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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Sawyer Gilbert, a world champion breakaway roper from Buffalo, South Dakota, signed a sports sponsorship agreement on Wednesday with Monument Health. Gilbert was a two-time South Dakota high school state champion breakaway roper in 2017 and 2018. Gilbert had a phenomenal season last year. She...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (June 15, 2022) – Sawyer Gilbert, a professional breakaway roper from Buffalo, S.D., has signed a sports sponsorship agreement with Monument Health. Gilbert grew up on the back of a horse. She is the sixth generation on her family’s ranch (Gilbert Angus Ranch) in Buffalo. During high school, she competed in goat tying, team roping, cutting and breakaway roping. She was a two-time South Dakota high school state champion breakaway roper in 2017 and 2018, and two-time reserve champion goat tyer.

On this day in 1961: A tornado touched down west of Sundance on US Highway 14 causing $25,000 in damage. Wednesday evening, there will be increasing clouds. I’m not ruling out a stray shower or two towards Buffalo, S.D., as well as Lemmon. Overnight Low: 51°F. Wind: NE 5-10 MPH shifting to the SW overnight.

After a historic blizzard earlier this month and another snowstorm less than a week later, portions of northern Plains are bracing for the third snow and wind-maker in the span of just about 10 days. There will be some subtle differences this time, as the heaviest snow may fall slightly...

Eleanor Fowler Nielsen, 94 (1927-2022), originally from Buffalo, SD, passed away peacefully Monday, March 7, 2022 at her home in Reno, Nevada. She is survived by her Brother Leet Fowler of Belle Fouche, 3 Children Charles, Michael and Nora, 9 Grandchildren, and 7 Great Grandchildren. Eleanor will be buried in Buffalo Cemetery.

BUFFALO — Baylor Scheierman, Doug Wilson and the Jackrabbits were ready for the national stage.   Taking on 4th-seeded and 11th-ranked Providence, 13-seed South Dakota State came out in Thursday’s first-round NCAA tournament game intent on making the dozens of college basketball prognosticators who had picked SDSU as an upset special look like geniuses. ...

BUFFALO — This year’s men’s NCAA tournament has a greater South Dakota State presence than just the Jackrabbits team that’s playing Providence on Thursday morning in the 4/13 matchup in the Midwest Region. Former SDSU coach TJ Otzelberger led Iowa State to the tournament in his...

Charles F. “Chuck” Humbracht, 67, of Camp Crook, S.D., passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at his home. Funeral services for Chuck will be on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the Camp Crook Community Center beginning at 2 p.m. Visitation for Chuck will be on Thursday, March 10, 2022, from 12-9 with family present at 7pm at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be live-streamed and we will add a link before services.

On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, four men affiliated with the Kansas City chapter of the right-wing Proud Boys gathered on the west side of the U.S. Capitol, along with thousands of others urged on by then-President Donald Trump. The crowd pushed ahead and overwhelmed the few Capitol Police officers guarding the entrance, toppling […] The post A year after Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol lives on in hundreds of court cases appeared first on Daily Montanan.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man and former U.S. Marine has reached a plea agreement on a federal misdemeanor charge for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol as Congress was counting the Electoral College votes from the November 2020 presidential election. Andrew...

Bullock Community Players are gearing up for M*A*S*H, their 2022 annual production and what a production it is! Tim Kelly adapted the play from the book Richard Hooker had written in 1960. This will be the 19th season (year) for the Bullock Community Players. The large cast, 30 characters in...

CAPITOL HILL—A bill creating the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Program—with a $40 million purse for restoration efforts—earned the unanimous approval of the Utah House on Wednesday. Sponsored by House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, HB410 was a top priority for House leadership during the 2022 session, with...

A Bozeman man pleaded guilty this week to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, break-in and riot at the U.S. Capitol. Andrew Cavanaugh, the owner of the now-defunct Tactical Citizen firearm academy in Belgrade and a former Marine, pleaded guilty this week to parading, demonstrating and picketing in the Capitol. The plea was first reported by KTVQ.

CAPITOL HILL—Education is once again a hot topic at the Utah Legislature—so hot that teachers are feeling burned, according to Heidi Matthews, president of the Utah Education Association (UEA), the state's largest teachers union. The 2022 session started quietly for public schools—the early legislative furor was reserved for...