Fall Festival
Fall Festival
News Staff
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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There’s not a crazy man with a knife loose in Timber Lake ... that’s just a cardboard cutout of Jason from the Halloween horror movie series hanging out in the front yard of Bruce Schweitzer along with some scary pumpkins, a toxic waste barrel and more. Photo by Jon Flatland
Meals on Wheels offers alternative for seniors affected by site closures
Jon Flatland
After being reminded by the state that it remains under contract to provide services through September 2025, Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc. this week unveiled an alternative delivery method for Meals on Wheels clients affected by the closure of area senior nutrition sites.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Dewey County begins planning to replace Bear Creek Bridge on Co. 22 north of Lantry
Kathy Nelson
After hearing a bridge inspection report from engineer Steven Myer of IMEG Engineering of Aberdeen on October 3, the Dewey County Commissioners agreed that planning should begin for replacing the Bear Creek bridge on County Road 22 north of Lantry.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
With Halloween and hoops season just around the corner, a skeleton hangs around the Brent and Kaleigh Biegler residence in Timber Lake looking for a game of “horse.” Photo by Jon Flatland
Boney Baller ...
News Staff
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Tribe prepared to impose fines over former BIA/Tribal building
Tribe prepared to impose fines over former BIA/Tribal building
Jon Flatland
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council last week approved a pair of resolutions calling for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to allow the former BIA/tribal headquarters land in Eagle Butte to be reverted back to tribal ownership and calling upon the federal government to demolish the building by the...
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files suit against social media companies
John Hult South Dakota Searchlight
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota has filed a lawsuit in California against the parent companies of Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Among the king-sized collectibles on display at this year’s Coal Springs Threshing Bee and Antique Show was a line of vintage pickup-trucks and even a few automobiles. Hundreds turned out for the 26th annual event near Meadow last weekend.
Initiated Measure 29 is latest attempt to legalize recreational marijuana
Stu Whitney South Dakota News Watch
Initiated Measure 29 would allow people 21 and older to “possess, grow, ingest, and distribute marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia.” Possession would be allowed up to 2 ounces in a form other than marijuana concentrate or other marijuana products.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
SD students offered free college applications
News Staff
South Dakota partners are celebrating the annual Free College Application Period, a key initiative to increase awareness of higher education opportunities across the state. Beginning Oct. 1 through Nov.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Friends raising funds for Stankeys, who lost their home to fire
News Staff
Junior (Bernal) Stankey and his wife Ramona lost their Brown County home and garage to a fire on September 11. The Stankey home, which was declared a total loss, was located about a mile and a half north of Bath.Bernal and Ramona escaped the fire and both were taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Chef de Chemin de Fer Frank Campo, right, National President of the Society of the Forty Men and Eight Horses, presents the Hero of the Year award to Trooper John Berndt last month. Berndt is a 1997 graduate of McIntosh High School.
McIntosh alum John Berndt chosen Hero of Year by national 40 and 8
News Staff
State Highway Patrol Trooper John Berndt, a 1997 graduate of McIntosh High School, was recently named Hero of the Year at the National Promenade of the Society of the Forty Men and Eight Horses, more commonly known as the Forty and Eight.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024