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WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 vaccine makers told Congress on Tuesday to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month after a rocky start to inoculations, and the companies insist they will be able to provide enough for most Americans by summer.
SPEARFISH — Rich Mulholland has always been into fitness; athletic in school, staying in shape with his time working with the United States Department of Justice, and keeping up the routine now as the chief executive officer of the Northern Hills Training Center. But on Nov. 12, 2020, a rare…
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PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota House lawmakers on Tuesday began impeachment proceedings against the state's attorney general, who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car and is already under pressure to resign.
STURGIS — There will be one less stoplight in the city of Sturgis in the future.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy’s ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate policies anytime soon.
PIERRE — Gov. Kristi Noem said that Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should resign.
LEAD — Advancing the mission of the Homestake Opera House through community collaboration, building membership, and targeted fundraising is something Jan Bloom is very excited about.
DEADWOOD — During the second of the two District 31 legislative crackerbarrels Reps. Mary Fitzgerald, R-St. Onge, and Scott Odenbach, R-Spearfish, as well as Sen. Tim Johns, R-Lead, answered questions submitted by audience members at the Deadwood Mountain Grand about some of the major issue …
SPEARFISH — Spearfish ended its varsity girls’ basketball regular season Tuesday evening by dropping a 53-49 decision to Sturgis Brown, at the Spearfish High School gym.
LEAD — Lead-Deadwood ended its varsity boys’ basketball regular season by dropping a 74-55 decision to Lakota Tech, Monday night, at the Lead-Deadwood High School gym in Lead.
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RAPID CITY — Wrestlers from Spearfish, Belle Fourche, and Sturgis Brown competed at the Region 4A tournament held Saturday at Carold Heier Gymnasium on the Rapid City Stevens campus.
SPEARFISH — The Spearfish Gymnastics Academy continued its virtual gymnastics season Jan. 29-31, participating in the West Chester University Virtual Invitational, at the Spearfish gym.
SPEARFISH — Spearfish scored the first 16 points Thursday evening and went on to defeat Douglas 56-27 in a varsity girls’ basketball game played at the Spearfish High School gym.
PIERRE — Middle school wrestlers from Spearfish and Sturgis Williams competed at the state tournament, held Feb. 12-14.
LEAD — The Lead-Deadwood varsity boys’ basketball team dropped a 67-34 decision to Rapid City Christian, Tuesday night, at the Lead-Deadwood High School gym in Lead.
Donna Alene Hastings Heil, 64, of Lead, was born on July 17, 1…
Dennis Carl Gebhart, 68, of Spearfish, passed away Feb. 13, 20…
Randahl John Sargent, 61, passed away on Feb. 10, 2021 at his …
Janet, of Belle Fourche, passed away on Feb. 13, 2021, at home…
Jerde, Marilyn Grace (Soma), age 83, of Sioux Falls, formerly …
Michael Leonard Lax passed away at the age of 65, on Jan. 29, …
Randahl “Randy” J. Sargent, 61 of Lead died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.
Opinion
OPINION — The investigation into South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s fatal crash echoes Rep. Bill Janklow’s similar incident 17 years earlier.
OPINION — The beginning of the end of terrestrial radio began in 1979 with the introduction of the Sony Walkman, a hand-held device that allowed people to carry their cassette tape recorded personal favorite song lists with them without advertising interruptions. The beginning of the salvati…
OPINION — President Biden’s coronavirus stimulus package has the intention of flooding the economy with money at a time when economic growth is sputtering. Ironically, it contains one provision likely to create exactly the opposite of what he intends: raising the national minimum wage from $…
OPINION — If we are fortunate enough to survive the cold days of February, spring will be here before we know it. Due to COVID-19 March, April and May were lost last year. All the spring activities kids look forward to, gone. We all hope that is not the case this school year.
OPINION — Congresswoman Liz Cheney has surprised a lot of people on both sides of the political fence by emerging as a proponent of convicting former Donald Trump.
OPINION — When there’s drama in the stock market, I often learn about it at the gym. Case in point: the recent headline-grabbing hullabaloo about GameStop and Reddit.
OPINION — Sure, the Super Bowl is over — how about those Chiefs! — but it’s too cold to talk baseball. Let’s keep the huddle warm for a few more days and talk about South Dakota and the NFL.
OPINION — “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” –– Abraham Lincoln.
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