August 18, 2020

STURGIS, S.D. – The Meade 46-1 School Board decided Monday night to wait until August 31 to make a decision as to what level they will begin in-class learning on September 8th. Under the district’s back to school plan, there are three color-coded phases. A Phase 1 is when there is little to minimal cases […]

PIERRE, S.D. – State Health officials announced Tuesday, August 18, that a patron of the One-Eyed Jack’s Saloon at 1304 Main St. in Sturgis, SD has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual visited the business while able to transmit the virus to others on these dates and times: August 11, from 12:00 p.m. – 5:30 […]

STURGIS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation released its final traffic counts for this year’s rally and it indicates a slightly down year compared to 2019. Overall, the D-O-T says 462,182 vehicles entered Sturgis over a 10 day period. That is compared to 499, 654 in 2019 – a 7.5-percent decrease. Rally traffic […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 83 new cases of COVID-19 in their Tuesday report. Pennington, Meade and Lawrence counties all reported a handful of new cases. In Meade County, there were 6 new cases reported Tuesday. The cumulative total rises to 112, however, recoveries in Meade outpaced the new cases […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — On Sunday night, around 7:00 p.m., the Pennington County Search and Rescue team was called to Falling Rock on West Highway 44 for a report of a teen who had fallen from a ledge. Search and Rescue arrived on scene and saw that the individual was about 100 feet from the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City named its new Chief of Police and Fire Chief at their Monday night council meeting. Jason Culberson was confirmed as Rapid City’s new fire chief by unanimous vote of the City Council Monday night at Council Chambers. Also, Don Hedrick was confirmed as Rapid City’s new police chief in […]

STURGIS, S.D. – Sturgis police on Monday issued a press release on the protest that took place on Main Street Saturday night during the annual Motorcycle Rally. Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater says about seven of the protesters were from Rapid City and to their knowledge, were not affiliated with ANTIFA. The planned demonstration was […]