Get ready, Hill City. The much-anticipated Supporters for the Hill City Ambulance auction begins at 6 p.m. July 12.
The auction is virtual and all items can be viewed on the McPherson Auction and Realty website. People can register before the auction is posted. Once they have a bidding number it can be used on the McPherson site to bid on any of their auctions.
Nestled between two hills across from the old sawmill is the brand new Black Hills Sawtooth Campground & Cabins (BHSCC) run by Aaron Olson.
Olson, a long-time local to the Black Hills area, has his own excavation business in Rapid City where he digs foundations and works with sewer and water systems among other things.
“I started in that, and then I went into vacation homes as kind of a side hobby,” said Olson.
Through this, he gained experience in entertaining guests. However, Olson always wanted a campground.
Tension between Keystone trustees rose again at the July 5 Keystone Town Board meeting. The latest squabble came over what to do with the Harney Street lot.
Despite a vote at the previous meeting which gave authority to spend no more than $2,000 on fencing for the lot, trustees were not in sync about how to use the lot.
The teacher shortage across the state has already affected the Hill City School District’s ability to hire locally. Now visa and immigration delays may affect when the new science teacher arrives.
Superintendent Blake Gardner discussed the issue with the school board at the Hill City School District Board of Education meeting July 10.
“People who don’t have transportation have to rely on family, friends or their church to get to their appointments and so forth,” said Dale Householder.
Another option is some form of public transportation.
Years ago there used to be a taxi cab service in Hill City that fulfilled this need. According to Householder, it was very successful. However, the gentleman who ran it had to stop due to health issues and it shut down shortly after that.
The Hill City Evergreen Garden Club hosts its annual Flower Show July 22 at the Boys and Girls Club Auditorium. This year’s theme is “The Waltz of the Flowers.”
Visitors to the show will see the way flowers are perfect partners in the performance of dance. Flowers work harmoniously bringing not only a joyful vision but a lovely fragrance, and an enhancement to any experience as well.
A trend of surging domestic migration to South Dakota that began during the COVID-19 pandemic could put the state’s total population above one million residents as early as 2030.
That growth pattern runs counter to other Midwestern states and highlights the fact that more people are moving to South Dakota than leaving, and that women in the Mount Rushmore State are giving birth at a greater rate than the national average.
If you’ve been mowing your lawn more often and noticing the Hills are especially green for this time of year, you’re not alone. Yes, Custer County—and most of the Black Hills, for that matter—has been getting a great deal of precipitation since May.
Judging from the forecast, it’s a trend that doesn’t seem like it’s going to end anytime soon.
Since Jan. 1, Custer County has received 14.5 inches of precipitation, well above the average of 10.48 normally received by this time of year.
The Argyle Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched on a call to a trapped cat on Gold Rush Road on the evening of June 7. When they arrived, they found that the cat, named Fluff, had gotten himself stuck in the foundation for a stone fireplace. He had been stuck there for several days as is owners were out of town.
Utility companies could find themselves liable for the cost of returning rights of way back to their original condition if contractors working for them to shoddy work under a revised application to occupy right of way being adopted by Custer County.
