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SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A junior mineral exploration company is making a new push to find gold in the Black Hills. Solitario Zinc Corp. arrived in Spearfish in July. Todd Christensen is a geologist with Solitario. He says the company was invited to evaluate some claims from a group of investors and Solitario saw it […]
STURGIS, S.D. — The Meade County Commission this month approved their 2022 budget. The approximately $21.5 million dollar budget is 7.9-percent higher than 2021. Meade County’s portion of the 2022 tax levy is 4.049, or about $4 for every $1,000 in property valuation. That is down from 4.266 last year. That means the county’s portion […]
MOLINE, IL – With disagreements between John Deere and union leaders leading to a labor strike, UAW members took to social media Thursday to seek public support during the time of uncertainty. “We aren’t asking to be millionaires, we are asking for fair wages, a pension and post-retirement health care,” one employee told WQAD News […]
BILLINGS, MT – A report on the impact of consolidation on cattle markets and the beef supply chain was manipulated using outdated and non-representative cattle market data. That’s according to R-CALF USA that is strongly refuting the 180-page document edited by Texas A&M University and released in June 2021. It was made available to the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Friday’s report from the Department of Health showed 320 total with 53 of those considered as probable. Active cases continued their decrease Friday – down 95 from Thursday to 5,868. The number of people hospitalized due to the virus tumbled to below 200 at 185. […]
AMES, IA – The Rural Policy Research Institute says COVID-19 deaths among rural residents were twice that of urban residents in the week ending October first. Fred Ullrich, with the College of Public Health at Iowa State University, tells Brownfield Ag News that same finding was also seen September 15th, a far cry from the […]
CUSTER, S.D. – One person died early Thursday morning in a one-vehicle crash east of Custer. The name of the person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2020 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup was eastbound on U.S. Highway 16A when it crossed the centerline, went into […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shipping containers are piling up by the thousands, leading to port delays, higher shipping costs (both ocean and inland freight), and U.S. exporters – mainly of agricultural products – lacking the empty containers they need to send their goods abroad. Thousands of containers filled with consumer goods from Asia flow into U.S. markets every day. But […]
SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Sturgis Competitive Cheer won the Black Hills Conference Spirit Competition for the second straight year. The competition was held Thursday night in Spearfish. Sturgis finished in first with 123.50 points – a full point ahead of runner-up Belle Fourche with 122.50. Douglas placed third with 113 and Hot Springs was fourth […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Peyton VanDeest of Spearfish won the girls race of the Best of the West Cross Country meet at Hart Ranch Thursday. VanDeest finished in a time of 19:25.01. Kira Ubence of Douglas finished in second. Winning the boys race was Peyton Cast of Douglas in a time of 17:03.42. Finishing in […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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