Custer County Chronicle

City passes emergency ordinance

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 9:26am
At 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, April 9, an ordinance declaring a public health emergency  will go into effect, which will require some businesses to temporarily shutter  while others will be forced to change the way they do business in an effort to battle COVID-19.

School’s out! Learning goes on

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 9:25am
The effect of the nationwide COVID-19 government calls for social distancing was perhaps nowhere more in evidence than at Monday evening’s monthly meeting of the Custer School District Board of Education. The change in one month in how the meeting was conducted was profound.

Five file for commission, one city race

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 9:24am
A seat on the Custer City Council, seats on the Custer County Commission and a seat or seats on the town boards in Hermosa and Fairburn are among races that will take place in June during the primary election.
With the deadline to file petitions for seats countywide now passed, several races have taken shape, including on the Custer City Council. Although there are three seats open: Dixie Whitaker in Ward I, Kris Blom in Ward II and Carrie Moore in Ward III, only one seat is being contested, Moore’s. Moore, the incumbent, will face Todd Pechota for a three-year term.

MAT offers hope

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 9:19am
Part 4 of a series
 
People addicted to opioids in the Black Hills region—whether it be illegal drugs like heroin or prescription medications like oxycontin—have a new resource for getting free from their addiction. Project Recovery, which opened last year, is western South Dakota’s first medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic for people struggling with addiction. 
Dr. Stephen Tamang, the founder of Project Recovery, said the preponderance of data indicates that MAT has the “the highest quality data for efficacy over time.”

Businesses told to shutter

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:11am
Beginning Thursday, April 9, some businesses in the city of Custer will be required to temporarily shutter, while others will be forced to change the way they do their business after the Custer City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to declare a public health emergency and limit public gatherings in an effort to battle COVID-19.
“I know it’s painful,” said alderwoman Peg Ryan of the ordinance. “People need to think of the larger community.”

Students, teachers both learn during shutdown

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:06am
Although Custer County schools are now in their third week of being closed due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the learning continues. Not only are the students continuing their school work at home, but both students and teachers are learning to use the internet as they rarely had before to keep the education going during the shutdown.

COVID-19 impacts pile up

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:05am
As COVID-19 continues to tighten its grip on Custer, County County, the state of South Dakota, the United States and the world, more and more adjustments are being made by businesses, counties and towns and locally, that is no different.
Last Wednesday, Crazy Horse Memorial issued a press release saying in “support of prevention and the collective well-being of the community,” the memorial closed last Wednesday and will remain closed through April 7, while continuing to monitor the situation.

Incest charges filed

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:03am
A Custer County man faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines after being arrested on two counts of incest, a Class V Felony.
John Frederick Hildebrand, Jr., 64, is alleged to have committed the acts March 17-18.
The incidents were reported by a third party and Hildebrand was placed under arrest after interviews were conducted by Custer County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Hildebrand was then transported to the Pennington County Jail. Hildebrand has yet to be arraigned on the charges.

Man questions property class

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:02am
A Custer County man seeking clarity on how his property is classified by the county and, more importantly, how much he has to pay in taxes on that property came before the Custer County Commission at the commission’s March 25 meeting to say he was getting conflicting information regarding the status of his property and taxes owed.

Employees support courthouse closure

Published by admin on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:59am
In an effort to protect themselves and the public, Custer County Courthouse employees told the Custer County Commission at the commission’s March 25 meeting they are in favor of closing the courthouse to the general public while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the country.