Custer County Chronicle

Black Hills Live - Calendar of Events

Published by admin on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 10:06am

- 03/22/23 -

Custer County Commission
Custer County Courthouse
Custer, SD
8 AM

Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten Roundup
Custer Elementary
By Appointment
Call 673-4483

Men’s Breakfast Bible Study
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD
7:30 AM

Custer County Commission
Custer County Courthouse
Custer, SD
8 AM

Seniors Functional Fitness
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
9 AM

Down Memory Lane March 8

Published by admin on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 10:16am

10 years ago, 2013 — Commemorative signs were planned for a pull-out area on Hwy. 18 memoralizinging the crash of a C-130 North Carolina Air National Guard plane that went down while fighting the White Draw Fire near Edgemont July 1...With most of the “controversial bills” in the rearview mirror, the South Dakota Legislature was set to spend its last days of the 2013 session crafting the next year’s budget. With state tax receipts in the next year and a half expected to be slightly higher than Gov.

Black Hills Live - Calendar of Events

Published by admin on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 10:16am

­- 03/09/23 -

Women’s Bible Study Fellowship
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD
8:30 AM

Nomad Namaste Yoga Class
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
9:30 AM

Seniors Foot Clinic
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Seniors Beginning Line Dancing
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
11 AM

Seniors Hand & Foot Card Games
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
12:30 PM

Sheriff's Log Feb. 17-25

Published by admin on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 10:09am

Custer County Sheriff’s Log
Call of the Week

Saturday, Feb. 25

6:14 p.m.: Apparently, Saturday night was all right for fighting at a downtown Custer political event. One participant reported he was slapped by an elderly male, who then ambled from the area. Charges may be pending in Custer’s own version of the Will Smith/Academy Awards debacle.

Friday, Feb. 17

How South Dakota spent $14B in pandemic money

Published by admin on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 10:07am

South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.
The document tallies the $13.84 billion intended to help governments, businesses, organizations and individuals survive and recover from a pandemic that killed 1 million Americans and more than 3,100 South Dakotans.
The federal funding came from six separate acts of Congress and was part of an overall $4.6 trillion in federal COVID-19 aid provided to states.

Black Hills Live - Calendar of Events

Published by admin on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:50am

- 03/01/23 -

Men’s Breakfast Bible Study
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD
7:30 AM

Driver License Exams
Custer County Courthouse Annex Pine Room
Custer, SD
8 AM to 5 PM

Seniors Functional Fitness
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
9 AM

Seniors Bridge Card Games
Hill City Center
Hill City, SD
10 AM - 3 PM

Women’s Study
The Little White Church
Hill City, SD
10 AM

Crafternoon
Custer County Library
Custer, SD
3 PM

Down Memory Lane March 1

Published by admin on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:37am

10 years ago, 2013 — Building permits for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) compound in southwestern Custer County were extended  after the FLDS met stipulations set forth by the county before it would grant the extentions. County planning director David Green suggested the county hold off on extending the permits until FLDS officials allowed the county to inspect the buildings being constructed.

Sheriff's Log Feb. 12-16

Published by admin on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:33am

Custer County Sheriff’s Log
Call of the Week
Thursday, Feb. 16
6:47 a.m.: A cooler containing T-shirts was lost from the back of a vehicle somewhere on Hwy. 40 east of Hermosa. It wasn’t known what the cool shirts said or why they were being kept on ice.

 

Marcy artwork at courthouse gallery

Published by admin on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:29am

A transplant from California to Minnesota, artist Lynn Marcy vacationed often in the Black Hills. As a result, the Black Hills are a substantial inspiration for her artwork. Now residing in Custer, an exhibition of Marcy’s artwork is on display at Custer County Courthouse Art Gallery through March.
Marcy narrates her story.

Down Memory Lane Feb. 22

Published by admin on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 10:37am

10 years ago, 2013 — City of Custer community development director Rex Harris said the city’s 30-year comprehensive plan, which the city’s planning committee had been working on crafting for the past three years, was “effectively killed” at the Feb. 11 meeting of the planning committee.