The new four-officer Northern Plains Squad of the South Dakota Highway Patrol put in its first day of work today. The HP has charged this new squad with the unenviable duty of patrolling the entire northwest quarter of the state,…
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The Madville Times is experiencing some slow load times. I'll get under the hood again after work and try to figure out which Intertube is plugged. Not experiencing slow load time: the Spearfish school district. Spearfish superintendent (and my boss!)…
The Rapid City Journal reported last week that state highway workers found a pipe bomb along Highway 34 east of Belle Fourche. The Lake Herman Sanitary District's insurer sends out the following photos of the explosive device for local governments…
Housing prices, sales, and realty inquiries are increasing by double-digit percentages in some parts of the country. Spearfish honchos say part of the housing uptick in this fair city comes from North Dakota oilpatch workers buying and renting places within…
The Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce hosted "It's Coming Down the Pipe," a town hall meeting on the booming oil industry in western North Dakota. The meeting was a bigger deal than I thought. Heading down National Street toward the…
In June 2009, I expressed the disgust I share with Belle Fourche dairy man John Habeck about how the state, the banks, and the dairy industry have left small dairies for dead. Industry advocates like Vale-gone-Faulkton rancher Troy Hadrick have…
The Belle Fourche School District last week approved opting out of the state's property-tax cap. They will make up for the big cuts in state aid by charging local property owners an additional $550,000 a year for three years. This…