Published by admin on Wed, 11/01/2023 - 10:05am
10 years ago, 2003 — Sen. John Thune spoke to a crowd of about 60 people at Lintz Bros. Pizza in Hermosa about livestock loss and the farm bill. Thune was there to answer questions and hear stories from Hermosa-area ranchers. Also attending the meeting were Custer County commissioners Jim Lintz, Travis Bies and David Hazeltine and Custer County emergency services director Mike Carter...Final numbers had not been calculated, but the estimates of the number of cattle and sheep lost in western South Dakota due to the Winter Storm Atlas was well into the thousands.