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Bill to remove offensive word from South Dakota recreation area, butte defeated in legislative committee Mission Democrat Rep. Shawn Bordeaux brought a measure to House State Affairs in Pierre on Wednesday to remove the word "scalp" from the names of a creek, butte on lands that historically comprised the Rosebud Sioux reservation. The measure lost 9-2. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × PIERRE, S.D. — A bill seeking to replace the word "scalp" from five sites in a central South Dakota county, including a state park, with a short Lakota phrase meaning "four h...

Caravans in the mid-1920s were meant to build excitement for the Corn Palace Festival Written By: Marcus Traxler | × Billed as "The West's Wonder Show," the 1926 Corn Palace Festival was advertised in a Sept. 25, 1926 edition of The Mitchell Evening Republican. The advertisement is part of the Carnegie Resource Center's collection on the Corn Palace. (Marcus Traxler / Republic) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the current Corn Palace building, which opened in 1921. Interest in the Corn Palace Festival in the 1920s was hel...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Feb 19, 2021 6:50 AM The Gregory County Courthouse in Burke was added to the National Register of Historic Places this month (Feb. 2021). The National Register is the official federal list of properties identified as important in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture. The State Historic Preservation Office of the State Historical Society works in conjunction with the National Park Service’s National Register program to list the properties. Ted M. Spencer is the State Historic Preservation Officer and director of the State Historic Pre...

SD DOH: 209 total new COVID-19 cases, three deaths statewide February 3, 2021 68 of the 209 total cases are considered as new probable cases. Three South Dakota residents have died from coronavirus-related complications. The state death toll is now 1,782. 36 confirmed cases were reported West River: 25 in Pennington County, five in Meade County, two in Lawrence County and one each in Custer, Fall River, Harding, Stanley and Todd Counties. 12 probable cases were reported West River: four in Pennington County, three in Gregory County, two each in Fall River and Lawrence Counties and one in Mell...

SD DOH: 179 total new COVID-19 cases, three deaths statewide January 31, 2021 47 of the 179 total cases are considered as new probable cases. Three South Dakota residents have died from coronavirus-related complications. The state death toll is now 1,778. 23 confirmed cases were reported West River: 16 in Pennington County, two each in Meade and Lawrence Counties, and one each in Mellette, Custer, and Bennett Counties. Five probable cases were reported West River: two in Gregory County, and one each in Meade, Pennington, and Tripp Counties. In South Dakota, 2,833 cases are considered active, ...