2015

Editors: Please note that The Associated Press welcomes editorial contributions from members for the weekly Editorial Roundup. Three editorials are selected every week. Contributions can be made by email at [email protected]. ___ Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, Yankton, Oct. 20, 2015 A change north of the border While U.S. politics is gearing up for what […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Fort Pierre-area beef rancher has been named executive director of the South Dakota Beef Industry Council. Suzanne Geppert most recently served as resource development director of the South Dakota 4-H Foundation. She’ll take on the new position Nov. 2, replacing Ron Frederick who resigned as executive director effective Sept. 30. […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The owner of the Buffalo Chip Campground has pledged up to $1 million to help pay for a proposed highway bypass to reroute drivers around the motorcycle mecca of Sturgis. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Rod Woodruff told Meade County commissioners he also will donate 10 acres of […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — He calls himself the “Ranger of the Lost Art.” Like Indiana Jones, the adventurous archaeologist who partially inspired the moniker, 69-year-old Doug Leen, of Kupreanof, Alaska, has an all-consuming passion for recovering lost history for the public. For the next 14 months the veteran national park ranger, dentist, and amateur historian […]

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Black Hills Energy has won permission to build a $100 million wind farm complex in southern Colorado under a deal which should keep customers in Pueblo from having to pay for the project for a decade. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the project in Huerfano and Las Animas counties on […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Aberdeen residents will get a chance to vote on a proposed $8 million public library. The American News reports ( ) that a petition drive collected more than 1,500 signatures, and only 783 were needed to force an election on the project the City Council approved about three weeks ago. The […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The Spearfish City Council has authorized Mayor Dana Boke to set up a task force to discuss how firefighting will be handled in the city after the Black Hills community’s volunteer force has been dissolved. Volunteers announced late last month that they are closing the department after 134 years of service, […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service is accepting proposals for a 10-year contract to manage parking, food, beverage and retail operations at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) the contract is a combination of what now are two separate contracts. One is held by the nonprofit Mount […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The Spearfish City Council has authorized Mayor Dana Boke to set up a task force to discuss future fire protection in the city. The volunteer fire department in Spearfish announced late last month that it’s dissolving after 134 years of service to the Black Hills community. Officials cited a lack of […]