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RAPID CITY, S.D. – After the morning quarterfinals, the Sturgis Scoopers will be sending three wrestlers on to the semifinals Friday afternoon. They include Kelton Olson, Wren Jacobs and Reese Jacobs. Here is a rundown on how Scoopers Wrestlers did: At 106 pounds, Korbin Osborn dropped his second round match to Hayden Schroeder of Vermillion […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Restitution of more than $15 million has been ordered in South Dakota for the man who defrauded wholesale seed distributors by passing off non-organic products as more expensive organic goods. An earlier sentencing document had not listed the amount of restitution for Kent Duane Anderson, of Bradenton, Florida. Restitution has […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Western Dakota Technical (WDT) College is excited to announce a new partnership with Wall Meats that is sure to benefit many in this region. WDT and Wall Meats are working together to implement a Meat Processing instructional program at the college. The collaboration was approved by the WDT Board of Trustees […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 143 new cases of COVID-19 Friday with 40 of them listed as probable. Active cases saw a slight decrease to 1,944 and the number of people hospitalized fell by 4 to 96. There were 7 new deaths Friday, sending the statewide total since the pandemic […]
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous cult has been sold at auction to three former members who broke with the sect years ago. Blue Mountain Ranch LLC, representing Patrick Pipkin, Seth Cooke and Andrew Chatwin, paid $750,000 for the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day […]
STURGIS, S.D. –Sturgis Scooper football player Kaden Phillips signed his letter of intent Thursday to further his football career at Mount Marty University at Yankton. Phillips says he plans to major in business and will play at receiver and running back next fall. Mount Marty jumped back in to the football arena in 2019 when […]
FORT MEADE, S.D. – The VA Black Hills Health Care System is hosting a convenient Saturday Walk-In COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. The event takes place on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Fort Meade Campus. All enrolled Veterans, regardless of age or priority group, may receive the vaccine at this […]
UNDATED (AP) — In Airbnb’s first financial report as a public company, the home-sharing site has posted a loss of $3.9 billion for the fourth quarter of 2020. The home-sharing business was hurt by the pandemic downturn in travel and recorded costs for becoming a public company. It’s taking a charge of $2.8 billion for […]
PIERRE, S.D. – During the week of Feb. 14-20, a total of 439 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 169 claims from the prior week’s total of 608. A total of $1.5 million was paid out in state benefits, in […]
LEMMON, SD – A day after the Windy Fire consumed more than 2000 acres of owned and leased winter and spring pastureland, and 1500 round bales on the Ham Ranch, friends, neighbors and even some strangers began showing up ready to fence. “They came for a week straight. A bunch of guys showed up without […]
Donna Marie Auer, 67, Whitewood, SD, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024, at her home under hospice care. […]