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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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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STURGIS –A traffic stop turned serious when officers conducting it discovered a homemade pipe bomb. The incident happened yes-terday in the Murray Addition area. The suspects were arrested on drug and alcohol offenses. While searching the vehicle officers discovered the device so the bomb unit from Ellsworth Air Force Base was contacted. Due to the […]
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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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