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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Gov. Kristi Noem says this year’s state budget will not need to be overhauled because tax revenues haven’t dropped as dramatically as had been feared. The Republican governor said Thursday that the budget is “in pretty good shape,” but warned that the economic impact of the coronavirus could be felt for […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Hail the size of tennis balls struck parts of the Black Hills Thursday, causing damage to homes and vehicles. In Spearfish, damage is widespread as there are many cars completely totaled and homes with broken windows and siding. Residents on social media are sharing pictures of roofs taking heavy damage and vehicles […]
PIERRE – South Dakota’s Primary Election was held Tuesday, June 2. According to the unofficial results, statewide voter turnout was 28.22%, with 154,324 ballots cast. Within the total ballot count, absentee ballots accounted for 88,949 ballots, while 65,375 ballots were cast at polling locations across the state on Tuesday. Official results will be available at […]
GILLETTE, Wyo. – Police in northeastern Wyoming say a man fatally shot another man in the head. Gillette police Lt. Brent Wasson says 21-year-old Joshua Campbell called police Tuesday night to report he’d shot 21-year-old Tanner Miller. Officers found Miller at Campbell’s apartment and Miller later died at a hospital. The Gillette News Record reports […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Thursday COVID-19 report affects the Black Hills area in several ways as a new death was reported and a county records its first case. The Department of Health reported today 87 new COVID-19 cases statewide and two new deaths. One of those deaths was in Pennington County; the other in Minnehaha. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Ethanol production moved higher last week, the fifth week in a row with an increase. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 765,000 barrels a day, up 41,000 on the week for the highest average since March because of blending demand rising slowly as COVID-19 related restrictions relax. that is still […]
PIERRE, S.D.— As of today, it appears the only thing that would cancel fireworks at Mount Rushmore July 3rd would be the weather. During a press conference this morning, Governor Kristi Noem and Department of Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen laid out details of the fireworks show that will be attended by President Donald Trump. Hagen […]
STURGIS, SD – A U.S. appeals court has issued a ruling vacating the EPA’s registration of three dicamba herbicides, calling into question the continued use of the herbicide in South Dakota and other grower states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the EPA “substantially understated risks that it acknowledged and failed […]
WEBSTER, S.D.—The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Day County. Tim Bormann of the South Dakota Attorney General’s office says the shooting occurred Tuesday near Webster. “The Day County Sheriff’s Office was called in to do a welfare check on an individual threatening potential self-harm,” said Borman. “Things […]
BOX ELDER, S.D. – The Box Elder Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of smoke visible in a residential structure at 125 West Gate Rd, Box Elder South Dakota. The call came in just before 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning. First arriving Firefighters found a free burning fire with a heavy smoke condition, issuing from […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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