Custer County Chronicle

More landlocked property causes consternation

Published by admin on Thu, 08/13/2020 - 9:17am
A dispute over access to landlocked property came before the Custer County Commission at its Aug. 5 meeting, but it wasn’t the same two disputes that have consumed portions of commission meetings for the better part of three years.

Cleanup mostly complete

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 9:00am
It’s been over a year since a massive influx of rain (up to seven inches, by some accounts) poured down on the French Creek watershed and subsequently led to a flood that reached 100-year levels, causing extensive damage to both public and private property.
Most of the cleanup and reconstruction to be done by governmental entities was done in the year that has passed, with city planning administrator Tim Hartmann saying, save for some wood chips for the Gates Park playground and a little bit of debris, the city has been cleaned up.

Fair to start on Thursday

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:59am
The annual Custer County Fair begins this Thursday, Aug. 6, and a full slate of action is scheduled despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 
The action begins Thursday, Aug. 8,  at 2 p.m. with poultry and rabbit entries, as well as open class entries sans livestock and crops. At 5 p.m. the annual kickoff supper will take place, followed at 7 p.m. by the Barnyard Olympics, a competition of team games with events such as goat roping, bucket race, sack race, cow milking, egg race and more. 

Higher rally traffic expected

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:56am
As thousands of motorcycles descend on the Black Hills for the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, some are predicting higher numbers of visitors to Custer County and they believe the bikers will be here longer this year. 
That appeared to be the consensus of the approximately 30 first responders who attended a meeting last Thursday at Custer County Search and Rescue (SAR) headquarters. 

Cops crack card case

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:56am
Team effort and a little old-fashioned police work paid off for the Custer County Sheriff’s Office recently in solving the case of a missing credit card which led to the arrest of a Custer man on grand theft charges. 
A visitor from California staying in the area got a call July 24 from the fraud protection unit of his credit card informing him there had been suspicious charges on the card. It wasn’t until that moment the man realized the card was missing and he began thinking about the last time he had used it, which was the day before. 

County adds 12 COVID-19s

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:55am
Custer County experienced its largest single-day and single-week jump in COVID-19 cases last week since the pandemic began, as the county reported 12 new cases last week, five of which were reported Friday. The county picked up its 13th confirmed case last Wednesday and had four more positive tests Sunday. Two more were recorded since last Tuesday, according to the State Department of Health’s total count for the county.

Schilling appointed to council

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:55am
A familiar face was in the Custer City Council chambers during Monday night’s regular meeting of the Custer City Council, as former mayor Bob Schilling joined the council as the newest alderman in Ward II. Schilling was appointed by Mayor Corbin Herman and was approved for that appointment by the council at Monday’s meeting.
Schilling’s appointment is for one year, as he replaces former alderwoman Kris Blom, whose last council meeting was in June. Blom resigned from the council, as she was moving to Iowa.

One year later some flood repairs pending

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:54am
While Jerry Lenander’s property in downtown Custer straddles French Creek, his house and garage remained untouched by the flood waters that ravaged this community on Friday, Aug. 2, last year. The iconic “White House” built in the 1920s sits high enough on the hillside on the south bank of the creek that the waters reached only the edge of Lenander’s driveway. 

New rules for high school sports emphasize safety against coronavirus

Published by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 8:43am
On July 22 the board of directors of the South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) approved a variety of rules for fall sports that deal with safety measures schools should take during the coronavirus pandemic.

Summer break is extended

Published by admin on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 9:43am
Students in the Custer School District will get an extra two days of summer vacation, thanks to a decision made by the board of education in a special meeting Monday. All seven school board members were present at the 5:30 p.m. meeting, either by phone or in person, to consider the one item on the agenda: whether to move the start date for in-classroom instruction from Monday, Aug. 24, to Wednesday, Aug. 26.