STURGIS — If you’ve ever wondered if that two-pound T-bone steak from the grocery store actually weighs two pounds or that the pump at the gas station really gave you 10 gallons of gas, worry no more.
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BELLE FOURCHE — Rebecca Larson, right, officially took her seat on the Belle Fourche City Council Monday. Mayor Randy Schmidt, left, performed Larson’s oath of office during the city council meeting. Larson will fill the seat vacated by Derrick Jones in August.
BELLE FOURCHE — Two Butte County employees donated personal time and a handful of local businesses offered supplies to make the kennel conditions more comfortable for stray and displaced animals.
DEADWOOD — A man originally facing felony charges for burglarizing hotel rooms in July pleaded guilty to lessor petty theft charges and was sentenced by 4th Circuit Court Judge Eric Strawn at the Lawrence County Courthouse Sept. 7.
LEAD — Learn about how Kang hopes her audience experiences her work and how she seeks to re-envision scientific concepts through art
STURGIS — Meade County will establish a lottery for its lone medical marijuana dispensary license.
Finn Hamilton and Dillan Richards were crowned this year’s Spearfish High School Homecoming King and Queen.
LEAD — This weekend is the time to Fall in Love with Lead.
STURGIS — The Sturgis Brown High School Student Council has teamed up with Lynn’s DakotaMart to provide food for students in need at the high school.
BELLE FOURCHE — Golfers from Spearfish, Lead-Deadwood, Belle Fourche, and Sturgis Brown competed at Monday’s Black Hills Conference tournament. Belle Fourche Country Club hosted this event.
SPEARFISH — The Black Hills State University football program will be hosting the 12th Annual Gridiron Gathering Saturday, in conjunction with the Swarm Days football game against Adams State University at Lyle Hare Stadium, in Spearfish.
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SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University dropped a three-games-to-zero Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference volleyball decision to CSU-Pueblo, Saturday afternoon, at the Donald E. Young Center. Scores were 25-19, 25-10, and 25-7.
STURGIS — The Spearfish Spartan football team broke a 25-game losing streak with a 21-19 win over the Sturgis Brown Scoopers on Friday at Woodle Field. The rival teams are now tied at six wins each in the past 12 years.
BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche’s varsity football team put its mark on the school’s homecoming festivities by defeating Custer 40-12 Friday night at Lou Graslie Field, in Belle Fourche.
PUEBLO, Colo. — Black Hills State University dropped a narrow 19-16 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football decision to CSU-Pueblo, Saturday afternoon.
SPEARFISH — Spearfish’s varsity volleyball team fell to Mitchell and Douglas during its home triangular Saturday at the Spearfish High School gym.
Zelva LeAnne Macdonald Rivers, 65, passed away due to a long b…
Gerhart “Gary” Goodrich, 85, of Spearfish, died on Sept. 18, 2021.
Clyde “Clyde the Glide” Fessler, Jr. glided peacefully into he…
Funeral services for Betty Lou Kost, 88, of Eagle Butte was at…
Alfred L. Kasper, 87, of Belle Fourche, died Tuesday at the Mo…
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