Lake County enjoyed a nice September employment boomlet. According to South Dakota Department of Labor statistics, Lake County added 210 jobs from August to September, for a total of 6420. With 170 new workers joining the active labor force of…
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Another Sunday, another trip up the canyon. This time I pedaled up to Savoy, turned left, and kept going. By my VW odometer (which, interestingly, runs 3% fast), the distance from my new Spearfish digs to Cheyenne Crossing is just…
I went biking and trail-running yesterday. I rode up Spearfish Canyon to the Iron Creek trailhead. I parked the bike by a tree and jogged uphill... and uphill... and past some cows... and more uphill. Even though I knew the…
Despite the fact that we aren't paying back rent to the neighbors from whom we stole this land, the Madville Times family is really enjoying its new digs in Spearfish. On Sunday, I went for not one but two trips…
Fresh from his sunny motorcycle ride in the Black Hills, Governor Dennis Daugaard has declared today "Buffalo Chip Campground Day" in South Dakota. In his proclamation, Governor Daugaard celebrates the Sturgis motorcycle rally concert site for many features: the Buffalo…
(Patience: just like the someday-trail from Kadoka, this story goes somewhere!) A couple bicyclists from Southern Nazarene University are riding across America this summer, from the Big Apple to Portland, Oregon. See their trip blog here. They are riding across…
Speaking of positive messaging, sometimes your chief executive has to turn on a dime from "Holy crap, run for your lives!" to "Sunshine! Rainbows! Walleye, waterskiing, and Wall Drug!" Governor Dennis Daugaard shows how it's done. Watch this great video…
Haycation? Try raycation. USA Today features Edgemont's Sunrise Guest Ranch as a great place for a rural vacation. Country Living editor Jourdan Crouch mentions the organic dude ranch's trail rides, buffalo and turkey hunts, and the nice view of the…