Post 8 advances to title game

PIERRE -- The Pierre Post 8 Legion baseball team continued its winning streak Saturday, topping Huron 6-2 and Rapid City Post 22 Expos 4-1 to move to Sunday's championship game in the Koester Memorial Tournament.

Good days for the community

PIERRE — Laurie Gregg took her family to Steamboat Park this weekend for Oahe Days — and said the activities there can’t be beat.

Special day for fathers

PIERRE — On Father’s Day this year, Dale Lebeda took time to thank his father for a lifetime of love and assistance — and got some of the same from his own children.

Herseth Sandlin taking fall intern applications

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Police remove body from Pierre Post Office

PIERRE — A body was removed from the Pierre Post Office Sunday evening, hours after police responded to an early afternoon incident.

New rules intend to bring uniformity to student counts

PIERRE – The state Board of Education proposed new rules Friday that intend to bring uniformity to calculating student enrollment in public school districts that offer non-traditional high school programs, such as for religious colonies and courses taught over the Internet.

Blunt 125th events begin Thursday

BLUNT — After two years of planning, the Blunt 125th Anniversary Celebration begins this Thursday with trail ride check-in, a cash supper for the riders at the rodeo grounds and entertainment for all.

Blunt 125th anniversary event schedule

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Post office suicide victim identified

PIERRE — The man found dead of an apparent suicide in the Federal Building Sunday was Pierre attorney Julian Brown, 65.

Summer learning

FORT PIERRE — For some children, summer is the time when learning stops and a year’s worth of schooling can start to seep away. But children in the 21st Century program in Stanley County are spending the summer learning as well as having fun.

Pierre city approves building for Transit

PIERRE — The city commission approved plans for an addition to the River Cities Transit building Tuesday. The work is expected to begin in the fall and provide 26,000 additional square feet to house all transit vehicles and more area for personnel. $1.7 million for the project comes from a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and will be used to contract the work. The city will contribute approximately $100,000 worth of investment in city property and possible city labor to match the grant amount.

Road grader accident ends with only minor injuries

PIERRE — An AGE Corp. employee suffered serious but non-fatal injuries Tuesday morning after the road grader he was operating in Sully County slid down a hill and fell 80 feet into a ravine before rolling and ejecting the man, according to Lt. Curt Hasart with Pierre Rescue. Curt Olson, with the Sully County Sheriff’s Department, identified the man as 78 year-old Gerald Johnson.

PUC decides to let Glacial Lakes plants to keep buying grain

PIERRE – A cooperative which owns and operates ethanol production plants at Mina and Watertown received the state waiver necessary to continue being licensed as a grain buyer Tuesday.

Gov. Rounds to honor Buffalo Soldiers of South Dakota

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Fort Pierre to recieve $1.8 Million in economic development funding

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Johnson D-S.D. announced today that Fort Pierre will receive a $1,875,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration. The funding will be used to construct a storm water drainage system from the Fort Pierre Recreational Trail to the Missouri River, which was damaged from floods in 2008. In addition to protecting local businesses from future flooding, the project will create as many as 15 jobs and retain as many as 63 jobs.

Johnson seeks to reauthorize funding for crime, drug program

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Labor Department enhances online job search system

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Knuppe to Regents: Cut budget

PIERRE — Candidate Ken Knuppe left no doubt during his meeting Thursday with the South Dakota Board of Regents that if he is elected governor in 2010, he will attempt to reduce spending throughout state government in order to bring the state budget into balance during the economic downturn.

Missing ‘Swamp-Rat’ mystery solved

PIERRE — It’s hard to imagine missing anything called Swamp-Rat, but local man Steve Malsam-Rysdon felt that pang this past weekend after his family duck boat was stolen.

Solid waste officials looking to upgrade equipment

PIERRE — Solid waste department officials are thinking about a few upgrades.

SD smoking ban will go to statewide public vote

PIERRE — An expanded smoking ban approved by state lawmakers won’t take effect as scheduled next week because opponents gathered enough petition signatures to put the issue before voters, Secretary of State Chris Nelson said Thursday. Supporters of the ban immediately questioned the validity of the signatures.

DOT allows haying along I-90

PIERRE — Ranchers will be able to hay the median of Interstate 90 in western South Dakota this summer after all.

DOT designates highway as ‘The Warrior Trail’

PIERRE – The South Dakota Transportation Commission agreed Thursday to designate a segment of U.S. 212, the highway which eventually leads to the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana, as The Warrior Trail.

FBI: Victim is 65 year-old Pierre man

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Stimulus money for special ed exceeds need in many districts

PIERRE — Congress and President Barack Obama have provided so much additional federal funding for special education in South Dakota that school districts can’t fully spend the money on special education needs, according to education officials.

Water shut off on James Street today

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Road work ahead

PIERRE — As city street crews prepare to replace antiquated water main on Dakota Avenue, local business owners in that area hope for no surprises.

Rounds steps down from Rawlins library board

PIERRE — A long-time member of Rawlins Library board, Don Rounds is leaving his post.

Fort Pierre Congregational church celebrates 100 years

FORT PIERRE — In 1890, a group of Fort Pierre residents started a new Congregational church in the largest space available — a dance hall. By 1906, church members decided to build a more permanent home. That new stone church, which opened in 1909, is still housing the Fort Pierre Congregational Church today.

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