Hill City Prevailer

Overtime frustrations aired in Keystone

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:25am
The Sept. 15 Keystone Town Board meeting was held in the community center gym to allow for social distancing after several community members tested positive for COVID-19. The  board approved the second reading of the 2022 Appropriation Ordinance for the town of Keystone. However board president Kwinn Neff did voice his concerns over the amount of overtime employees were receiving and the lack of reporting and documentation as to the need. 
“Overtime continues to go up every year and it’s up about 50 percent since 2018, said Neff.

Inspection cars cruise tracks

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:15am
Members of the North American Railroad Car Operators Association (NARCOA) could be seen whizzing along  the 1880  Train tracks last Saturday.
NARCOA is a national organization with several chapters whose members are railroad inspection car operator enthusiasts.
“It’s quite similar to a motorcycle club,” said David Voeltz, Pierre excursion coordinator for the group.

Medical marijuana policy update approved

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:07am
The Hill City School District Board of Education meeting last Monday evening saw reports by the staff, including superintendent Blake Gardner reporting no cases of COVID-19 currently in the Hill City Schools.
Gardner also brought up the upcoming activities and events surrounding homecoming week. With that discussion, he presented the school board with a photo that was recently donated by Holly VanderBeek of Hill City school’s very first homecoming dated 1922.

Monument monitors cracks

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 8:58am
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial rope access could be seen on the faces Sept. 15-17.
The  Mount Rushmore National Memorial Rope Access Team is a one-of-a kind-team and the only trained industrial ropes access team in the National Park Service (NPS). 

Buffalo Roundup is this Friday

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 8:53am
The 56th annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup is set to take place this Friday, and with it comes the annual arts festival and craft show, replete with plenty of entertainment and crafts to purchase during the three-day extravaganza.
Friday morning, dozens of cowboys and cowgirls on horseback and park crews in pickups will  round up around 1,400 buffalo to drive them into the corrals where they will be sorted, branded and vaccinated in preparation for the fall sale in November. 

Draft residential paving plan shared

Published by admin on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 8:39am
A Hill City Residential Street Paving Plan Proposal Draft was shared at the Sept. 13 Hill City Common Council meeting. The draft was neither a discussion nor action item on the agenda and was shared as a report from Mayor Kathy Skorzewski.
Skorzewski  said she had missed the deadline to have it on the agenda as a discussion or action item.

Bridge work on Old Hill City Road

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 1:50pm
The Old Hill City Road bridge approximately half mile west of the Highway 16A junction and City of Keystone will be closed for repairs Thursday, Sept. 16, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This closure will also be noted on the Pennington County Public Safety Hub which can be found at pen
nco.org/publicsafetyhub.
 If you have any questions contact the Pennington County Highway Department at 394-2166.

Bridge rehab at the Wye

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 1:48pm
The South Dakota Department of Transportation says crews have begun a bridge rehabilitation project on the Keystone Wye bridges at the junction of U.S. Hwys. 16 and 16A.
The project consists of a complete replacement of the current bridge decks and the rehabilitation/preservation of various timber members on the structures. Crossovers will be constructed to assist with the diversion of traffic during the project.

Bridge work begins

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 1:23pm
Rehabilitation of a bridge on Old Hill City Road is underway, according to the Highway Department of Pennington County. 
The bridge is located 0.8 miles west of Keystone on  Old Hill City Road crossing Battle Creek.  The contractor, JV Bailey, has begun work on-site in the westbound (toward Hill City) lane. Crews will work on and off  on the bridge over the next few days.  

Experience plein air

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 1:22pm
The Black Hills Plein Air Paint Out comes to Hill City Sept. 22- 25. The Hill City Arts Council event is a one-of-a-kind experience that  allows artists to gather to paint the scenes and scenery of the  Black Hills.  
The French term “plein air” means out of doors and refers to the practice of painting entire finished pictures outdoors instead of in a studio.  
Plein Air attendees have an opportunity to watch artists in the field Sept. 23-24. It’s an opportunity and allows for artists to make and sell art in a matter of a few days.