Transitioning from military life to the civilian world can be even more difficult after having been to war. According to Haley Derr, when heroes transition out of the war, a majority of them deal with PTSD and experience suicidal thoughts. In 2012, at the age of 24, Colton Derr tragically took his own life just […]

The Deadwood Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating Jerry Pontius serving a milestone 60 years as a Volunteer Firefighter with a parade! The event will take place at the Deadwood Fire Station at 737 Main Street in Deadwoood on Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 2:00 pm. Following the parade, there will be a program and refreshments […]

Celebrate South Dakota grown and foraged mushrooms at the upcoming Mushroom Festival at The Farm Stand at Bear Butte Gardens in Sturgis on Saturday, October 7, 2023 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Mountain Time. The event will feature specialty mushrooms including lion’s mane, oyster, morels and more. The free festival will take place at […]

Sabrina, a Sturgis native who has worked with Black Hills Special Services for almost a decade, had been living in a crowed home with her father and two boys. She knew that for her kids to have a happy and healthy childhood and her father to get some peace and quiet, she needed to establish […]

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) will host the 58th annual Buffalo Roundup and 30th annual Arts Festival in Custer State Park this week. The Buffalo Roundup begins at 9:30 a.m. MDT on Friday, Sept. 29. The Arts Festival will run from Thursday, Sept. 28, through Saturday, Sept. 30. “It is […]

People at Golden Ridge Senior Living in Lead need to look for other housing options as the building is in the process of being sold. The co-owners of the building publicly said that the senior living home was listed for sale because of one of the owner’s health issues. Part of the current realtor listing […]

Both Monument Health and Sanford Health have announced that DMS Health Technologies, the imaging vendor for its mobile heart screen trucks, experienced a data security event earlier this year. The incident allegedly occurred between March 27 and April 24, 2023, potentially compromising patient information such as name, date of birth, date of service, physician name, […]

A federal report shows South Dakota’s median household income saw the biggest drop in the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, South Dakota is just one of nine states that had a decrease from 2021 to 2022. The report shows that the median income for the state went down just over nine percent from […]

An Open House, Reunion, Fundraiser will be held at the landmark 113 year old Stoneville School in central Meade County on September 23rd to help with building maintenance and repairs. Doors open at 10:00 with raising of the American flag and viewing of the classrooms and memorabilia. At noon, a potluck dinner will be held […]

Vitalant is once again asking for the public’s help filling their blood donation storage. Vitalant tries to keep four days’ worth of blood supply on hand, but recently, only three days’ worth of blood has been collected. Type O blood is even more scarce, as Vitalant only has about one day stockpiled. According to Tori […]