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Landowners who recently burned slash piles need to ensure they are completely extinguished.

South Dakotas public universities shouldnt be teaching certain concepts of race and racism, Gov. Kristi Noem said, in line with a nationwide GOP movement to keep critical race theory out

Record-challenging warmth forecast for drought-weary North Central states AccuWeather 3 hrs ago Jessica Storm As the early part of the growing season continues in the northern Plains, heat will build this weekend, exacerbating drought conditions and raising concerns for an elevated wildfire risk from the northern Plains to south-central Canada. Places like Rapid City, South Dakota, and Minneapolis started off the week about 10 degrees Fahrenheit below normal, but the warmth ha...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily Wyoming’s wildfire outlook for the 2021 season is not a good one, according to the Wyoming State Forestry Division’s fire management officer. However, Anthony Schultz did offer the caveat that while the outlook may seem bad now, there is a possibility nature could change its course and provide a rainy summer. “Around 2017 or 2018, we were looking to have a pretty active fire season, but we ended up getting a lot of rain into June and July, so the fire sea...

S.D. Firefighter Landowner Suspects Arson as Large Wildfire Cause April 26, 2021 A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. In a 60-page report, the landowner told investigators he was “100% sure the burn pile fire was completely out.” The landowner says he’s experienced two suspicious fires since buying the property in 2018. The Schroeder Fi...

SD officials wont release name of Black Hills man whose slash pile is credited with starting fire The Schroeder Fire burned over 2,000 acres, filled Rapid City with smoke and forced hundreds to evacuate homes. Although an investigators report blames embers from a slash pile, officials say no crime took place, so no names will be released. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × In this still image from video, Rob Powell, incident commander for the Schroeder Fire, dire...

  Seth Tupper joins with an update on the cause of the Schroeder Fire in western South Dakota being from a debris pile. Irony is that the debris being burned was from the Westberry Trails Fire in 1988. SD Focus: Jackie Hendry previews the SD Focus Earth Day broadcast with an eye to conservation issues in South Dakota. Guns in South Dakota: Matt Schlueter is a certified firearms instructor in SF. He will discuss firearms safety and training, including the decisions South Dakotans make when th...

Firefighter land owner has theory about large wildfire cause Follow Us Question of the Day     By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 22, 2021 RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. In a 60-page report, the landowner told investigators he was “100% sure the burn pile...

The owner of the land where investigators say the Schroeder Fire ignited in a slash pile is a former wildland firefighter who believes the blaze began with an arson. “We have reason to believe the Schroeder Fire was caused intentionally, by an unrelated third party,” the owner wrote in a written statement cited in a 60-page investigative report. “I am 100% sure the burn pile fire was completely out,” he said. The Schroeder Fire broke out around 9:22 a.m. on March 29 at 8875 Schroeder Ro...

Fargo, ND, USA / Y94 Apr 22, 2021 12:01 PM RAPID CITY, S.D. – A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. The landowner told investigators he was “100% sure the burn pile fire was completely out.” The landowner says he’s experienced two suspicious fires since buying the property in 2018. The Schroeder Fire broke out the morning of March 29 and burned about 3.5 square miles. de...