By Brandon Bennett |Pierre| Toby Doeden garnered the most votes of his three opponents in the June 2 primary to be the Republican governor candidate in the November general election. Here are the unofficial results: GOVERNOR PRECINCTS FULLY: 685 / 686 | LARRY RHODEN Republican 25% 34,379 JON HANSEN Republican 21% 28,390 DUSTY JOHNSON Republican […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| Gary Cammack and Gary Deering have won the District 29 legislative race. Here are unofficial results: STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 29 PRECINCTS:38 / 38 | PARTIALLY: 0 / 38 KATHY RICE Republican 25% 1,957 GARY DEERING Republican 28% 2,198 TERRI JORGENSON Republican 20% 1,572 GARY L CAMMACK Republican 27% 2,135 TOTAL […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| Bill Meirose has defeated John Carley for the District 29 Senate seat. Here are unofficial results: STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 29 PRECINCTS:38 / 38 | PARTIALLY: 0 / 38 JOHN CARLEY Republican 49% 2,151 WILLIAM J. MEIROSE Republican 51% 2,280 TOTAL VOTES 4,431
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| Glen Haines of Faith was elected to the Meade County Commission for District 1. Here are unofficial results: COUNTY COMMISSIONER – MEADE – MEADE-1 PRECINCTS FULLY: 19 / 19 | STEVE ALLENDER Republican 28% 428 GLEN HAINES Republican 33% 508 TERRI JO BRUCH Republican 23% 349 TYLER WOODS Republican 16% 252 […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS | Unofficial results from Tuesday’s special election show that Sturgis businessman Rod Bradley has been elected mayor of Sturgis. Bradley received 984 votes, followed by Richelle Bruch with 366 votes and Tammy Bohn with 360 votes. In the race for the Ward 1 City Council seat, Terry Keszler defeated Brenda Vasknetz. […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| The Sturgis city council gave second reading to Ordinance 2026-05, governing municipal elections, council officers, vacancies, special elections and runoff elections at its meeting June 1. City attorney Eric Davis said not much had changed since first reading. But Ward 3 councilor Mark Chaplin stated he felt that the provision governing […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| The Sturgis city council approved renaming Sturgis Downhill Bike Park in honor of the late Mayor Kevin Forrester at its meeting June 1. City Administrator Aaron Jordan explained. “We all know Kevin Forrester was an avid biker and really liked the Sturgis Downhill Bike Park. So it’s fitting that we name […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| The Sturgis City Council sped through the agenda at its June 1 meeting and started with resolutions governing Music On Main. Deputy Finance Officer Robin Korth told the council there were some amendments relative to the event including street closures for Battle of the Bands so food trucks could take advantage […]
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By Brandon Bennett |STURGIS| The Sturgis City Council heard a department update from Public Works Director Rick Bush at its meeting June 1 about all the capital improvement projects going or coming up. Bush opened the ball. “These projects are focused on maintaining essential services, addressing aging infrastructure, improving public safety and basically improving quality […]
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By Brandon Bennett |Sturgis| Come to the Jurassic Magic Show at the Sturgis Public Library on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5:30pm. During this 40-45 minute show, dinos will do all sorts of magical things and keep the audience guessing. By the way, there’s absolutely nothing scary that could frighten younger guests. There’s no big teeth […]
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