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CUSTER, S.D. – Fire crews were battling a wildfire in Custer State Park Wednesday. The Mine Draw Fire is burning near Highway 16, north of the park shop. It was reported to have grown to approximately 150 acres as of Wednesday night. According to a post on the park’s Facebook page, no park structures or […]
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Board of Regents has formally appointed Brian Maher as its next chief executive officer. Board members voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Maher, who leaves June 30 after five years as superintendent of the Sioux Falls School District. The regents oversee six public universities, including the South Dakota School for […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sioux Falls police say they are waiting for autopsy results to see if there is anything suspicious about the death of a woman whose body was found in a garage. Advocates for Angela Armstrong, missing since June 3, say on a Facebook page dedicated to finding her, that the body is […]
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump’s chief of staff threatened to garnish federal coronavirus relief funding from a South Dakota Indian tribe if it didn’t remove roadblocks intended to limit the spread of the virus, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe said the threat was one of several federal officials […]
PIERRE, S.D. – New cases of COVID-19 were up Wednesday as the Department of Health reported 66 new positive tests. Pennington County reported 9 new cases, giving them a cumulative total of 475. Pennington’s active caseload is 146 – up four from yesterday. Elsewhere in the Black Hills region, Lawrence County reported an additional case, […]
UNDATED – With Tax Day delayed to July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2020 Tax Burden by State report, as well as accompanying videos, along with its 2020 Tax Facts infographic. In order to determine which states tax their residents most aggressively, WalletHub compared the 50 states […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – The Minnesota Twins have signed first round draft pick Aaron Sabato with a $2.75 million bonus. Sabato, a first baseman from North Carolina, was taken with the 27th overall pick in the first round earlier this month. He signed for about $180,000 above the value for his draft slot assigned by Major […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Post 22 won the battle of Rapid City Tuesday night at the Hardhats and post 320 squared off at Fitzgerald Stadium. The Hardhats scored six runs in the first inning and went onto beat the Stars, 11-2. Post 22 now leads the all-time series, 36-1. Jake Goble went 2-for-4 at the […]
MOBRIDGE, S.D. – Authorities in Corson County announced a recent drug bust resulted in the seizure of 17 pounds of marijuana. Corson County deputies seized the pot during a traffic stop around 11:30 p.m. on June 18 on U.S. Highway 12 in Corson County. The Corson County Sheriff’s office says Deputy Mark Bilben made the […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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