Wed, 04/23/2025 - 1:26pm
Dani Schade, development services coordinator for the City of Hill City, has been let go from the position she served with the city for the past seven years. Hill City mayor Tana Nichols made the...
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 1:16pm
In a world plagued by war, famine, disease, poverty and political unrest, we may feel helpless to change the situations around our planet, but Thursday, May 1, during the National Day of Prayer (...
Noah Schelske placed third out of 13 participants in Hill City’s first ever trip to the state SkillsUSA competition April 11 at Mitchell Technical College.
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 1:08pm
Two students represented Hill City for the first time ever at the State SkillsUSA competition at Mitchell Technical College April 11. This year’s theme was “Ignite Your Potential,” and that is...
Custer School District business manager Sarah Wedge, left, was presented the 2025 South Dakota Association of School Business Officials (SDASBO) Shining Star award at the Board of Education meeting in Hermosa April 14. Presenting the award was fellow business manager Teri Reynolds, right. The SDASBO presents this award to a business manager in their first five years as a business official. The business manager must demonstrate remarkable innovation and leadership qualities and make a positive impact on their school and community.
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:25pm
The Custer School District (CSD) has a new shining star. At the district’s board of education meeting in Hermosa April 14, business manager Sarah Wedge was presented the 2025 South Dakota Association...
An extensive restoration project started in 2019 aims to restore the McVey burn scar back to a healthier and more natural landscape after it was replanted with non-native seed following the fire in 1939. Bill Coburn, President and CEO of Black Hills Forestry Inc., stands next to one of four signs put in place by the Forest Service clarifying the project as a restoration effort and not a commercial timber sale.
Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:22pm
The McVey Fire, one of the five largest fires recorded in the Black Hills, decimated approximately 21,000 acres of forest outside of Hill City in 1939. The burn area is once again a hot topic.
The U...
Custer County Chronicle
Custer School District business manager Sarah Wedge, left, was presented the 2025 South Dakota Association of School Business Officials (SDASBO) Shining Star award at the Board of Education meeting in Hermosa April 14. Presenting the award was fellow business manager Teri Reynolds, right. The SDASBO presents this award to a business manager in their first five years as a business official. The business manager must demonstrate remarkable innovation and leadership qualities and make a positive impact on their school and community.
04/23/2025 - 12:25pm
The Custer School District (CSD) has a new shining star. At the district’s board of education meeting in Hermosa April 14, business manager Sarah Wedge was presented the 2025 South Dakota Association of School Business Officials (SDASBO) Shining...
Hill City Prevailer
04/23/2025 - 1:26pm
Dani Schade, development services coordinator for the City of Hill City, has been let go from the position she served with the city for the past seven years. Hill City mayor Tana Nichols made the announcement at the April 8 Hill City Planning and...
Community
06/14/2023 - 11:23am
The Main Street Arts & Crafts Festival in Hot Springs will be held on June 23-25 in Centennial Park featuring products from over 52 new and returning artisans, a kids’ stage and activities, food, music and entertainment.
Main Street Arts and...
Obituaries
04/23/2025 - 1:14pm
Kenneth Buell Redden was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Lindsay, S.D., to Everett and Arleta (Mackey) Redden in a small farmhouse of his grandparents.
Ken was the eldest of 10 children. He attended school at the Kirley School in rural Stanley County, S...
