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STURGIS, S.D. – The 2020 South Dakota Junior Legion Region Tournament is taking place in Sturgis. The home team Sturgis Riders picked up an opening round win Friday. Sturgis Riders JV defeated the RC Post 22 Bullets 14-2 in the first game of the Region 1 South Dakota “A” Tournament. They now advance to play […]
SPEARFISH, SD – A small fire caused by a lightning strike from the previous evening’s thunderstorm was contained Friday west of Spearfish. Units from the Spearfish Fire Department and U.S. Forest Service had the fire, which burned less than one-tenth of an acre in the southwest corner of Wild Turkey Estates, under control about two […]
GREELEY, CO – The U.S. sheep and lamb industry is asking for federal intervention in the purchase of the Mountain States Rosen processing plant by JBS USA Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Brazilian JBS S.A. In a letter sent to the Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, 15 U.S. Senators have signed on to request an […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Chinese buyers booked their single biggest-ever purchase of U.S. corn, extending their flurry of large U.S. purchases even as tensions between Washington and Beijing rise. Reuters reprots that on Thursday that private exporters sold 1.937 million tonnes of corn to China for delivery in the 2020/21 marketing year. That topped the previous […]
PIERRE, S.D. – There were 80 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Friday update from the state Department of Health. Of those, Pennington County had 7 new cases and Custer County added 5 new cases. It’s not known if the case spike in Custer County was due to the cases associated with the Camp […]
RAPID CITY. S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department has safely taken an 18-year-old suspect into custody after a brief standoff. According to tweets from the RCPD, the male suspect threatened others with a gun, firing one shot before running into an apartment in the area of Canyon Lake Drive and Monte Vista Drive. Officers […]
ABERDEEN, SD – Eight students of Northern State University in Aberdeen and a youth who attended a recent athletic camp on the NSU campus have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a university spokesperson. The university is working closely with the state Department of Health to undergo contact tracing of those with confirmed cases and […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The city of Sturgis and Dream Design International hosted a public open house Thursday night on its plans for the Marcotte property. The city acquired the property in 2015 from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department. The approximate 60 acre space at the time was located just outside Sturgis city […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club will hold an informational forum Saturday night at the Sidehack Saloon regarding next week’s election concerning the city’s annexation of its club grounds. The forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. The Sidehack is located at 1027 Lazelle Street. The event is sponsored by the Libertarian Party […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation is activating temporary traffic signals and reduced speed zones as the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gets closer. Beginning Aug. 6, speed reductions will be in place through Aug. 16, and temporary traffic signals will stay operational through Aug. 17. The SDDOT will also deploy message […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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