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STURGIS, S.D. – When the City Council reviewed annual rate adjustments for 2021, they were able to reduce the water and wastewater rates and surcharges by $7.74 per month. They also identified the need to raise sanitation rates by $2.00 per month. Those adjustments equaled an overall utility cost reduction of $5.74 per month. The […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Sturgis residents who would like to vote ‘absentee’ on the Marcotte initiative may do so in-person at Sturgis City Hall until 5:00 PM on February 1. Absentee ballots are being sent via US Mail to those who have made application. The election is scheduled to take place on February 2, 2021. Polls […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A New York City man accused of killing three people in Rapid City made his first appearance in Pennington County Court, nearly five months after the alleged triple homicide. Thirty-six-year-old Arnson Absolu is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Charles Red Willow, Ashley Nagy and Dakota […]
WASHINGTON, DC – President Joe Biden has revoked a presidential cross-border permit allowing the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s communications director Ian Fury issued a brief statement to the South Dakota Broadcasters Association moments after the Presidential revocation was signed. “It’s unfortunate that President Biden is not standing up […]
PIERRE, S.D. – In their Wednesday COVID-19 report, state health officials listed 277 new cases with 77 of them listed as probable. For a second day in a row, no new deaths were reported, keeping the state’s death toll at 1,667. Active cases dropped by 129 to 4,103 and the number of people hospitalized dropped […]
STURGIS, SD  – The local Sturgis business of Simmons & Silver CPA PC began as “Karen Simmons CPA PC”. For over 35 years, Karen grew the firm from a handful of tax and accounting clients in and near the Black Hills to well over a thousand clients spanning South Dakota and several other states. Karen’s […]
STURGIS, S.D. / SPEARFISH, S.D. — The Spearfish girls faced the Lady Scoopers at West Gymnasium on Tuesday night, overcoming a first half deficit to beat Sturgis, 46-33. The Scooper boys traveled to Spearfish to take on the Spartans on their home court and lost, 69-41. The Scooper girls came out hot in the first […]
WASHINGTON, DC  – In his last full day of office Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a long list of commutations and pardons. Those included  South Dakotans previously convicted of felonies. The pardons were supported by Gov. Kristi Noem and  Sen. Mike Rounds. In letters sent to the President in November, Governor Kristi Noem advocated for […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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