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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Fire crews around western South Dakota responded to several wildfires Wednesday afternoon. The Big Buffalo Fire was reported 17 miles southwest of Wall. The fire, reported at 5:45 p.m., had burned about 16 acres before being contained last night. Great Plains Fire reports lightning sparked the fire and federal and local […]
STURGIS, S.D. – A new Gold Star Families Memorial Monument honoring the families of servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives while serving in the military was unveiled in downtown Sturgis Wednesday night. The new monument is located at Harley-Davidson Rally Point. The memorial monument is a project that has been in the works during […]
PIERRE, S.D. – For the first time since switching to a weekly report, the Department of Health reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Health officials listed 1,254 new cases – up 283 from last week.  The state’s total case count is now at 244,523, up from last week’s 243,269. That total does […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s interim attorney general has dismissed two of former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s top appointees who were involved in the aftermath of Ravnsborg’s 2020 fatal car crash. Ravnsborg was removed from office last week after the Senate convicted him on impeachment charges for his conduct surrounding the crash. Gov. […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Jay Wickham, a 24-year veteran of the wildland fire profession, has been named as the new director of the South Dakota State Wildland Fire Division by the Department of Public Safety. Wickham, who had been serving as the division’s Deputy Director, replaced former Chief Jay Esperance who retired June 8. Wickham’s first […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.  — Workers at the Smithfield Meat Packing Plant in Sioux Falls say they are facing unsafe and unsanitary conditions. According to Local Processing and Packing Union President B.J. Motley, the issues began with employee resignations. He says management hasn’t adjusted quota expectations to match the reduced workforce. That means six workers are […]
DEADWOOD, S.D. – Today is the 20th anniversary of the Grizzly Gulch Fire that threatened both Deadwood and Lead on June 29, 2002. The fire began on private land and quickly spread toward the City of Deadwood. Over the next 10 days, the fire would scorch just over 11,000 acres and caused 5.5 million dollars […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new study says South Dakota ranks 35th in a list of 50, as the best-educated state in the nation. The study, conducted by Schoolaroo, a scholarship-finding company, looked at factors like educational attainment and school quality in determining which states were more literate than others. In the region, Minnesota ranked […]
FREMONT, NEB. – The Spearfish Sasquatch won their seventh game in the last nine as they defeated the Fremont Moo 9-2 Wednesday. Trey Vorwald and Carson Green helped the Sasquatch with three hits apiece. Green had a pair of runs and an R.B.I. while Vorwald added run. Ethan Stade got the pitching win for Spearfish. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Post 22Â swept Yankton in a twin bill at Fitzgerald Stadium on Tuesday. In game 1, the Hardhats saw Wilson Kieffer go 3 for 3 at the plate, scoring two runs and driving in 2 R.B.I. for an 8-3 win. In the second game, Post 22 came back from […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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