Custer County Chronicle

Man questions lack of zoning

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:15am

Can a Homeowners’ Association (HOA) perform the functions of a road district in Custer County? How involved does the county get in the affairs of an HOA? Can an HOA and road district be tied together?
These were among the questions posed by county resident Bill Nielsen to the Custer County Commission at the commission’s Nov. 10 meeting. Nielsen posed the questions during the public comment portion of the meeting.

Xmas contest returns

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:13am

Attention all you Christmas home decorators!
The Custer County Chronicle and Custer Area Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to plan an exterior Christmas decorating contest, in which we want you, the reader, to submit either your decorated home or the home of an outdoor display you enjoy.
Entries will be collected by the Chronicle until 5 p.m. Dec. 15. After that time our celebrity guest judgers will select a winner, as well as a second and third-place finisher. The winners will be announced in the Dec. 22 issue of the Chronicle and on the chamber’s social media pages.

Abandoned well found at church

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:11am

After reading this article you might want to think twice about investigating that prairie dog-sized hole that suddenly opens in the yard of your home. Just such a hole was discovered behind the parsonage of the Custer Community Church in September and turned out to be a 30-foot well probably dating back to the early founding of the community in the 1870s.

Vicious dog has residents angry

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:09am

Residents in the Pine Street area of the City of Custer have had it with a dog they say continously charges out of its yard on the attack when people walk through the alley of the street. Two of those residents came before the Custer City Council Nov. 15 to ask the city to do something about the problem.

LaMonte’s east side shop sells

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:08am

­­­­­­­“We needed another auto repair shop in town.”
That’s the reason offered by LaMonte Morrow for selling his second repair shop on the east side of Custer.
Morrow has sold the shop at 1029 Mt. Rushmore Road near the crossing of the Mickelson Trail where he originally opened LaMonte’s Auto Repair before moving to his current Wazi Lane location on the west side of town. Morrow said he will continue to work out of the Wazi Lane location with sales and service but felt it was time to sell the Mt. Rushmore Road shop which he opened up again in July.

Visitor rules changed by Monument

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 10:04am

Beginning last week, hospitalized patients at Monument Health will be able to have two visitors, one of which can be a child accompanied by an adult.
Children must be 5 years or older to visit and can only visit non-COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Children must follow masking guidelines and remain with an adult at all times while on Monument Health property. Hospital visiting hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

New faces abound at Hell Canyon Ranger District

Published by admin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 9:53am

Jeff Tomac, Black Hills National Forest Supervisor, has announced Rob Hoelscher as the new District Ranger at Hell Canyon Ranger District in Custer.
Hoelscher comes to the Black Hills National Forest from Bridger-Teton National Forest. Rob is currently serving as the Pinedale District Ranger in Pinedale, Wyo.  

Students honor veterans

Published by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 9:23am

After last year’s experiment with an outdoor program at the Veterans Memorial because of COVID-19, the Custer School District Veterans Day program was moved back into the warmth and shelter of the Armory on a cold and windy Thursday. Several hundred veterans, other community members and students were in attendance for the 27th annual program presented by students of Custer schools.

School COVID plan made more ‘user friendly’

Published by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 9:22am

Debate over the Custer School District’s COVID-19 Operational Plan heated up again at the November meeting of the Board of Education last Monday and for a few minutes at least, the entire policy was in effect declared null and void.

Explore Custer’s future Nov. 23

Published by admin on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 9:22am

The Custer Economic Development Corp., Custer Chamber of Commerce,  City of Custer and Custer County invite the area citizenry for the continuation of the “Exploring Custer’s Future” presentation from January 2019. Those who attend can learn what has been accomplished in Custer in the past two years and discuss what is possible moving forward.
The event will include a lunch and presentation at 11 a.m. Nov. 23 at the Custer County Courthouse Annex Pine Room.