Custer County Chronicle

10 years ago, 2013 —  Seven different members of the Custer community were given awards at the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Fling. Dr. Joleen Falkenburg of Custer Regional Hosptial won an award for Outstanding Customer Service; Sue Sirois of Sage Creek Grille received an award for Outstanding Customer Service; Carol and Lon Edwards of Custer True Value were presented with an award for Outstanding Customer Service; Carly Koob, manager at Quiznos, received an award for Outstanding Customer Service; Lee Lampert of Custer County Candy Co.

10 years ago, 2003 — Unlike its snow and ice removal counterpart, the proposed revised city lawn maintenance ordinance met no resistance when it had its first reading at a meeting of the Custer City Council. No audience  members spoke up at the meeting about the ordinance when its hearing was held. The updated ordinance stated that failure of landowners to maintain their lawn constituted a public nuisance, and said the only exceptions permitted were for land in a naturally wild state.

10 years ago, 2013 — Commemorative signs were planned for a pull-out area on Hwy. 18 memoralizinging the crash of a C-130 North Carolina Air National Guard plane that went down while fighting the White Draw Fire near Edgemont July 1...With most of the “controversial bills” in the rearview mirror, the South Dakota Legislature was set to spend its last days of the 2013 session crafting the next year’s budget. With state tax receipts in the next year and a half expected to be slightly higher than Gov.