Custer County Chronicle

Black Hills Live Dec. 24, 2025

Published by admin on Tue, 12/23/2025 - 10:06am

Wednesday 12-24

CHRISTMAS EVE

Seniors Fitness Class
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
8:30 AM

Seniors Bridge Card Games
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
10 AM - 3 PM

Pringle AA Group 
Pringle Community Center 
Pringle, SD 
7 PM

Thursday 12-25

CHRISTMAS DAY

Friday 12-26

Seniors Fitness Class
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
8:30 AM

Seniors Coffee Club
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
9 AM

Saturday 12-27

Karim to be inducted into hall of fame

Published by admin on Wed, 12/17/2025 - 2:51pm

She never did it for the credit and doesn’t really want it, but Karen Karim of Custer is being honored as an inductee in the South Dakota Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association (SDCCTFCA) Hall of Fame in 2026. 
Karim started running AAU track when she was around 8 years old. Throughout junior high and high school at Rapid City Stevens, Karim competed in track and cross country under the coaching of her dad, Ken Linstrom.

Down Memory Lane Dec. 17

Published by admin on Wed, 12/17/2025 - 2:50pm

10 YEARS AGO, 2015

Sheriff's Log Dec. 5-13

Published by admin on Wed, 12/17/2025 - 2:38pm

Custer County Sheriff’s Log
Call of the Week
Friday, Dec. 5
2:01 p.m.: A purple-colored vaping device full of synthetic THC was found on Custer’s Rosse Street. If you lost your stoner gadget and want to claim it, come see us. Of course—there’s a catch.

Black Hills Live Dec. 17, 2025

Published by admin on Wed, 12/17/2025 - 10:45am

Wednesday 12-17

Men’s Breakfast Bible Study
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD 
7:30 AM

Driver’s License Exams 
Custer County Courthouse 
Annex Pine Room
Custer, SD
8 AM to 5 PM

Seniors Fitness Class
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
8:30 AM

Seniors Bridge Card Games
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
10 AM - 3 PM

Seniors Board Meeting
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
10 AM

Black Hills Live Dec. 10, 2025

Published by admin on Wed, 12/10/2025 - 10:42am

Custer Area Economic Development Corp.
Black Hills Energy
Custer, SD
7 AM

Men’s Breakfast Bible Study
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD 
7:30 AM

Custer County Commission
Custer County Courthouse 
Custer, SD
8 AM

Driver’s License Exams 
Custer County Courthouse 
Annex Pine Room
Custer, SD
8 AM to 5 PM

Seniors Fitness Class
Hill City Center 
Hill City, SD
8:30 AM

Down Memory Lane Dec. 10

Published by admin on Wed, 12/10/2025 - 10:41am

10 YEARS AGO, 2015

Sheriff's Log Nov. 22-Dec. 4

Published by admin on Wed, 12/10/2025 - 10:34am

Custer County Sheriff’s Log
Call of the Week
Friday, Nov. 28
6:09 a.m.: A small baggie of methamphetamine was turned in from a Hermosa truck stop. Someone’s going to miss their little “pick me up” this morning.

Hispanic population thrives in one small SD town

Published by admin on Wed, 12/10/2025 - 10:32am

Of the just 768 people who call Plankinton home, 163 identify as Hispanic, according to the 2023 American Community Survey. That's 1 in 5 people – far higher than the state's total proportion of Hispanic individuals, which sits at around 4 percent of the population.

Legislators planning bills to fight mines

Published by admin on Wed, 12/03/2025 - 1:16pm

Three lawmakers who represent this Meade County city hope to change weak state mining laws that allowed a proposed limestone mine to be sited without notification or input by any local officials or residents.
The plan by Simon Contractors to begin mining limestone on 300 acres within the city of Piedmont and in the surrounding Black Hills came as a shock to locals, who only learned of the mine project through an October notice in a local newspaper.
Piedmont is located along Interstate 90 about midway between Rapid City and Sturgis.