PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota recorded 141 motor vehicle fatalities in 132 fatal crashes in 2020, according to yearly numbers released Wednesday by the state Department of Public Safety. The number of fatalities in 2020 was 38 percent higher than the 102 fatalities recorded in 2019. The 2019 total is the lowest in state history since […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota has realized an uptick in the number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 this week. Over the past two days, hospitalizations have increased by 17 to 113 today. State health officials reported 225 new cases Wednesday, with 59 of them listed as probable. Active cases were down by 48 to […]
PIERRE, SD – Preserving the rural school experience through written word and art will be the focus of the April meeting of the History and Heritage Book Club. Former Pierre resident Betsey DeLoache, the author of the book series, “Country Schools: Past and Present,” will share her experiences collecting the memories of students and teachers […]
UNDATED – Several area towns held municipal and school board elections Tuesday. In Faith, there was a school board election, where three candidates were vying for two spots and a 3-year-term. Unofficial results indicate Scott Vance and Kris Stocklin-Johnson the winners for the two seats and Kyle Kennedy, who was the only candidate on the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The State Department of Health reported 262 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday with 69 of them considered as probable. The number of active cases was up by 14 Tuesday to 2,439 and the number of people hospitalized increased by 10 to 106. No new deaths were reported, keeping the state’s death toll […]
UNDATED – Several towns across the Black Hills are holding municipal and school board elections today. Polls are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in all locations. In Spearfish, there are races for school board and city council. Three candidates are running for a spot on the council for Ward 2. Six candidates are running […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Emergency Management Agency began accepting applications on Monday for its program to assist families with the financial expenses of funerals for COVID-19 related deaths. FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program will reimburse individuals and households for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred between Jan. 20, 2020 and December 2020 to help ease […]
UNDATED – Here are the winners for the 2020-2021 Region Basketball Coach of the Year Awards: Region 1 Name School Head Boys COTY : David Rohrbach Aberdeen Christian HS Head Girls COTY: Derek Larson Aberdeen Roncalli HS Assistant Boys COTY: Josh Mach Aberdeen Central HS Assistant Girls COTY: JJ Burke […]
TULSA, OK. – Peter Quenneville logged multi-goal games in back-to-back nights, ending it with the game-winner 16 seconds into overtime to vault the Rapid City Rush to a 3-2 win on Sunday afternoon over the Tulsa Oilers. The win gives the Rush the series against the Oilers with two out of three games and sole […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — It was a ‘tale of two games’ at McKeague Field in Rapid City as the Scoopers dropped their first game to the Brookings Bobcats, 20-8, but then bounced back to beat the Rapid City Stevens Raiders, 15-3 in five innings. The Scoopers jumped on Bobcat starting pitcher Jackson Krogman right away […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Mild and sunny conditions greeted athletes from around the area at the West River AA Preview Track and Field Meet at Sioux Park in Rapid City Saturday. In boys events: Jaden Guthmiller of Spearfish captured both the 100 and 200-meters in times of 11.25 and 22.61 respectively. In the 400 meters, […]
TULSA – Devin Williams stopped all 29 shots from the Rapid City Rush to lead the Tulsa Oilers to a 3-0 win on Friday night. The shutout loss is the first one suffered by the Rush this season, and kicked off a “three-in-three” against the Oilers this weekend. Tulsa jumped on the board early in […]
UNDATED – The South Dakota High School Basketball Coaches Association has released their 2020-2021 All State Team selections. In Class AA, one West River Athlete made the first time – Senior Micah Swallow of Rapid City Central. Swallow ended the season averaging nearly 23 points per game. He was joined on the first team by […]
