Custer County Chronicle

The Town of Buffalo Gap is catching up on unpaid IRS payments and sales tax payments after the payments were not being paid over the course of a few years.
The town’s attorney, Lance Russell, said the town has paid owed taxes of $14,590.78. It was reported by KOTA News some of the back taxes owed date back to 2021.
Russell said the task of making sure the taxes get paid generally fall on the finance officer, town clerk, etc., who at the time was Heather Besco. Besco has since resigned and moved away, with new finance officer Shelley Harris taking over for the town.

Custer County Sheriff’s Log
Call of the Week

Saturday, May 4
5:56 p.m.: Volunteers sorting donated tubs of clothing for a rummage sale in downtown Custer found a surprise: A Taurus .380-caliber pistol. The problematic piece wasn’t loaded or reported stolen. If you’ve lost this fine firearm give us a call.    

10 year ago, 2014 — What many thought would be a close race turned out  to be anything but, as incumbent Rick Wheeler easily retained his seat as Custer County sheriff, racking up 60 percent of the vote...Nearly 1,000 people filled the visitor center at Crazy Horse Memorial for the memorial service for Ruth Ziolkowski, who had recently passed at the age of 87.