Home » Archives for July 1, 2020
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The former office manager of the Rapid City Rush admits to stealing thousands of dollars from the team. Jennifer Durham, 42, is charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion. According to a plea agreement Wednesday, Durham agrees to pay $700,000 in restitution to the Rush […]
NEMO, S.D. – A partial bridge collapse on Nemo Road has closed down the bridge and resulted in a detour. The highway patrol responded to the incident after a semi truck had crossed over it and one lane of the bridge partially collapsed. The partial collapse has closed a portion of Nemo Road. A detour […]
MILES CITY, MONT. – Miles Community College and Montana Farm Bureau have teamed up to make a meat processing certificate/degree a reality. For the past several years, MCC has been hoping to develop a certificate that can offer a journeyman certificate in meat cutting. “The recent disruptions in the livestock product supply chain due to […]
Washington, D.C. – Legislation that will allow state inspected meat to be sold across state lines through e-commerce, allowing small producers and processors more options to directly market to consumers has been introduced in Congress. “As a result of COVID-19, meat processing plants across the country have been forced to close or slow operations and as […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Health reported 62 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday and two new deaths. The two new deaths include one woman and one man. One person was in the 40-49 year age range and one person was in the 70-79 year age range. Minnehaha and Buffalo Counties each had one new […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Over 18,000 ranchers and farmers in South Dakota are set to receive approximately $250 million in COVID 19 aid. The USDA says more than 319,000 farmers and ranchers have been approved for over $4.8 billion in coronavirus aid so far. The legislation includes $16 billion in direct payments to farmers and ranchers. As […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The annual Firecracker Tournament will get started today (Wednesday) in Rapid City – albeit a little smaller due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eden Prairie, Minn., and Terre Haute, Ind., both dropped out of the tournament, which begins Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., making it a six-team field with 18 games in the […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Occidental Petroleum has extended by one week a Wednesday deadline for Wyoming to bid on a swath of land and mineral rights bigger than Connecticut. Gov. Mark Gordon’s spokesman Michael Pearlman says the bid is now due July 8. Houston-based Occidental seeks to sell 6,250 square miles of the company’s holdings mainly […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]