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Engineering firm errors delay bid openings for Isabel sewer improvements

Jon Flatland
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Errors discovered in bid specifications prepared by engineering firm KLJ of Rapid City have added further delays to the town of Isabel’s $2.1 million sewer infrastructure improvement project.The project has already been slowed by previous errors by KLJ on the bid specifications and bidletting...
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Locken honored ...

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Recognized during the Horizon Health Foundation’s Cowboys Care Bull Bash event in Isabel on Saturday, July 13, was longtime local healthcare provider Pam Locken (right) who was presented an award by Foundation Executive Director Tracy Pardy.

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McLaughlin man sentenced for vehicular battery conviction

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A 69-year-old McLaughlin man was sentenced July 8 in U.S. District Court to a year and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine after being convicted of vehicular battery.Jerry Bruce Petersen was indicted by a federal grand jury in April of 2023 and entered a plea of guilty last...
Straight-line winds up to 80 mph tore the roof off

Straight-line winds up to 80 mph tore the roof off

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Straight-line winds up to 80 mph tore the roof off

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Straight-line winds up to 80 mph tore the roof off the 4-H exhibit building at the Dupree Rodeo Grounds on Saturday night, July 13. With the arena flooded and tin strewn throughout the complex, Day 2 of the 64th annual Ziebach County 4-H Rodeo planned for Sunday, July 14 was cancelled.
Seventy-four bison were recently transported from The Wilds in Ohio to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Buffalo Authority.

Seventy-four bison were recently transported from The Wilds in Ohio to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Buffalo Authority.

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Ohio bison integrating into CRST Buffalo Authority herd

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A collaborative effort by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, an Ohio safari park and conservation center, and other organizations has led to 74 bison being relocated and adopted into the tribe’s herd.The tribe and The Wilds worked with the Wildlife Restoration Foundation (WRF) and the Inter Tribal...
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Photo by Vicky O’Bryan

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The adventure has begun

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Tommy the Weather Turtle made a special appearance at the Dewey County Library to help kick-start the summer reading program: Adventure Begins at Your Library. The program will be held every Wednesday through the month of July. Over 25 children participated the first day.
Whitey and Bruce Keller are this year’s Ranch and Rodeo Honorees for Timber Lake’s Days of 1910. The Keller Family is featured in the Ranch and Rodeo exhibit at the Timber Lake Museum until June, 2025.

Whitey and Bruce Keller are this year’s Ranch and Rodeo Honorees for Timber Lake’s Days of 1910. The Keller Family is featured in the Ranch and Rodeo exhibit at the Timber Lake Museum until June, 2025.

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2024 Ranch and Rodeo Honorees: Whitey and Bruce Keller

Kathy Nelson
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Rancher, rodeo supporter, and one-time bronc and bull rider Whitey Keller is this year’s Ranch and Rodeo Honoree, along with his son Bruce.Each year since 2011, the Timber Lake Rodeo Association and the Timber Lake & Area Historical Society have selected the Ranch and Rodeo Honorees.
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