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RAPID CITY S.D. – Rapid City Police say the body pulled from Rapid Creek Tuesday has been identified as a missing Rapid City man. He is 41-year-old Jason Rush, who has been missing since May 19. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma contributing to Rush’s death but police are still waiting on toxicology results […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health predicts that the number of COVID-19 cases could grow rapidly in our region over the coming weeks. West River COVID-19 positives reached 266 on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, with 17 new confirmed cases. Monument Health’s short-term projections, based on actual data over the past two weeks and used to […]
CHEYENNE, WY — Cheyenne Frontier Days™ (CFD) today announced that public health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic have forced the cancellation of the 2020 festival scheduled for July 17-26. This decision was made in conjunction with the other major summertime events in Wyoming and is in accordance with Governor Mark Gordon’s direction […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender announced Wednesday that they are temporarily suspending the Rapid Ride and Dial-a-Ride services after a third driver tested positive for COVID-19. During his weekly press conference, Allender says the city is suspending transit operations for two weeks effective Saturday. During that time, city officials will clean […]
STURGIS –The Department of Social Services (DSS) office in Sturgis will begin opening to the public by appointment only starting May 28, 2020. “While DSS staff have been working remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to serve the people of South Dakota, we will begin reopening offices to the public on an appointment-only basis,” said DSS […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), is now accepting applications from agricultural producers who have suffered losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Producers could begin receiving checks in early June for the USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Ranchers and farmers can begin signing up for the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – In their Wednesday report, the South Dakota Department of Health reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths. The victims are in the following age ranges: 30-39, 50-59 and two in the 60-69 range. They were from Brown County, Todd County and two from Minnehaha County. In the Black Hills […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An employee at a Jack Link’s Protein Snacks plant in South Dakota died after contracting COVID-19. 58 employees at the Alpena meat processing plant have test positive for the coronavirus. Jack Link’s did not give further details on the employee who died, but says it is checking employees for symptoms of […]
UNDATED – With nearly 39 million Americans becoming jobless during the coronavirus pandemic and 44 percent of Americans expecting to go into more debt because of the crisis, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States Where People Need Loans the Most Due to Coronavirus, as well as accompanying videos. Greater interest in getting a […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – Collapsing energy prices and the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to cost Wyoming up to $1.5 billion in revenue over the next two years. A report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan state Consensus Revenue Estimating Group predicts sales tax revenue will fall up to 30% in the 2021 fiscal year that begins […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]