Saddle bronc riders Kaden Deal

Saddle bronc riders Kaden Deal (above) from Eagle Butte and Easton Eisemann (right) of Glenham were among the area cowboys and cowgirls competing in the annual Days of 1910 Rodeo in Timber Lake on Saturday and Sunday, July 27-28.

Bill Knowlton is 2024 Isabel Rodeo Honoree

It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a community to throw a party like the one happening this weekend during the annual Isabel Celebration and Rodeo, set Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 1-4.

SD Historical Society to publish new book regarding Sitting Bull

The South Dakota Historical Society Press will publish “A Phantom Storm: Sitting Bull, America, and the Ghost Dance” by Norman E. Matteoni this month.In the fall of 1890, a new religion swept onto South Dakota reservations like a prairie fire.

BIA increases payment limits on social services programs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has increased payment limits for certain financial assistance and social services programs which directly support American Indian and Alaska Native families and individuals.

Sign up for Prairie Dog control program enrollment ends August 15

The South Dakota Departments of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) and Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) want to remind South Dakota landowners to register for assistance with prairie dog encroachment.

Auctions raise money for 4-H and TL Daycare

At the live auction just before the Days of 1910 Talent Show on July 25, funds were raised for the Dewey County 4-H program and a new deck for the Timber Lake Community Daycare.Cookies from the cookie contest at the Dewey County Fair brought in $1270 for the 4-H program.For the Day Care, $3805 was...

Dewey County 4-H Achievement Day

Dewey County 4-H youth and open class exhibitors brought projects for judging at the Dewey County Achievement Day on Thursday, July 25.

Simpson Sportsmanship Award winners share ‘Panther Tales’

The legacy of Lawrence (“Bucky”) Simpson, a Timber Lake High School athlete who died following a car crash on his graduation night in 1959, was the focus of a program at the Timber Lake Museum on July 27.Each year for 20 years following his death, a TLHS athlete was chosen by the Lettermen’s Club...

Looking back

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapersIsabel Dakotan August 20, 1914Dr. E.E. Flory of the US Bureau of Animal Industry has been west of the river on the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations where he has been killing horses afflicted with dourine.

Trail City News

Esther Hahne spent the weekend in Timber Lake for the Days of 1910 Celebration.