The following is a list of the top items in the Custer County Chronicle’s Sheriff’s Log for 2022, as selected by the staff of the Chronicle. This week we feature the top 10 for the year. The Sheriff’s Log was written by deputy Seth Thompson.
No. 10 Oh sure, they’re getting too big for their britches.
Wednesday, Feb. 2
3:37 p.m.: A deputy herded some of the Pringle cows back into their pasture on Hwy. 385. The famous cows declined to give any autographs.
Despite facing health challenges this past year in the form of a condition called Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), Eve Trandem and her family are hopeful for what the future has in store and are working toward managing her symptoms and improving her quality of life.
10 years ago, 2013 — Phil Lampert was named the Custer County Chronicle’s Citizen of the Year...The staff of the Custer County Chronicle remade the popular video for the song “Gangnam Style.” The video was available to view on the Chronicle’s website, and legend has it the video is still available to be viewed on YouTube...With Congres expected to discuss so-called assault weapons restrictions, local gun shops said they were seeing sales skyrocket. The fear was in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Saturday, Jan. 7
Custer Community Action Team Food Distribution, 2-5 p.m., CAT building, corner of N. 6th and Lincoln streets
Hermosa Relief Fund Soup & Silent Auction, 5-7 p.m., Custer County Fairgrounds Beef Building
Buffalo Gap Community Dance, 7 p.m., Custer Community Center
Few if any people in South Dakota will argue that the state’s vaunted pheasant hunting industry in 2022 is as strong as in the past.
Compared to prior decades, the slow and steady declines are apparent in both license sales and bird numbers and, to some extent, how out-of-state visitors who pump millions into the East River economy plan their trips.
10 years ago, 2012 — If the City of Custer wanted to move ahead with the creation of an in-town archery deer season, South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks (GF&P) stood ready to help. That was the message delivered to the Custer City Council at its regular meeting Dec.
The following is a list of the top items in the Custer County Chronicle’s Sheriff’s Log for 2022, as selected by the staff of the Chronicle. There will be 20 of the year’s favorite calls featured over the next two weeks, with numbers 20 through 11 this week. The Sheriff’s Log was written by deputy Seth Thompson.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
The 911 Misdial of the Day: Another “smart” phone locked itself into emergency mode and wouldn’t let its owner turn it off before it dialed 911. We’ve often thought that if cellphone network providers were liable for all these ridiculously-preventable false calls, the phones would be designed a lot better.
1:35 a.m.: Deputies investigated an assault at a downtown Custer drink den. One person was taken to the hospital by ambulance and charges are pending.
7:34 a.m.: The Custer school patrol was at it again.
