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Commission issues public reprimand

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
In a 3-2 vote the Pennington County Commissioners chose to issue a public reprimand against commissioner Deb Hadcock of District 3.
The action occurred Dec  19 with commissioners Lloyd LaCroix, Gary Drewes and Ron Rossknecht voting in favor of the reprimand and Hadcock and Travis Lasseter  dissenting.

Council approves section line vacating

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
At the Hill City Common Council meeting Dec. 20, the primary item of discussion was the vacation of section lines. 
The application submitted by Harland and Paula Van Hill of 312 Pond Place in Hill City was to vacate the section lines that run across three of their lots. 
Developmental services administrator Dani Schade said, “A section line is a way early surveyors used to divide the landscape on a map for defining ownership. Section lines are a legal right of way, 66 feet in width.” 

Live on Stage coming back to High Country

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
Live on Stage comes to the High Country Guest Ranch for the 2024 season starting Jan 6. The format remains the same, says Hill City Arts Council (HCAC) president Kristie  Van Bogart, with meals served at 5:30 p.m., the live on stage performers at 6 p.m. and the featured artist starting sometime around 7 p.m.
What is different this year is that all the meals served prior to the entertainment will have a consistent set price of $15. 

Live on Stage coming back to High Country

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
Live on Stage comes to the High Country Guest Ranch for the 2024 season starting Jan 6. The format remains the same, says Hill City Arts Council (HCAC) president Kristie  Van Bogart, with meals served at 5:30 p.m., the live on stage performers at 6 p.m. and the featured artist starting sometime around 7 p.m.
What is different this year is that all the meals served prior to the entertainment will have a consistent set price of $15. 

Live on Stage coming back to High Country

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
Live on Stage comes to the High Country Guest Ranch for the 2024 season starting Jan 6. The format remains the same, says Hill City Arts Council (HCAC) president Kristie  Van Bogart, with meals served at 5:30 p.m., the live on stage performers at 6 p.m. and the featured artist starting sometime around 7 p.m.
What is different this year is that all the meals served prior to the entertainment will have a consistent set price of $15. 

Trustees keep talk flowing about water

Published by admin on Wed, 12/27/2023 - 10:00am
Trustees spoke once again about water issues in town at the Dec. 20 Keystone Town Board meeting.
Public Works Supervisor Jerry  Przyblyski said the iron and arsenic levels kept decreasing as the department ran the Roy Street well. After meeting with representatives from Rural Water, Alexander Drilling and AE2S the town is moving away from an arsenic removal system and toward finding viable wells that can give the city more water. 

Area Christmas services planned

Published by admin on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:56am

As Christmas comes to Custer, many churches will have special services to observe the holiday.
Crossroads Church will have two services on the 24th, a normal church service at 10:10 a.m. and a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 4:30 p.m..
Custer Community Church will have a special service on Christmas Eve. The 5:30 p.m. service will include choir numbers, congregational singing of carols, and the candle-lit singing of “Silent Night.”

Some assessments likely to rise again

Published by admin on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:53am

Custer County is faring better in terms of getting its assessed values of property closer to market value, but will still likely have to raise the value on a number of properties in the coming year.
That was the report from Custer County Equalization Office director Leah Vissia and deputy director Tara Haswell at the Dec. 6 meeting of the Custer County Commission, as the two updated the commission on the ongoing reappraisal efforts as well as upcoming values.

Budget constraints force prioritization

Published by admin on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:51am

The Custer School District had its regular school board meeting last Monday with big topics of discussion being the developing plans for a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) addition to the high school and the use of expiring ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds for funding some positions. As those funds, which began coming to the district for COVID-19, will soon be unavailable, the district may face tough funding decisions for certain positions.

Grocery tax opposition remains

Published by admin on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 11:50am

A year after Gov. Kristi Noem vowed to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries, and several months after lawmakers failed to deliver on her promise, a strong majority of South Dakota voters still supports dropping the sales tax on food.
A new statewide poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch showed that 60.6 percent of registered voters support a proposed statewide ballot measure that would eliminate the 4.2 percent state sales tax on groceries.