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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Dry conditions continue to keep fire crews busy, with another grass fire being reported Monday. The latest fire was located just off the north side of I-90, southeast of Whitewood. Great Plains Fire says the Eden Fire was reported just after 2:00 p.m. Monday. It burned nearly 29 acres before fire […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Fire crews battled a couple of wildfires over the weekend. Great Plains Fire Dispatch says the Butte Creek Fire was reported on Old Highway 212 near Newell on Saturday afternoon. The fire burned approximately 480 acres before being contained and controlled Sunday morning. The fire was listed as human caused. Another […]
STURGIS, S.D. – A woman who was rescued from an early morning fire on Sturgis’ Main Street has succumbed to her injuries. The woman’s name hasn’t been officially released, although her friends on Facebook say Jessica Kerlin, owner of Unique to Antique, died Sunday from complications due to smoke inhalation. Firefighters were called to the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifteen Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have renewed calls for EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to delay any new rulemaking on waters of the U.S., asking the heads of the agencies to allow the Supreme Court to issue a ruling in an upcoming Clean Water Act […]
MARTY, S.D. –  One person died Saturday night in a vehicle-pedestrian crash that occurred north of Marty. Names of the two people involved have not yet been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe was southbound on 388th Avenue when the vehicle hit a 26-year-old female […]
UNDATED – Average gasoline prices in South Dakota have risen 3.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.64/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 628 stations in South Dakota. Prices in South Dakota are 12.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 43.0 cents per gallon higher than a year […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.3 million head on Sept. 1, 2022, USDA NASS reported on Friday. The inventory was only 45,000 head more than a year ago. This is the second-highest Sept. 1 […]
James (Jim) Edward Johnson passed on May 1, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to James […]