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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police have identified the two people shot to death inside a vehicle Monday night as the search for a suspect intensifies. The deceased have been identified as 29-year-old Ashley Nagy of Greely, CO and 26-year-old Charles Red Willow of Rapid City. Authorities say the two were found inside a […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, down from Tuesday’s 80 new cases reported. One new death was reported today, and the person was in their 80’s out of Lawrence County. It is the second COVID-19 related death in Lawrence County. Health officials say 23 of […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota public school teachers are largely on their own when it comes to building and installing protective barriers for their classrooms that may reduce the spread of the coronavirus among their students and themselves. With no statewide policy in place, and little or no guidance from individual school districts, thousands of […]
LEMMON, S.D. (AP) – A seven-foot-long triceratops skull has been unearthed in South Dakota by a group from Westminister College. A geology professor and students from the Missouri college were excavating fossil remains last year at the Grand River National Grassland when they were alerted that a rancher had discovered something unusual poking out of […]
LEMMON, S.D. – School officials in Lemmon have closed in-class learning after one week of schools reopening. The districts 121 K-6 students will stay home in the coming weeks because of exposure to four elementary staff members who tested positive for coronavirus. According to Lemmon School District Superintendent Steve Bucks, expectations were that such an […]
RAPID CITY, SD – From the famous rodeo family of four Wright’s, three Canadians, one awesome Aussie, four right here from South Dakota and one of the 2019 PRCA Xtreme Broncs Finals co-champions, Brody Cress, the second annual PRCA Xtreme Broncs Finals is set for August 27 at the Central States Fair. “South Dakota has […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are again talking about raising the state’s tax on wind power and other renewable energy. Several previous attempts to raise the $1 per megawatt hour wind generation tax enacted in 2012 have been unsuccessful. A higher tax would raise electricity costs and deter investment in renewable energy, opponents have […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Daktronics Inc. (DAKT) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $7.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Brookings, South Dakota-based company said it had profit of 17 cents. The video display maker posted revenue of $143.6 million in the period. The company’s shares closed at $3.82. A year ago, they were trading […]
NEMO, S.D. – The Nemo Road bridge near the Pine Road intersection is officially open to traffic. According to the Pennington County Highway Department, the bridge is back open after a partial collapse July 1 after a semi-truck drove over it. Pennington County Highway Superintendent Joe Miller says the bridge had a failure in the […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The Sturgis Scooper Volleyball team kicked off their 2020 season with a convincing victory over Butte County rival Belle Fourche at West Gymnasium on Tuesday evening. Amid COVID-19 restrictions requiring a mask and social distancing, a crowd of more than 500 fans cheered on the Scoopers as they downed the Broncs three […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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