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Missing Custer woman found deceased
On the evening of April 23, Johnna Bense’s vehicle, and subsequently Bense, was located in rural Fall River County. Bense was deceased. Bense’s cause of death is being investigated by the Fall River County Sheriff’s Office. “This is not the outcome we were hoping for, but are...
Department of Education sends workforce education grants
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Four public school districts in South Dakota are receiving workforce education grants. The Department of Education announced the districts today. All four grants total just over $840-thousand. $225-thousand will go to both the Custer and Huron School Districts to expand their current CTE spaces. Hot...
Names released in Fall River County double fatality crash
EDGEMONT, S.D. (KELO) — Two men were killed in a single-vehicle crash three miles south of Edgemont Wednesday. 55-year-old Michael S. Gembala of Edgemont, was driving a Ford F250 southbound on SD Hwy 471 when his vehicle ran off the roadway. The Ford F250 returned to the southbound lane, was over-corrected, went off the roadway again, down and embankment and rolled several times.
Missing Hot Springs man found after overnight disappearance
UPDATE - James Morrison has been found. HOT SPRINGS, S.D. - The Hot Springs Police Department needs assistance in locating a missing person. They posted the following information on social media. James Morrison, 63 years old, was last seen on April 22, 2024, around 8:00 p.m., leaving a residence in...
Wildland Fire Training
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (KELO) — Crews in western KELOLAND are teaming up to get ready for wildfire season. Blackhawk helicopters were the focus of today’s training out at the Army Aviation Facility in Hot Springs. Today’s training event is a way to practice communication and tactics needed when...
New Hot Springs City Administrator working to address ordinance violations, preservation of sandstone buildings
HOT SPRINGS – After about five months on the job, new Hot Springs City Administrator Bob Nelson, Jr., has hit the ground running and helping to make progress in several muchneeded areas, including Code Enforcement and also addressing some issues with a pair of downtown sandstone buildings. Often referred to as “Bob Junior” in order to differentiate him from Mayor Bob Nelson, he took over…
Keep Hot Springs Beautiful welcomes spring and the completed bump outs
HOT SPRINGS – With many of the bump outs ¬– previously and often referred to as ‘pods’ –completed along North and South Chicago Streets, the organization Keep Hot Springs Beautiful (KHSB) has their eye on beautifying them. “We think that Hot Springs is the most beautiful town in the Black Hills and we want to keep it that way,” said Shelley Hagans-Brown, President of KHSB. …
BASEBALL PHOTOS AND HIGHLIGHTS: Sturgis hands Hot Springs its fifth straight loss
STURGIS, S.D. - The Sturgis baseball team returned to action on Monday for the first time in 17 days. The Scoopers defeated the Hot Springs Bison, 16-8. Hot Springs jumped out to an early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning. However, Sturgis responded in a...
Demo’d Dale’s...
Thus far, much of the progress in the Hot Springs Urban Reconstruction project has been noted by the addition of new features in the downtown area. On Monday, April 15, progress was noted by subtraction as the former Dale’s Family Restaurant was demolished to make way for a redesigned intersection of Battle Mountain Avenue and North River Street. The location at the north end of town near Evans Plunge has been home to a restaurant since 1973 when Cal Lowe operated one of his two cafes in Hot Springs. It was later purchased and taken over by the Boyd family in the late 70s and then the Phipps family in the 80s when it was known as Country Corner. In 2000, Dale and Cindy Wedekind purchased the business and operated it as Dale’s Family Restaurant for about 20 years. The South Dakota DOT purchased the property recently as part of their acquisitions in conjunction with the ongoing reconstruction project through town. Prior to 1973, the site was home to a service/gas station for many years.
Gifting sight locally and abroad
HOT SPRINGS – Dr. Dallas Wilkinson, of Vision Source in Hot Springs, recently returned from a medical mission trip to Mexico where he helped give the gift of sight to many. “My first medical mission with VOSH (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity) was while I was in optometry school in 1998, to a town outside of Cabo San Lucas. That mission trip got me hooked,” said Wilkinson. “It’s…
Help needed to find missing Oglala woman
OGLALA, S.D. (KELO) — An Oglala woman is reported as missing according to the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) Department of Safety. Whitney Black Elk, 29, has not been in contact with her family since April 4. Black Elk was last known to be driving a black 2014 KIA Forte...
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