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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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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PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced the appointment of Chad Mosteller to serve as the new director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), replacing Dan Satterlee, who has been appointed as U.S. Marshal for South Dakota. “Chad continues the outstanding DCI leadership started by Dan,” said Attorney General […]
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