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PIERRE, S.D., — The Department of Revenue’s tax collections at the 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are currently at $1,343,348. The revenue sum from temporary vendors in the Black Hills is a 6 percent increase compared to 2019. The state sales tax accounted for the majority of the collections with $785,251. At this time last year, […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The state saw 240 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, but several Black Hills counties saw a reduction in the number of active cases. Pennington County reported the most new cases today in the Black Hills area as 16 new positive COVID-19 tests were confirmed. The total number of cases in Pennington is […]
STURGIS, SD – One of the hardest days of Dr. Kent Wright’s life was watching the cattle as they were driven away from his family’s third-generation dairy farm in Sebeka, MN. He’d spent 18 years operating the farm and its pure-bred herd of registered Holsteins. But he, along with many other family dairy farmers, made […]
UNDATED – Here is the South Dakota Media volleyball poll for the week of Aug. 31, 2020. Teams are listed with first place votes in parenthesis, record, points and previous ranking. CLASS AA O’Gorman (12) 1-0 64 1 Watertown (1) 2-0 45 5 Aberdeen Cent. 2-0 30 RV Huron 2-0 26 RV S.F. Washington 1-1 […]
UNDATED – The South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Aug. 31 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams, record, total points and last week’s ranking. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. Class 11AAA 1. Roosevelt (22) 1-0 110 1 2. Brandon Valley 0-1 72 2 3. O’Gorman 1-0 69 3 4. […]
PIERRE, SD – As if college students aren’t feeling enough stress with returning to school in the middle of a pandemic, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of targeted scams. Jesse Schmidt of South Dakota’s BBB office says college students are getting e-mails regarding COVID relief funding and invited to “click here” to learn […]
MILLER, SD – A man driving a recreational vehicle died when a tornado blew it off the highway near the central South Dakota town of Miller, the state Department of Public Safety said Monday. The man, 73-year-old Paul Dean Nelson, was driving an RV with a car trailer southbound on South Dakota Highway 45 when […]
STURGIS, S.D. – With school starting in one week, the Meade 46-1 School Board met in special session Monday night to decide which level they will start with in-the-classroom learning. With the exception of the rural schools in central Meade County, the board voted to begin the school year under a Level 2, or orange […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Spearfish claimed the team title of the Black Hills Classic Golf Tournament held at Boulder Canyon Country Club Monday. The Spartans finished with a low team score of 324. Rapid City Stevens finished in second with a 328 and Rapid City Central was third with a 342. Pierre was fourth and Sturgis […]
STURGIS, S.D. – A Sturgis man has been identified as the person who died last Wednesday night in a motorcycle crash west of Sturgis A 2000 Yamaha XVS 1100 motorcycle was eastbound on U.S. Highway 14A when the vehicle went off the roadway and hit the guardrail on the south side of the road. Paul […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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