October 2015
People of the Pack: John Raney
John Raney is a senior at the University of South Dakota and is majoring in advertising. SM: What is your favorite day of the year? JR: Wow. That’s really tough. I guess I’d have to say Christmas because I get to spend time with my family and we all get to be together. SM: Tell […]
People of the Pack: Quintin Brady
Cheyenne Alexis: What year are you? Quintin Brady: I’m a sophomore. CA: What’s your major? QB: I’m criminal justice, CA: Who’s your favorite music artist and why? QB: I don’t know, I like a lot. I’ve been listening to a lot of J. Cole, ’cause that’s what my friends listen to, so obviously whenever I’m around […]
Longtime Aberdeen Hotel Closing, Affecting Nearly 60 Workers
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A longtime hotel in Aberdeen is closing after more than five decades in business. The Ramada Aberdeen Hotel and Conference Center has 151 rooms, a restaurant and a bar, along with nearly 11,000 square feet of banquet space. It opened in 1964. Owner Dakota Lodging says the addition of hotels and […]
Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses To Stay Same In South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Commission has once again declined to increase licenses for nonresident waterfowl hunters. The commission has refused to consider a petition from the South Dakota Opportunity Group sportsmen’s organization that advocated changes including increasing nonresident waterfowl licenses by 5 percent. The Capital Journal reports ( ) […]
Stolen Giant Pumpkin Returned To South Dakota Grower
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A giant pumpkin that was brazenly stolen from the yard of a residence in South Dakota has been found and returned. Matthew Murraine tells the Black Hills Pioneer ( ) that a man found his 100-pound pumpkin in a rural area near Spearfish and returned it to him last week. Murraine […]
Stolen Giant Pumpkin Stolen Returned To South Dakota Grower
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A giant pumpkin that was brazenly stolen from the yard of a residence in South Dakota has been found and returned. Matthew Murraine tells the Black Hills Pioneer (http://bit.ly/1FRqmwm ) that a man found his 100-pound pumpkin in a rural area near Spearfish and returned to him last week. Murraine says […]
Former Rapid City Mayor Takes New Job In Home State Of Iowa
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Former Rapid City mayor Sam Kooiker (KWAY’-kur) is taking a new job in his home state of Iowa. Kooiker will become city administrator of Cherokee, Iowa, by January. Cherokee is a city of about 5,500 people, about 50 miles from where Kooiker grew up in Boyden, Iowa. Kooiker served two […]
Winter Wheat Harvest In South Dakota Ahead Of Average Pace
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The planting of winter wheat in South Dakota continues to progress ahead of the average pace. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that 83 percent of the crop is now seeded, up from 72 percent a week earlier and ahead of the long-term average of 72 percent. […]
Rapid City Council Approves Longer Mayoral, Council Terms
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Rapid City Council has approved longer office terms for future mayors and council members. The mayor’s term will go from two years to four years starting in 2019. City council terms will go from two years to three years starting next year. Current Mayor Steve Allender made the proposal […]
Authorities Identify Rapid City Man Killed In House Fire
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police have identified a man killed in a house fire. Authorities say 79-year-old Fred Morgan was pronounced dead at a hospital after being pulled from the home Thursday night. The official cause of death was not immediately released. Authorities said after the fire that Morgan had suffered burns […]