Hill City Prevailer

Sign ordinance sent to attorney

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:32pm

The Hill City Planning and Zoning Commission took the next step to updating its electronic sign policy.

At its regular meeting held on Monday, the commissioners present unanimously voted 4-0 to send the revisions to city attorney Frank Bettmann for his comments. Commissioner Rollie Noem was not present at the meeting.

Sidewalk project braces for snow

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:32pm

With snow and colder temperatures in the forecast, work is being done quickly on the Hill City sidewalks to prepare, although crews are predicting lost days due to weather.

At their weekly sidewalk meeting held Monday, however, both the crews working on the sidewalk and city officials expressed their pleasure with how the project is going.

“Everyone seems pleased,” said Brett McMacken, city administrator for Hill City. “We haven’t heard any negative feedback.”

BBB ordinance up for first reading

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:32pm

The Town of Keystone’s Bed, Board and Booze (BBB) Ordinance 35.10 will be up for another first reading at the Oct. 16 Keystone Town Board meeting.

There were no changes to the draft at the most recent town board meeting although there was a small amount of discussion.

Audit of Keystone chamber complete

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:31pm

The audit of the Keystone Chamber of Commerce is complete.

The Keystone Town Board decided at its most recent town board meeting to make the document public. 

The report contains two documents: the independent accountant’s report on applying agreed-upon procedures and a letter of recommendation. The audit looked at a time period of Nov. 1, 2017 through Feb. 28, 2019.

Nonprofit gets name back

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:31pm

The nonprofit name Holy Terror Days Association once again belongs to Casey McNulty, according to the documents McNulty shared at a recent Keystone Town Board meeting.

The documents show that McNulty was awarded a Certificate of Incorporation by the Secretary of State Sept. 30. Holy Terror Days Association lost its name for a brief period of time after Luke Holz applied for reservation of the name. That reservation automatically expires after 120 days. Holz did not want to comment on the situation.

Swanson steps down as museum director

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:31pm

After one year of service, Mackenzie Swanson has stepped down as the director for the Keystone Museum.

The previous director, Jeannie Kirkpatrick, was in charge of the museum for two years and stepped down from her role in September of 2018.

Swanson began her term in January. Swanson did not offer comment as to why she resigned.

First snow coming

Published by admin on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 12:31pm

The Black Hills will receive its first dose of winter weather of the season this week.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for Hill City, Keystone and the surrounding areas.

Accumulating snow is expected Wednesday night through early Friday, according to a news briefing posted to the National Weather Service – Rapid City website.

Plein Air Paint Out takes over Hill City

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:59am

The second annual Black Hills Plein Air Paint Out is in the books. The event was held from Sept. 24-28.

When interviewed Sept. 27, Tim Peterson, chairman of the event, said everything was going fantastically, growing participation from 19 artists last year to 30 this year with a waiting list.

Weather starting to become factor with project

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:59am

As the Hill City sidewalk project enters its fourth week, crews are starting to have to deal with one of their biggest challenges: the weather.

However, at the city’s weekly sidewalk construction meeting, Dave Buck of Complete Concrete (the firm responsible for the project) said there have been no safety issues on the project so far, a sentiment echoed by Hill City mayor Kathy Skorzewski.

Fewer options for winter in Keystone

Published by admin on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 10:59am

Fewer businesses are staying open in Keystone this winter.

“We’re not staying open this year,” said manager Chris Busby of the Keystone Turtle Town. “We are just not busy enough.”