Hill City Prevailer

Despite the cold, rainy morning, 25 community members showed up at the Visitor Information Center  (VIC) to help untangle Christmas lights for the Downtown Hill City Lighting project. The group sorted 75,000 lights in two and a half hours. 

There are now 8,425 feet of LED lights ready to wrap the 47 old-fashioned light poles that stretch from the Little White Church to Krull’s Market in Hill City. 

Three of South Dakota’s candidates for the next governor are in support of a statewide policy or law banning cell phones from school classrooms. Currently, about one-third of South Dakota school districts have adopted stricter phone policies that involve removing student phones during at least part of the school day, with some banning them for the entire day. Last year, Hill City School District followed suit, adopting a policy banning phone usage during school hours with the exception of  lunch period.