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Scouting out food
Hill City Cub Scout Pack 10 conducted its annual food drive in and around Hill City this past week. This event involves scouts leaving blue plastic bags on the doorsteps of neighbors and collecting...
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Jordanne Nichelle Perry
Jordanne Nichelle Perry (Grandpa’s Sweet Pea) overcame her brave fight with cancer on Sunday, Dec. 13. After two years of battling, encompassing six months of intense chemo therapy, a T-cell...
View ArticleBecoming numb to mass murder
By Jason Ferguson Two Wednesdays ago was just another day. I got up, did my work out, took a shower, ate breakfast and went to work. On Wednesdays, we put the paper out to the readers. It was as...
View ArticleKeystone still working on water issues
By Bev PechanIt’s winter but Keystone’s water problems are still flowing. At the Dec. 16 meeting of the Keystone Town Board, two residents challenged charges on their water account billing. Dennis Bell...
View ArticleTis the season of giving
By Kacie SvobodaLast Saturday, Santa got a little help from the Hill City Xi Alpha Chi sorority as the group delivered the presents collected from its Gifts from the Heart Angel Tree. For 26 years, the...
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Emmy® award gifted to Institute
SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT — Pete Larson, the cast of Sue’s skull and the “Dinosaur 13” Emmy® award are all in one place at the Black Hills Institue of Geological Research (BHI) in Hill City. The Emmy®...
View ArticleBoys basketball has busy first month
After a good off-season and 12 practices before the first game, the Hill City Ranger Boys hosted Belle Fourche on Dec. 12. The JV boys started the night by winning an overtime thriller against the...
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Lady Rangers ready for new year
LAY UP — Hill City freshman Karlee Simmons drives in for a layup against Belle Fourche Dec. 10. [PN Photo/ANGIE ROSS]The Rangers traveled to Lusk, Wyo., to compete in a classic facing three Wyoming...
View ArticleJohn C. Talley Jr.
John C. Talley, Jr., was born Nov. 30, 1926, in Lead, S.D., to John and Marie Talley. After high school, John served in the U.S. Army and fought in World War II.Though his memories of war carried much...
View ArticleCaring for young children, a vision worth pondering
By Carol WalkerChristmas 2015 is over and our family is gone, exiting one group at a time over the past few days and leaving the house unusually quiet. So much so that when I sit in a chair, I can...
View ArticleSnuff out winter home fire threat
By Kacie SvobodaWith a chill in the air and snow piles on the ground, it’s clear to see winter is here. And with the winter season comes the increased risk for home fires, with December through March...
View ArticleDollar General in the works
By Carol WalkerAs 2015 draws to a close, the city is looking at a potential business that has been in the works for the better part of the last year. A Planned Unit Development (PUD) by Vaquero...
View ArticleWheel tax skids to final vote
By Kacie SvobodaThe controversial proposed wheel tax for Pennington County is in its last week for voting, with the special election to be held on Jan. 5. This vote decides whether to impose a tax on...
View ArticleButch and Karen Kruse ‘do life’ well
By Carol WalkerSome people just seem to “do life” well. I would say our Prevailer Citizens of the Year, Butch and Karen Kruse, seem to fit into that category. They know who they are, enjoy the gifts...
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Special election votes down wheel tax
THE VOTE — On Tuesday, Al and Michelle Johnson prepare to cast their ballots on the wheel tax issue. As of 1:30 p.m., 115 people had voted. [PN Photo/CAROL WALKER]By Kacie SvobodaPennington County’s...
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Citizens of the Year: Butch & Karen Kruse
HONORED CITIZENS — Karen and Butch Kruse are the Prevailer's Citizens of the Year for 2016. The Kruses have given much to the Hill City community through their love of music as well as through their...
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Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the week — Chosen for this week’s honors are, from left, senior Anna Inskeep for cheerleading, senior David McKeen for wrestling, sophomore Chance Simmons for boys basketball and senior...
View ArticleMark Tyler
Mark Tyler was born in Veblen, S.D., a small farming town in the eastern side of the state. He was the son of "Frenchie" Loyd Tyler and Florence Vrchota Tyler.When he was six months old they moved to...
View ArticleBernice M. Linde
Bernice M. Linde of Keystone died Jan. 5. She was 87.Services were Jan. 12 at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City, with Pastor Randy Phipps officiating.Burial followed at Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid...
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