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Rita Loeffen, organizer for The Golden Gang Easter Egg Hunt in Lead, works to fill eggs ahead of the annual event that is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Manuel Brothers Park. This year there are 8,000 treat-filled eggs up for grabs — 3,400 eggs for the 0-4 age group, 3,000 eggs for the 5-…

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RAPID CITY — Three members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 216th Fire Fighting Team were honored during a deployment ceremony at the Range Road Armory in Rapid City, on March 16 as the unit departs for a year-long federal deployment to Romania in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Each year, trains carry nearly 11 billion pounds of chemicals through South Dakota’s cities and countryside, much of it on century-old tracks, a South Dakota News Watch analysis has revealed.

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LEAD — It’s no lie. The Digger’s spring play, Lack of Appreciation, is anything but, as a very special treat is in store for the Lead-Deadwood viewing audience — or, for that matter, anyone else who enjoys a good dinner theater murder mystery.

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SPEARFISH — Comedian and musician Gary Mule Deer has, once again, gone where no Spearfish native has gone before. March 10 marked the official induction of Mule Deer as a lifetime member of the Grand Ole Opry. To commemorate this great achievement, the Pioneer asked Mule Deer 20 random quest…

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EVANSVILLE, Indiana — Black Hills State University is returning to the Final Four of the NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament.

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(AP) — The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies with a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks.

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PIERRE — Five Sturgis Brown High School students who barely knew each other in January, auditioned, and were select to be part of the Sturgis culinary team that competed in the South Dakota ProStart Invitational, held March 14 in Pierre.

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SPEARFISH — The health care field is vast and expansive, providing jobs that many people don’t even know exist. At Scrubs Camp, high school students across South Dakota are able to take a look inside the health care field, and learn about the numerous careers available to them.

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SPEARFISH — The 25th annual Black Hills Research Symposium hosted by Black Hills State University will take place Tuesday through Thursday and feature a keynote panel of Jerilyn Church, chief executive officer of the Great Plains Tribal Health Leaders’ Board, Ben Jasinski, software engineeri…

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LEAD — Celebrating Lead’s growth and those who build successful community was the focus of the night during the annual Lead Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, Thursday.

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SPEARFISH — Spearfish has a new drug detection dog - Davos.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Black Hills State University is ready for its second straight appearance at the NCAA Division II Elite Eight men’s basketball tournament.

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PIERRE — The conservation of grasslands is imperative to prairie grouse survival and a recent plan from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks focuses specifically on preserving that habitat, Senior Big Game Biologist Alex Solem told the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission.

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STURGIS — With a staff of just three people, the Sturgis Rally and Events Department keeps busy with organizing events throughout the year and making sure the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally goes off without a hitch.

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LEAD — The first of three phases to connect the Mickelson Trail from the Walt Green trailhead to the Deadwood trailhead, while routing walkers and bikers through Lead, is one step closer to fruition.