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No mail service this Thursday in honor of late President Carter

The U.S. Postal Ser vice will suspend its operations on Thursday, Jan. 9, in memory of the late former President Jimmy Carter.In addition, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Ryman LeBeau has granted administrative leave for tribal employees on Thursday.President Carter visited Eagle Butte in 1994...

Day reappointed as presiding judge over Fourth District Court

Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, the reappointment of the Honorable Michael W. Day, Belle Fourche, as Presiding Judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit.The Fourth Judicial Circuit consists of Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins and Ziebach counties.Judge...
A 27-foot x 25-foot addition to the Dewey County Courthouse in Timber Lake will provide fireproof space for county records. Estimated cost of the project is around $300,000 with work scheduled to get underway this spring. See bid notice on Page 12.

A 27-foot x 25-foot addition to the Dewey County Courthouse in Timber Lake will provide fireproof space for county records. Estimated cost of the project is around $300,000 with work scheduled to get underway this spring. See bid notice on Page 12.

2025 kicks off with changes and progress

As 2025 opens, we can’t predict the weather but we can see some changes on the horizon, including some new faces in new places and millions of dollars in infrastructure projects.Business changesThe sale of Timber Lake Community Daycare to Micaela Castaneda was announced last week.
Dupree High School entered the Lakota Language Bowl at the Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City before the holiday break for the first time and scored a second place overall finish. Pictured (l-r) are team members Joseph Brewer, Lamont White Feather, Lakota instructor Marion Blue Arm, Zuyala Oakie, Traden Meeks and Neldon Little Wounded. Topic photo by Patty Peacock

Dupree High School entered the Lakota Language Bowl at the Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City before the holiday break for the first time and scored a second place overall finish. Pictured (l-r) are team members Joseph Brewer, Lamont White Feather, Lakota instructor Marion Blue Arm, Zuyala Oakie, Traden Meeks and Neldon Little Wounded. Topic photo by Patty Peacock

Lakota Language Bowl

Retailers may pay more unemployment assistance taxes

Legislators could soon be asked to impose a higher tax on employers to cover the administrative expenses of the state’s unemployment assistance program, but a lower tax to fund the program’s payouts to unemployed people, sparking concerns of an unequal impact on businesses.The state’s Reemployment...

Timber Lake School menu

Monday, January 6: Breakfast: French toast, juice, fruit, and milk. Lunch: Beef and bean burrito, carrots, fruit, and milk.Tuesday, January 7: Breakfast: Banana bread, juice, fruit, and milk.

LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersIsabel Dakotan January 3, 1985LuAnn, daughter of Billy Alley, and Corey Lindskov, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loris Lindskov, all of rural Isabel, were married in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Isabel, January 2nd, 1985.Isabel Dakotan January 17,...

TRAIL CITY NEWS

Chuck and Marsha Aberle had their Christmas dinner at their house on Saturday with Jamie, Corina, Briston, Bray, and Breckon Friesz from Mandan; Matthew, Tina, and Conner from Aberdeen; and Justin, Carisa, and Amaya Aberle.Lyle Hahne spent Christmas with his brother and his family near Sturgis.

$200 Club winners

The Sacred Heart Parish of Dupree held their monthly 200 Club Drawings on Saturday evening, December 21, 2024 following Holy Mass and a potluck supper at the church hall.