Custer County Chronicle

Former owner recalls history

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 9:57am
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the Chronicle’s 100th anniversary edition of 1980 written by Jessie Sundstrom
 
The Custer County Chronicle has survived competition from at least 12 (in 1980) newspapers in its lengthy career, to say nothing of fires, floods, droughts, the Depression of the 1930s, the 1929 stock market crash and other economic ups and downs.

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 9:56am
Thursday, Sept. 10
Lions Club, noon, Pizza Works
Custer County Democrats Social, 5 p.m., Harbach Park
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport
 
Friday, Sept. 11
Custer County Chronicle 140th Anniversary Open House, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
 
Saturday, Sept. 12
Custer Community Action Team Food Distribution, 2-5 p.m., CAT building, corner of N. 6th and Lincoln streets
 

Down Memory Lane Sept. 9

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 9:54am
­­10 years ago, 2010 — Clifford and Christine Mumm purchased the Kleemann House and planned to renovate it ... The renovation and addition to Custer County Courthouse was progressing nicely, according to Custer County planning director David Green ...  Custer City  passed a $5.56 million budget.

Chronicle editors’comments

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 9:53am
Editor’s Note: These are taken from the early files of the Custer Chronicle
Aug. 30, 1890
Newspaper Boom

Sheriff’s Log July Aug. 12-18

Published by admin on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 9:47am
Wednesday, Aug. 12
12:09 a.m.: Internet-based extortion went down in the Hermosa area. The incident is under investigation. 
12:43 a.m.: Deputies dealt with juvenile and family issues in Custer County. Everyone was counseled to give each other some room and calm down. 

Senior Center gets sprinklers

Published by admin on Thu, 09/03/2020 - 9:48am
An historic downtown Custer structure is safer today, thanks to the recent installation of a fire suppression sprinkler system which is the culmination of years of fundraising and planning. The building receiving the nearly $40,000 safety upgrade is the Custer Senior Center and center director Jill Kettle says she is happy to have the project completed. 

Down Memory Lane Sept. 2

Published by admin on Thu, 09/03/2020 - 9:46am
­­10 years ago, 2010 — The city liquor store building was going to be a liquor store after the city council approved a proposal from Bobbie Alexander in which she would pay the city $1,000 a month for a 15-month lease of its off-sale liquor operation and another $500 a month for a 15-month lease of the building ... Custer County issued a fire burn ban, including burn barrels ... Three fires that burned in Custer County over the weekend were caused by a lightning storm that moved through the area: the Lakota Point Fire, Flynn Creek Fire and South Fork Divide Fire. 

Eight Days in Custer County

Published by admin on Thu, 09/03/2020 - 9:45am
Thursday, Sept. 3
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport
 
Thursday, Sept. 5
Buffalo Gap Community Dance, 7 p.m., Buffalo Gap Community Center
Buffalo Gap Roundup Rodeo, noon, Buffalo Gap Arena - half-mile east of Buffalo Gap
 
Sunday, Sept. 6
Custer Community Action Team Food Distribution, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., CAT building, corner of N. 6th and Lincoln streets

Remembering Jasper

Published by admin on Thu, 08/27/2020 - 10:19am
This story is being reprinted from our 2010 issue that marked 10 years since the Jasper Fire.
 
On Aug. 24, 2000, Janice Stevenson of Newcastle, Wyo., stopped her car to go to the bathroom along the side of the road just west of Hell Canyon. While stopped, Stevenson lit a cigarette with a match. At 2:17 p.m., she dropped the match, watched a small fire start, got in her car and drove away.
The ensuing fire was the largest in the recorded history of the Black Hills National Forest.

Down Memory Lane Aug. 26

Published by admin on Thu, 08/27/2020 - 10:14am
­­10 years ago, 2010 — Custer City Council members heard pleas from the municipal swimming pool and the school liaison officer to leave their funding intact ... Local firefighters recalled battling the Jasper Fire ...  A former Custer resident was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies from two states on a pursuit from Central City to Wyoming and back into South Dakota.