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STURGIS, S.D. —The Department of Transportation says crews will resume a milling project on U.S. Highway 14A in Boulder Canyon, between Sturgis and Deadwood. on Thursday. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane with a pilot car guiding traffic through the work zone. Milling is expected to be complete on Saturday, June 19, but […]
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Senator John Thune announced Tuesday he has introduced the Metropolitan Statistical Area Preservation Act. Thune says it is designed to protect more than 140 areas, including Rapid City, from losing their MSA classification. The bill would prevent the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) increasing the minimum population currently required to […]
BOX ELDER, S.D. — Box Elder area fire crews responded to a mobile home fire in the 200 block of North Ellsworth Road just before 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found a free-burning fire with moderate smoke coming from the structure. Hampered by 100-plus-degree temperatures and wind gust up to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden’s plans for a Fourth of July celebration have angered South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who again took to her Twitter feed on having a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. President Joe Biden plans to host first responders, essential workers and military service members and their families on the South Lawn […]
PIERRE, SD – The controversial merger of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has left those on both sides of the issue wondering how policy and operations of the now single agency will play out, moving foward. The agency that previously was responsible for regulating, permitting and […]
PIERRE, S.D. – New COVID-19 cases Tuesday totaled 25 statewide, with 2 of those listed as probable cases. State health officials say active cases continue their downward trend, shedding another 31 today to below 200 at 186. The number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 dropped 5 to 29. No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported […]
CASPER, Wyo. — A Kadoka, SD cowboy was seriously injured in an arena accident on the second day of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR). Dylan Riggins, a Southeastern Oklahoma State rodeo competitor was taken to Wyoming Medical Center for evaluation and treatment Monday morning after a horse rolled on top of him. Once out […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities warned of extreme wildfire dangers as a sweltering heat wave was forecast to intensify across much of Montana and northern Wyoming on Tuesday after already delivering record high temperatures. National Weather Service forecasters said the highs could approach 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius) in portions of eastern Montana, shattering decades-old […]
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A woman fell off a cliff and died in northern Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. How the woman in her late 20s fell off Steamboat Point early Tuesday was unknown, the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Sheriff’s officials didn’t release the woman’s name before notifying her family, The Sheridan Press […]
DEADWOOD, S.D. – A LEad man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading no contest to aggravated assault. Julian Scott Dalhinger, 20, was sentenced to eight years in prison with four years suspended and credit for time served of 15 days. He was also ordered to pay court costs and attorney fees. […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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