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Editor’s note: This is the first story in a two-part series on a road dispute in southwestern Meade County. A civil lawsuit has been filed by landowners in the area who say that continual use of the road on private property makes it a public road.
BELLE FOURCHE –– The Belle Fourche Area Chamber of Commerce is on the hunt for parade float entries for the upcoming Parade of Lights event to be held Nov. 27.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Dakota increased by more than 1,000 for the second time in three days, state health officials reported Sunday.
WHITEWOOD – A 24-year-old woman died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash about a mile west of Whitewood.
As nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have restricted the movements of residents and eliminated most in-person visits by friends and families amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an unexpected elderly health crisis has emerged in South Dakota and across the country.
PIERRE –– On Thursday, Gov. Kristi Noem announced that $10 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds have been awarded to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority to assist South Dakotans who have been financially impacted by COVID-19 and need help paying their housing expenses.
BELLE FOURCHE –– The city of Belle Fourche is asking area residents to utilize the proper chain of command when it comes to alerting the city about any type of emergency, but specifically an emergency outage.
PIERRE — New COVID-19 cases in South Dakota topped 1,100 for the first time Friday.
RAPID CITY — Cross country runners from Spearfish, Lead-Deadwood, Belle Fourche, Sturgis, and Newell ended their seasons Saturday at the state meet in Rapid City.
SPEARFISH — The work ethic of the Spearfish varsity boys’ soccer team stood out for head coach Jim Hill as he recapped the recent season.
BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche edged Lead-Deadwood three games to two in a varsity volleyball match played Friday night at Edwin Petranek Armory in Belle Fourche.
STURGIS — Sturgis Brown defeated the Spearfish Spartans in the last regular season football game, 41-7, on a cold snowy Thursday evening at Woodle Field.
MINOT, N.D. — The 2020 Badlands Circuit PRCA and WPRA Horses of the Year have been selected for their exceptional ability in rodeo.
LEAD — Lead-Deadwood’s varsity volleyball squad dropped a three-games-to-zero decision to Douglas, Tuesday night, at the Lead-Deadwood High School gym. Scores were 25-20, 25-17, and 25-21.
STURGIS — The Sturgis Brown boys’ soccer team ended the regular season with a 7-5-2 record.
SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University’s football team dropped a 56-7 decision to Colorado Mesa at a snowy, windswept Lyle Hare Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Evelyn Shirley Kelley, 89, of Belle Fourche, formerly of Spear…
Joseph Robert Mack died peacefully October 21, 2020 surrounded…
Thelma Mae Davis died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, at the age of 107.
Beverly Jean Beringer, 88, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Satu…
Robert (Bob) Vane Burns Junior, 66, of Spearfish, died Oct. 5,…
Lorne Frank Ruzicka, 89, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 17, 202…
Dorothy Plate, 88, of Huron, passed away Oct. 3, 2020, at the …
Opinion
OPINION — The Internet is abuzz with the expensive ad that former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign has produced and broadcast last week in Game 1 of the World Series, the Country Music Awards and Sunday in NFL football games. The ad is narrated by actor Sam Elliott who has one of the most…
How much money do you need to have to be considered rich or wealthy? The best answer is “it depends,” considering your definitions of rich and wealthy. Are they terms defined by one’s net worth, income, or overall wellbeing? Is the context local, national, or global? Depending on the definit…
In two recent columns, I discussed two reasons not to worry about the possibility of “defunding” Social Security. First was the unlikelihood of Congress and the President ending Social Security payroll taxes. Second was the option for Congress to fund Social Security directly instead of thro…
OPINION — Newspapers face another big election.
OPINION — There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to the beginning of these United States.
OPINION — The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that a total of 10% of the World’s population has contracted coronavirus. While that is a staggering number, the converse is more sobering. If 10% have been infected, 90% of the population is still naïve to the virus and would have no m…
OPINION — Rarely are lawmakers across the political spectrum so unified. And rarely do they act so rapidly.
OPINION — If you happened to read the Albuquerque Journal recently you would have learned about a family who used their (galloping) goats to gobble up weeds and earn some extra money while keeping the city’s weeds and grass trimmed. In the Orlando Sentinel, you would have discovered that a m…
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