By Brandon Bennett |MEADE COUNTY| On June 1, 2026, at approximately 11:00 a.m., the Meade County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person. Jonah Temple, 23, of Black Hawk, South Dakota, had not been in contact with family members for approximately three days. During the initial investigation, Temple’s vehicle was located on U.S. […]
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By Brandon Bennett |Pierre| South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison after earlier being convicted by a Union County jury on seven felony counts, including three counts of Attempted First-Degree Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer, stemming from an April 1, 2025 […]
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By Doug Cole |Belle Fourche| Publisher’s Opinion This opinion column was written with some reluctance to break a journalistic practice of staying neutral/silent in political campaigns and races. I recently had a conversation with a friend, an Aberdeen lawyer who had lobbied for Homestake Mining Company during my time active in politics. We talked […]
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Hey! Mark Your Calendars! By Brandon Bennet | STURGIS | We are less than two weeks from our annual History Days event. This year’s theme is “The History of Schools in Meade County.” It is part of an ongoing research project on all the schools, country and town, in Meade County. There will be a […]
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By John Newby | “Building Main Street, not Wall Street” If you are reading this column today in a newspaper, you are very lucky — support that product as if your life depended on it, it very well may. However, for many communities, when you walk down main street today, something is missing that most […]
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June 6th 2026- The Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce the return of a sensational expansion of our annual Sturgis Art Festival: Prepare yourself for the face-melting, mind-bending sounds of garage band magic at Harley-Davidson Rally Point during our FOURTH Legendary Sturgis Battle of the Bands! Our first two […]
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Thursday, June 4 Armchair Travelers Book Club — discussing books about Hawaii Sturgis Public Library’s Lushbough Room | 12:00 noon Thursday, June 11 Sturgis Area Arts Council Meeting Sturgis Public Library’s Lushbough Room | 2:30 pm Thursday, June 18 – Sunday, June 21 “Cinderella” — Sturgis Community Center Theater | 1401 Lazelle St, Sturgis Thursday […]
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By Sandy Rhoden | May 26, 2026 Temperatures last week were very spring-like and pleasant on the days that were not windy. By early Sunday morning a small amount of moisture arrived, just enough to wet the ground, and temperatures were much cooler. Folks spent Sunday night watching weather reports as there were tornado alerts […]
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By Joshua Haiar | South Dakota Searchlight Campaign finance reports show side that suffered losses last time spending heavily to ‘take back what they lost in 2024’ A Republican rupture that shook the South Dakota Legislature two years ago is returning to the ballot Tuesday, this time with more money and organization on the side […]
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