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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 fatal accident, removing and barring him from future office. The votes Tuesday were a stinging rebuke that showed most senators didn’t believe his account of the crash. In a historic decision, the senate voted […]
STURGIS – The Sturgis City Council Monday night approved a zoning change request to allow for the construction of a new 14-unit apartment complex on 12th Street. P-S-I Family, LLP was seeking a zoning change from highway service to medium density residential. Rod Bradley with P-S-I says they are planning on building a two story, […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg lied to investigators and abused the power of his office after he struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors argued Tuesday at the opening of an impeachment trial that could remove him from office. Ravnsborg’s attorneys countered that such an action would improperly undo the will […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The Sturgis City Council has begun discussions regarding a conflict between two events that happen in Sturgis on the same weekend. The Sturgis Camaro Rally and Black Hills 100 are held the same weekend – the fourth weekend in June – and there of concerns of significant overflow on the community’s hotels. […]
HARDIN, MT – The Jim Scott Family has been ranching in the state for decades, but in the last two years their operation has grown to include another part of the industry, S Ranch Meats, a custom beef butcher plant and meat wholesaler. The facility where S Ranch Meats is housed was built in 1969 […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision that the toxic pesticide glyphosate is safe for humans and imperiled wildlife. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s flagship Roundup weedkiller, the most widely used pesticide in the world. A rural coalition led […]
STURGIS, S.D. – For the second year in a row, the Sturgis City Council has approved open container for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. 2021 was the first year the council approved lifting the open container ordinance on a trial basis. The trial was considered a success and this year, the council is making a few […]
LEAD, SD – After a teacher in the Lead-Deadwood School District reported safe space signage with rainbow coloring as “social drama” and “political propaganda,” the district’s Board of Education unanimously voted to limit materials and decorations on district property at its Monday meeting. The revised policy allows school counselors in the Lead-Deadwood School District to […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]