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SPEARFISH, S.D. — The Spearfish Spartan volleyball squad dropped set one to the Sturgis Scoopers 26-24, then roared back to win the next three sets 25-17, 25-19 and 25-22 to win the match three sets to one. The Scoopers were looking for revenge after Spearfish came back to beat Sturgis three sets to two on […]
STURGIS, S.D. – State health officials reported 278 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday as the active caseload in the state dropped 95 to 4,179. The number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 jumped another 9, however, Tuesday to 250. New cases across West River totaled 94 with Pennington County accounting for the most with 44. Pennington […]
PIERRE, SD – The October 2020 session of the South Dakota Supreme Court is underway this week. One of the cases being heard involves whether or not a city and its volunteer fire department should be held liable for an accident that occurred in 2016. Gerrit Tronvold, who is part of the Pierre volunteer fire […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota legislators approved amending the state budget to reflect one point three billion dollars of federal aid for pandemic related costs. During the special session yesterday (Monday), lawmakers also approved a resolution directing how the Governor should spend the remaining five hundred ninety-seven million dollars. The Appropriations Committee’s 18 members put […]
UNDATED – Here is the South Dakota Media volleyball poll for the week of Oct. 5, 2020. Teams are listed with first place votes in parenthesis, record, points and previous ranking. CLASS AA1. SF O’Gorman (12) 14-0 60 12. S.F. Washington 10-3 47 23. Huron 8-3 31 44. Watertown 6-2 17 55. Brandon Valley 8-3 […]
UNDATED – The South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Oct. 5 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 (20) 5-0 100 1 2. Brandon Valley 4-1 79 2 3. Harrisburg 4-1 61 3 […]
WALL, S.D. – Wall area schools were closed Monday “due to the number of staff with symptoms and being tested for COVID-19,” but they plan to reopen Tuesday. The district made the closure announcement on Facebook Sunday. By Monday afternoon, the district posted that Wall School and Big White will resume classes Tuesday. The post […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she has provided a blueprint of how to navigate through the coronavirus pandemic without heavy-handed government mandates that were typical in other states. Noem’s assertion to legislators during a special session Monday that her hands-off approach is best came despite South Dakota having the second-highest coronavirus […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The owners of a long running bakery and donut shop in Sturgis says they will not reopen after a fire heavily damaged the business in August. In a Facebook post, the owners of Weimer’s Diner and Donuts say they will not rebuild. “This has been a very hard decision but due to […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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