At Monday night’s Hill City Common Council meeting the city got one step closer to revamping its look.
The council unanimously approved Business Improvement District (BID) Board project number one, which paves the alleyway near Hill City Senior Center and Boys and Girls Club.
Brett McMacken, city administrator for Hill City, walked the council through the project at the meeting.
Anyone who has been to the Alpine Inn knows its excellence; however, the Hill City institution received perhaps one of its greatest honors to date recently.
The Alpine Inn, owned and operated by Moni Matush with the assistance of her mother, Wally Matush (who started the restaurant in 1984) has been named South Dakota Restaurant of the Year by the South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA).
The Keystone Chamber of Commerce is once again experiencing leadership change as board president Julie Smoragiewicz resigned. She was voted in as board president to serve a two-year term Sept. 20, 2019, according to the chamber newsletter of Sept. 26.
Yay, I have a torn meniscus That means I’m grounded from some things I love for a bit. No climbing, hiking or yoga. Basically no fun.
I realize a ton of things on my 50 firsts list involve me being active so it’s hard for me to make progress there. But after reading the South Dakota One Book for 2019 I put going to Wounded Knee on my bucket list. And what better time to go to Wounded Knee then with a wounded, knee, right?
Keystone may soon have another business with a convention liquor license according to town finance officer Cassandra Ott.
K Bar S Lodge is applying for a convention liquor license. A town of 300 is only allowed to have three on-sale liquor licenses. Currently BaRLees, the Ruby House and Grizzly Creek hold those. The town, however, also created an ordinance for convention liquor licenses.
A firm date has not been set on when the permanent superintendent position will be announced at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, according to Maureen McGee-Ballinger, chief of interpretation at the memorial.
In the meantime, Patricia Trap has taken over as interim superintendent for the memorial, it was announced earlier in January, the second interim superintendent the memorial has had since the spring.
The Hill City School District Board of Educationapproved a resolution to send to state legislators regarding capital outlay funding at its most recent meeting.
The South Dakota legislature passed a law that changes capital outlay funding from a mil levy and a maximum taxation of $3 per thousand to a maximum of $2,800. This could cost the Hill City School District $300,000 in lost revenue.
Editor's Note: Mount Rushmore National Memorial has since come out with more information since publication. Please look for an article next week with further details.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial might play host to the Commander in Chief this Fourth of July.
During the signing phase one of the United States-China trade deal Jan. 15, President Donald Trump addressed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who was attending the signing with Sen. Mike Rounds.
Discussion about an audit of the Keystone Area Historical Society (KAHS) was the main focus of the recent Keystone Town Board meeting.
According to KAHS board president Jon Veltman, “In reference to the audit I got three bids; they’re anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000. Gloria’s (Goth) put hard work into it, so the audit company doesn’t have to spend a lot of time looking through it.”
