by a northbound train. VanDewater […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Police in Rapid City are investigating three robberies possibly involving the same people, two of them that took place within thirty minutes of each other last night. Police say around 9 p.m. Wednesday, a man took a bank bag from the front desk of the Quality Inn on North Lacrosse Street. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The two Wal-Mart stores in Rapid City will no longer be open 24 hours. Store managers say the new hours, effective February 1, will be midnight to six a.m. seven days a week. In a statment, they said “we’re continually looking at how we can best serve our customers. Based on […]
GILLETTE, Wyo. – The new owner of two Wyoming coal mines is at odds with the owner of two huge industrial shovels. Komatsu says Eagle Specialty Materials is using its shovels without permission and compensation and has asked a West Virginia bankruptcy judge to enable Komatsu to reclaim its property. Eagle Specialty Materials claims in […]
PIERRE, S.D. – A pair of bills concerning the use of ‘drones’ in South Dakota are making their way through the State Legislature in Pierre. Drones – also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles –have drawn the attention of state lawmakers in recent years. Now HB1059, an act to revise certain provision regarding hunting with drones, […]
GILLETTE, Wyo. – A former CEO has denied he took millions of dollars from a bankrupt Wyoming coal producer. The Gillette New Records reported Jeffrey Hoops Sr. says he went to extraordinary personal financial lengths in an attempt to save Blackjewel LLC. Lawyers for the company filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jan. 9 […]
UNDATED – At the conclusion of this year’s basketball season, the format of combining the boys and girls state tournaments for both ‘AA’ and ‘A’ will go away. State Basketball in South Dakota is about to go back to the way it was before – all three girls’ tournaments one week and then all three […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Jackrabbit men’s basketball team won its 20th consecutive game at Frost Arena Wednesday night, taking down North Dakota State 78-73 in front of 3,011 fans. South Dakota State (15-8, 6-2 Summit League) shot 55.8 percent as a team and outscored the Bison by 12 in the paint as four Jackrabbits scored […]
STURGIS, S.D. – All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to take part in the local level of competition for the 2020 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The St. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus council is holding the competition Sunday, January 26th at 4pm at the Sturgis Armory, 1019 Main […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]