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State, Local Officials Complete Schroeder Fire Investigation News StaffApril 20, 2021News courtesy/file photoPicture from the Schroeder Fire in March. PIERRE, S.D. – A debris/slash pile is thought to be the origin of the Schroeder Fire that burned 2,224 acres west of Rapid City in late March. An investigation by South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office indicates that an escape from that debris/slash pile cannot be eliminated as the cause of the blaze that started March 29 along Schroeder Road. The investigation report eliminates lightning, cigarette smoking, ...

KNBN NewsCenter1 April 20, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. – A debris/slash pile is thought to be the origin of the Schroeder Fire that burned 2,224 acres west of Rapid City in late March. An investigation by South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office indicates that an escape from that debris/slash pile cannot be eliminated as the cause of the blaze that started March 29 along Schroeder Road. The investigation report eliminates lightning, cigarette smoking, glass refraction/reflection and arson as potential causes of the fire. Based on the investigation, the Pennington County...

Roling emailed her state legislators. In Roling's case, the state responded. The temporary bridge has been fixed, and she says the bridge has leapfrogged toward the front of South Dakota DOT's list of replacements. But that's just the story of one bridge. And she fears South Dakotans in every county could tell a similar bridge story. The nation's infrastructure has dominated the news since last week when President Joe Biden traveled to Pittsburgh to unveil his $2.3 trillion plan, including $620 billion would be spent on "transportation infrastructure." And, more than most states, South Dako...