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SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Sheridan Troopers took two games from Spearfish Post 164 in Legion Baseball action Wednesday night. The Troopers won game one by the score of 16-1 in five innings. Sheridan scored 3 in the second, 6 in the third and 7 in the fourth. In game two, the Troopers cruised to a […]
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council approved a $1.4 million Spearfish Economic Revolving Fund (SERF) loan Monday, making way for the remainder of the City-owned Atlas building to be leased. “We are working on a very exciting prospect for our community and the Atlas building,” Kory Menken, executive director of Spearfish Economic Development Corporation […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — World champion rodeo cowboy and country music singer Chris LeDoux has returned to Cheyenne Frontier Days in the form of a huge statue. The bronze featuring LeDoux on a bucking horse arrived Tuesday and was installed on a pedestal at the park where the annual rodeo and Western culture celebration takes […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Medical marijuana won’t be allowed on the campuses of South Dakota’s public universities. The Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s six public universities, changed its policy on medical marijuana as the state prepares for the drug to be legalized on July 1. It reasoned that it had to stay […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender was one of seven community leaders from across the nation invited to join in a discussion at the White House with President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence Wednesday. During the pandemic, officials say that the United States saw a 30-percent uptick in homicides, while gun […]
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. – The Sturgis Post 33 Titans dropped a doubleheader to Sioux Falls West in Chamberlain Wednesday. In game one, Post 15 scored 6 runs in the second, one in the fourth and seven in the fifth as Ethan Behrend pitched a no hitter. In game two, the Titans got on the board, but […]
LINCOLN, NEB. – In a high scoring affair, Rapid City Post 22 outlasted Millard West Post 11 by the score fof 15-11 today in tournament action at Lincoln, Nebraska. Jake Goble had 3 hits and 3 R.B.I. for Post 22. Hunter Tillery got the pitching win by striking out 5 batters for the Hardhats.
UNDATED – Great Plains Fire dispatch reported several fire starts today, with one that was still burning at the Wyoming-South Dakota border. The Sandy Draw Fire was located 5 miles north of Beulah in Crook County, Wyoming. It was estimated at 25-30 acres as of this afternoon. Federal, state and local resources were battling that […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A campaign group backed by South Dakota’s major health care systems announces it will begin gathering petition signatures for a ballot measure to expand Medicaid to provide health coverage for low-income people. Medicaid expansion is shaping up to be a major question facing voters next year with much of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Ag Committee held a hearing Wednesday to discuss the issue of cattle market manipulation and anti-competitive practices by the meat packers. South Dakota Senator John Thune was among those chairing the meeting and hearing input from witnesses – including Justin Tupper – cattle producer and manager of St Onge Livestock […]
Timothy Boren, age 81 of Belle Fourche, went home to heaven on Saturday April 27, 2024 at his […]