Wed, 05/13/2026 - 3:02pm
School is out for the graduating class of 2026. For one last time, they will congregate in the Custer Armory for the 2026 Custer High School graduation ceremony Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. before...
Wed, 05/13/2026 - 2:59pm
The Custer County Chronicle won 19 awards—including seven first place awards—in its category at the 2025 South Dakota NewsMedia (SDNA) Better News Media Contest held as part of the annual SDNA ...
Wed, 05/13/2026 - 2:53pm
The Custer School District (CSD) Board of Education has three seats up for election for three-year terms in the June 2 primary. Currently, the seats are held by Travis Hartshorn, Larry Baker and Sara...
Wed, 05/13/2026 - 2:51pm
It’s been two weeks now since our staff went north to Deadwood for the annual South Dakota NewsMedia Association (SDNA) Convention.
The SDNA used to stand for the South Dakota Newspaper Association...
Wed, 05/13/2026 - 2:51pm
Personal records continued to fall and state qualifications continued to be made as the Custer High School track team competed in a pair of track meets in Sturgis last week.
The Wildcats competed...
Custer County Chronicle
05/13/2026 - 3:02pm
School is out for the graduating class of 2026. For one last time, they will congregate in the Custer Armory for the 2026 Custer High School graduation ceremony Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. before dispersing into the world and beginning the next...
Hill City Prevailer
Tennessee-based World Choice Investments will now be running the 1880 Train in Hill City. The announcement came May 8, just the train was ready to start rolling for the season.
05/13/2026 - 9:08am
Tennessee-based World Choice Investments (WCI) will now run the 1880 Train in Hill City. The announcement came May 8, just as the train was ready to start rolling for the season.
“For the past 36 years, this train has been far more than a...
Community
01/07/2026 - 9:18am
Rhoades, Wilma, 90, Custer, died Dec. 7, 2024.
Loghry, Gene, 74, Fairburn, died Dec. 27, 2024.
Daggett, Jimmy, 72, Hermosa, died Dec. 28.
Pepper, Lois, Lake Andes, 89, died Dec. 30, 2024.
Plaisted, Rhea, 47, Mesa, Ariz., died Dec. 30, 2024....
Obituaries
05/13/2026 - 2:48pm
Susan Bowen Naef, 75, died after a long battle with cancer at Honor Health in Scottsdale, Ariz., Thursday, April 23, 2026.
She was born March 13, 1951, in Fulton, Mo., the daughter of Harold C. Bowen and Doris Fieldhouse Bowen.
Susan graduated...
