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BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – A Tuesday morning fire damaged an apartment complex in Belle Fourche. Fire crews were sent to the Lariat Apartments on Elkhorn Street at approximately 4:17 a.m. The Belle Fourche fire chief stated smoke and flames were coming from the complex’s northeastern corner apartment upon arrival. Fire crews worked to knock down […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee has approved a proposal to prod school districts to use most of their boost in state funding for teachers’ salaries. The proposal approved Monday comes as lawmakers this year consider passing a historic 6% boost in state funding for schools to keep up with inflation. The […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Senate has passed a spate of bills to put lawmakers’ mark on the state’s new voter-passed medical marijuana law. Several of the bills approved by the Senate would ease access to medical pot for some patients. But House Republican lawmakers are moving in the opposite direction. On Monday, they […]
UNDATED – Here is your Tuesday Night, January 25, South Dakota High School Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Aberdeen Central 50, Pierre 35 Belle Fourche 65, Lemmon 51 Bon Homme 50, Kimball/White Lake 44 Brandon Valley 50, Brookings 40 Britton-Hecla 61, Leola/Frederick 44 Canistota 58, Chester 51 Canton 67, Tri-Valley 39 Castlewood 62, Colman-Egan 35 […]
STURGIS, SD – The Sturgis Scooper boys drained six three-pointers and used physical, stifling defense to win their second game of the season on Tuesday night at West Gym, defeating the Hill City Rangers, 59-42. It was Senior Night at West Gym, as the Scooper faithful honored players Konner Berndt, Ridge Inhofer, Carson Pankratz, Tanner […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A legislative committee on Tuesday put a major kink in the plan for a large shooting range being proposed by the Game, Fish and Parks in Meade County. The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee rejected HB 1049, which sought $2.5 million from the state general fund to build it. The vote […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) announced its support of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021, with the exception of the bill’s establishment of mandatory minimums for negotiated cash fed cattle purchases. AFBF delegates voted in Atlanta earlier this month to revise 2022 Farm Bureau policy. While Farm Bureau […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Health officials reported 2,829 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday with 606 of those listed as probable. The Tuesday report includes numbers from the weekend. The number of people hospitalized due to the virus increased by 31 Tuesday to 423. Monument Health reports 93 people under their care with 17 in the […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Every year, the Black Hills Stock Show highlights the American sheep industry’s valuable role in providing the world with high-quality food and fiber. North American Sheep Day is being held Thurs., February 3, 2022, in the James Kjerstad Event Center on the Central States Fairgrounds. Events start at 10:00 A.M. The […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) Board of Directors recently voted to oppose the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GF&P) proposed shooting range complex. The proposed 400 acres firearm complex lies just north of Rapid City on Elk Vale Road in Meade County. The SDSGA has strong policy condemning the […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]