Edwin G. Tieszen Oct 21, 2009
He logged throughout the Black Hills area ... Graveside memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, S.D. Memorials and condolences may be sent to the family of Edwin at: 3 Peak Lane, Gillette, WY 82716. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Remedial rate for high school grads rises9:33 am | (No comments posted.) Oct 16, 2009
On the higher end were Black Hills State 48 percent, Dakota State 46 percent and Northern State 38 percent. On the lower end were South Dakota State 24 percent, University of South Dakota 21 percent and School of Mines and Technology 5 percent. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Plaza name is approved9:33 am | (No comments posted.) Oct 16, 2009
Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:33 AM CDT RAPID CITY - One of the many noteworthy changes made at Black Hills State University during his decade as president was the work which Thomas and Judy Flickema did improving the appearance of the grounds. On Wednesday, the state Board of Regents reciprocated that feeling of care. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Spearfish, Red Cloud to join BHC Oct 15, 2009
A former Black Hills Conference power is back. Spearfish was voted back into the BHC effective for the 2011-2012 school year at an activities directors meeting Wednesday. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Reward in moose poaching case nears $4,000 Oct 15, 2009
The reward fund in a Black Hills moose poaching case has topped 4,400, as donations large and small continue to come into the state s Turn In Poachers program ... Donors include the South Dakota Wildlife Federation, Black Hills Sportsmen s Club and individuals from South Dakota and other states. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Governors candidates weigh in on playhouse dispute Oct 15, 2009
The six announced candidates for South Dakota governor are unanimous on at least one issue: They like the Black Hills Playhouse ... I do have very positive feelings about the Black Hills Playhouse location ... I think that s part of the Black Hills Playhouse. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Volunteers needed to assemble soldier gifts Oct 14, 2009
The Black Hills Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will celebrate Make A Difference Day on Oct. 24 by packing personal care packages for deployed National Guard soldiers. Black Hills communities have assisted RSVP in collecting about 9,500 in personal items for 370 members of the South Dakota National Guard currently deployed overseas. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
College Volleyball: Brumfield having fun, winning Oct 14, 2009
Black Hills State senior settles in; team sees success in DAC play ... Mandy Brumfield is having fun again, and that is not good news for opponents of the Black Hills State volleyball team ... It was just the experience the Dickinson, N.D., native was hoping for when she came to Black Hills State. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
South Dakota prep football polls mostly unchanged Oct 13, 2009
Two top-ranked teams will be in the area when Sioux Falls Washington travels to the Black Hills this weekend to take on Rapid City Stevens at O'Harra Stadium and Lyman will be in New Underwood for a game against the Tigers, both on Friday. West River is best represented in Class 11A, where St. Thomas More and Todd County are ranked fourth and fifth, respectively and Belle Fourche is also receiving votes. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Regents to discuss DSU major in technical communication Oct 13, 2009
Additional items on the Wednesday agenda include ratification of the Thomas and Judy Flickema Courtyard at Black Hills State University; review of the high school to college transition report; approval of an interagency agreement between the Regents and the Department of Education in reference to special schools; and discussion of a new minor in nuclear engineering at South Dakota State University. Items up for discussion on Thursday include issuing student organization awards for BHSU and SDSM... (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Popular hiking trails closed Oct 12, 2009
CUSTER An epidemic pine beetle attack has the Black Hills looking more like the Red Hills ... The tiny yet deadly insects are killing more than 90 percent of the ponderosa pines in some areas of the Black Hills. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Utility officials offer energy saving tips Oct 12, 2009
"A lot of consumers are looking for simple ways of saving energy," Mutch Usera, Black Hills Power director of Energy Services and External Affairs, said during the recent Energy Awareness Day held at the Rushmore Mall ... Black Hills Power also offers some energy- and cost-saving tips. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
College Football: Mines still searching for elusive signature win Oct 12, 2009
It was knocking on the door of the top 25 rankings just two weeks ago, but now instead of aiming high the Hardrockers first must right the ship, and do it against a Dickinson State team fresh off a big win over Black Hills State on Saturday. Unfortunately, losing takes all the fun out of football even when you are putting together one of the best two-week spans of your football career. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Mines lab work seeks answers to biofuels energy questions Oct 12, 2009
Tiny vials of amber liquid are droplets in a wave of research by the School of Mines and KL Energy of Rapid City, aimed at unlocking the vast supplies of energy now growing on millions of acres of prairie grass and Black Hills pines ... The Mines project seeks to improve the biofuel conversion process and find new production methods with a variety of feed stocks, including woody biomass from the Black Hills, which is of particular interest to KL.. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rushmore to celebrate Black Elk's legacy Oct 12, 2009
The event begins at 10 a.m. with the screening of a recently uncovered film, "Legends of the Sioux," created by the South Dakota Department of Transportation in the mid-1960s, which highlights Native American history in the Black Hills and includes Ben Black Elk as one of the. film's participants. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Sweeter: Budget cuts affect S.D. State Fair, Extension (2) Oct 11, 2009
Tri-State Neighbor will once again have a booth at the Black Hills Stock Show. I'm excited to say Kurtis, Karin and I will be making our first trip to the show this year. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Business center a new resource for entrepreneurs Oct 11, 2009
A new resource to help entrepreneurs will open in November at Black Hills State University. The school won a five-year, 750,000 grant to establish the South Dakota Women's Business Center, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced this week. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Sportsmen respond with reward money in moose shooting Oct 10, 2009
"The person(s) responsible need to be caught and severely punished," Custer's Top Pin Archery owner Tom May said in an e-mail, pointing out that hunters in the Black Hills are "outraged" about the crime and want to help solve it. Olson said it is important for hunters to not only obey wildlife laws but to hold others accountable. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Knowlton calls discussion to close one S.D. college campus narrow-sighted Oct 10, 2009
The legislators gathered point to the Aberdeen campus of Northern State University as a likely candidate because legislators in the western part of the state will fight to keep Black Hills State University and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, while legislators in the southeastern portion of the state will fight for the rest. Upon hearing that NSU would be a likely target, Knowlton's first reaction was to ask why. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
H1N1 vaccine arrives at Regional Oct 9, 2009
BODY: As the H1N1 flu continues its march across the Black Hills, Regional Health Inc. has asked people with flu-like symptoms and children younger than 12 to avoid visiting Regional facilities. Flu-like symptoms include fever, chills, runny nose, coughing and sneezing. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
NSU, SDSU will pitch building plans9:52 am | (No comments posted.) Oct 9, 2009
But Black Hills State University officials are naming their new courtyard outside the admissions office in honor of retired BHSU president Thomas Flickema and his wife, Judy. Ratification is needed from the Board of Regents, whose members govern the state universities. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
If your kids has the flu, it's likely H1N1 virus Oct 8, 2009
"Generally speaking, for kids who are otherwise well, we're not even necessarily seeing them in the office because there are just so many of them," said Dr. Lynn Simmons, a pediatrician with Black Hills Pediatrics and Neonatology in Rapid City ... Early in the H1N1 flu season, Black Hills Pediatrics tested "a lot" of patients to establish that H1N1 was the cause of their illness, Simmons said ... School districts in the Black Hills are experiencing large numbers of absentee students, many of... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Area schools hit hard by flu Oct 8, 2009
The viruses are hitting Black Hills area hard this week -- with anywhere between 5 percent to 25 percent of students out sick -- as school officials wait for promised vaccinations to arrive early next month ... Some school officials have been hesitant to release numbers of how many students are out sick, which has fueled plenty of rumors throughout the Black Hills. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Irwin Re-Elected State President Oct 8, 2009
Monday's activities included committee meetings, informational sessions, two bus tours highlighting the Belle Fourche Watershed Partnership and Black Hills Forestry, and concluding with a grilled steak supper cooked and served by Chef Carl Madsen and his USFWS and NRCS partners. Brock Finn provided entertainment. (Marshall County Journal, SD)
College Volleyball: Fast start sends BHSU over Mines Oct 8, 2009
SPEARFISH Black Hills State jumped to a quick lead in Game 1 and rode the emotion of that early momentum to a 25-13, 25-17, 25-17 sweep of the visiting South Dakota School of Mines & Technology volleyball team Wednesday night at the Young Center in Spearfish. Black Hills State (16-9 overall, 6-1 Dakota Athletic Conference) was up 10-0 almost before the sound of the opening whistle had died away largely due to excellent serving by senior Mandy Brumfield and some rather shaky service return work... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
TIPs hot line offers up $1,000 reward for info leading to arrest of moose poacher Oct 7, 2009
Though moose are not native to South Dakota, the animal had recently become a welcome visitor to the Black Hills. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
State Tennis Preview: Teams try to slow down O'Gorman at state Oct 7, 2009
For the two other Black Hills area teams, Doug Dexheimer s Spearfish squad and Beau Garcia s Sturgis girls, the year has been a learning experience faced with the difficulties of constantly playing perennial powerhouse teams in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Are there some other teams that have the potential to crash the O Gorman or Stevens victory party. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Setting off to find America Oct 7, 2009
Which is rather a long way of explaining how we came to be in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota one June afternoon, sharing the inside of our van with the startlingly large head of a living, breathing, snorting buffalo ... Swell, I thought: Only seven more mountain ranges to cross: the Wasatch Mountains, the Black Hills, the Bighorns, the Wind Rivers, the southern extension of the Canadian Rockies, the Cascades and the Siskiyous. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Winter weather comes back (3342) Oct 7, 2009
Almost 4,000 homes and businesses in the central Black Hills spent part of Monday in the dark after about 8 inches of heavy snow fell throughout the area ... Tree limbs, weighed down under the pressure of snow, fell on power lines, disrupting service for about 2,000 Black Hills Power customers in areas ranging from Custer State Park to Spearfish Canyon, according to Mutch Usera, director of external affairs ... Another 1,000 Black Hills Power customers in the southern Hills also spent the... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
High School Football: Falcons fly into 11A football polls Oct 6, 2009
It was the Warriors second straight win over a Black Hills Conference team on the road as they defeated No. 4-ranked Class 11A St. Thomas More in Rapid City the week before. Belle Fourche received at least one vote in Class 11A despite a 2-3 record, but the Broncs have lost to defending Wyoming Class 4A champion Douglas, West Central and Winner. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Electric rate request high but not unprecedented Oct 6, 2009
Black Hills Power's proposed rate increase would make the utility the state's most costly among investor-owned utilities for residential consumers under sample figures provided by the South Dakota Public Utility Commission ... "We work hard to avoid the frequency and amount of our rate increases, and each company's system and infrastructure and operating costs are different," said Chuck Loomis, vice president of operations for Black Hills Power ... Public Utilities Commissioner Dusty Johnson and... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Snow, slush slow morning commute (3286) Oct 6, 2009
Wet, heavy snow combined with persistent drizzle late Sunday night and Monday morning to create the first slow-go morning commute throughout the Black Hills on Monday. Reports of accidents increased only slightly from the standard morning commute, but with 2 to 4 inches of snow reported in locations throughout the Black Hills, traffic was slow going as state and county plows hit the roads to keep the snow and slush from accumulating ... The National Weather Service in Rapid City issued a Winter... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
PUC should deny BHP request Oct 5, 2009
The announcement Black Hills Power would be seeking approval for a rate increase sent a ripple of discontent through the community. Black Hills Power is asking the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission for permission to increase user rates by 26 ... Black Hills Corporation has been a significant part of the hills economy and the corporation has been a good neighbor. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Task force to colleges: Treat betting like booze Oct 5, 2009
The same is true at Black Hills State University, according to Corinne Hansen, director of marking and communications. About five years ago, online betting and gambling were an issue on the Spearfish campus, Hansen said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Powertech revising uranium mining permit applications Oct 5, 2009
In April, the state Board of Minerals and Environment denied a request by Defenders of the Black Hills to reconsider designating the Dewey/Burdock site as "special, exceptional, critical or unique.". Contact Steve Miller at 394-8415 or steve. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
College Football Roundup: Alexander runs for 3 TDs, carries Pokes (46) Oct 4, 2009
The Beavers remain one of three teams with an undefeated DAC record, along with Dickinson State and Black Hills State ... The win is the Blue Hawks third in a row, moving the team to 3-2 overall and 3-0 in the DAC. The team will travel to Black Hills State on Saturday to play another conference unbeaten. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Sister city program brings Japanese visitors Oct 3, 2009
Despite the trip's rocky start, that excitement continued Friday, the first day in a whirlwind tour of Rapid City and the Black Hills to celebrate the ongoing cultural exchange between the two cities. For the weekend, the group planned an 1880 Train ride, a gift exchange with Mayor Alan Hanks and visits to Crazy Horse, Deadwood and Custer State Park. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Testing of elk, deer continues for Chronic Wasting Disease in the Black Hills Oct 3, 2009
Those areas include the Black Hills, and Fall River, Custer and Pennington counties. We are monitoring prevalence of the disease in these areas to see if CWD is becoming more common, Steve Griffin, GFP big-game biologist, said in a news release. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Foundation gets nearly $1M grant from health agency Oct 3, 2009
About 300,000 of the grant money will be subawarded to various Black Hills area nonprofits each year, Usera said. Secular, faith-based, community-based and tribal organizations are eligible. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
High School Football: Looking ahead Oct 2, 2009
The Region 4 race in Class 11A is interesting, with St. Thomas More and Belle Fourche basically neck and neck for the top spot, with a monstrous season-ending matchup looming Oct. 22 that could decide both the Black Hills Conference title and Region 4 s No. 1 seed. Class 11B s No. 1 power point team is currently Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian in Region 3, which is ranked No. 5 by the sportswriters. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Black Hills Turn White Oct 2, 2009
(October 1, 2009)The Black Hills of South Dakota were covered with a light blanket of snow on the first day of October. It was the first snow of the season, but residents know its far from the last. (KWTX.com, TX)
School of Mines turnaround leads surge in enrollment at state schools Oct 2, 2009
Enrollment was up at the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, Dakota State University and Black Hills State University ... Kay Schallenkamp, president of Black Hills State University, said the Spearfish university saw a 3 percent increase in freshmen this year. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Paul Jasinowski Named Semifinalist for National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy Oct 2, 2009
- Sean McCormick Black Hills State (S.D.) - Josh Wood Carroll (Mont. - Cody Lamb Cumberlands (Ky. (Brownbears.com)
DSU notes 2.91% enrollment increase Oct 2, 2009
Black Hills State University posted 1. 62 percent growth in enrollment and now sits at 4,076. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
The Mountaintops main man Oct 1, 2009
He served as acting district ranger on the Trinity River Management Unit on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in 2008, was the watershed program manager on the Lassen National Forest from 2005-2008 and was North Zone hydrologist on the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota from 2001-2005. Tangenberg was also a district hydrologist on the Diamond Lake Ranger District on the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon and was a member of the 2000 content analysis team in Utah. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Black Hills Power looks to increase rates by more than 25 percent Oct 1, 2009
Electric bills for Black Hills Power residential customers will rise by an average of 18 a month beginning next spring, if regulators grant a rate hike which BHP officials say is needed to pay for a new power plant, and rising demand and business costs. Black Hills Power is seeking a 26. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Box Elder town hall meeting set Oct 1, 2009
Box Elder Economic Development Corporation and Box Elder Chamber of Commerce will host a Black Hills Vision Town Hall Meeting to discuss its future on Oct. 27. All residents are encouraged to attend the meeting from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the school. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
$750K given for womens business center Oct 1, 2009
The Black Hills State University Foundation has been awarded a 750,000 grant to establish the South Dakota Women s Business Center ... Black Hills State University was the only South Dakota organization awarded funding to establish a Women s Business Center in the state. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
NWS issues winter storm watch for Hills Oct 1, 2009
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for late today through Thursday evening for the Black Hills. The forecast says rain might mix with snow in western South Dakota tonight, with the higher elevations in the northern Black Hills possibly getting as much as 6 inches of snow on Thursday. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Black Hills to build 200 MW Colorado gas power plant Oct 1, 2009
Black Hills Colorado IPP, a subsidiary of Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Corp., will build the plant, which will provide 200 megawatts of power to Black Hills Energy-Colorado Electric, a utility subsidiary of Black Hills, for distribution to about 93,300 of the utility's customers in the Pueblo-Canon City-Rocky Ford area. If the project is approved by the , the plant should be delivering power by January 2012, Black Hills said ... A site for the plant has not been chosen, and Black Hills... (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Edwin G. Tieszen Sep 30, 2009
He logged throughout the Black Hills area ... Graveside memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, S.D. Memorials and condolences may be sent to the family of Edwin at: 3 Peak Lane, Gillette, WY 82716. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Work starting on Crazy Horse dormitory Sep 30, 2009
Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 CRAZY HORSE, S.D. (AP) -- Work is under way on a Native American student living and learning center at Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills. The 2. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Otto P. Rademacher Sep 30, 2009
One of his favorite annual trips was to the Black Hills to hunt antelope with his nephews, Greg, Brad, Mark and Ronnie. He also liked to hunt pheasants back on the home place in South Dakota with brother Bob, son-in-law Randy, grandson-in-law Dave and grandson Zach. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Pawlenty heads speakers at state GOP dinner Sep 30, 2009
Clearly, Rapid City and Pennington County and the surrounding community of the Black Hills have been wonderful supporters of the Republican Party, Lentsch said. In the West River region, we ve got a lot of friends in the Republican Party and we don t want to take them for granted. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
New-look Trojans to hit the field Saturday Sep 26, 2009
The Trojans will have new starters when they host Black Hills State in a DAC Conference game on Saturday at Trojan Field. It's DSU's homecoming and it will be DSU's second home game. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
SDSU names 2009 Eminent Farmers and Homemakers (49) Sep 26, 2009
He oversaw the development of the Black Hills Interagency Fire School, which trains more than 2,800 firefighters each year. Gabriel was instrumental in developing a scientific drought assistance program, which served as the basis of a pilot USDA Risk Management Agency program. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Lawsuits combined in Crazy Horse decedent's death Sep 26, 2009
Crazy Horse led the defeat of Lt. Col. George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876, and his image is being carved into a Black Hills mountain to honor American Indians. Darlene Big Crow sued Dr. George Mathew, a government contract employee, in state court and later filed a lawsuit against U.S. government in federal court. (Sioux City Journal)
Sioux leaders work on Black Hills lands proposal for Obama Sep 26, 2009
Sympathetic signs from President Barack Obama have inspired hope among Sioux spiritual and government leaders that some federal land in the Black Hills might one day be returned to Native American control. Leaders for Sioux tribes in the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska are holding meetings to shape a proposal on Black Hills land for the Obama administration, one they hope will be better than the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1980 ... He also showed an inclination to listen when representatives of... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Fives: A footloose moose, angry Merillat workers and the bite of fall in the air -- week in review Sep 26, 2009
And, of course, some of that humor was directed at old cartoon series "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." It makes sense, since Rocky hailed from the Black Hills. But who expected poetry (albeit, extremely silly poetry) to be offered up in the confines of Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Workers to replace aging bridges near Deerfield Sep 25, 2009
Black Hills National Forest staff and Norbeck Society volunteers will resume work this Saturday, Sept. 26, to replace aging bridges on the Deerfield hiking and cycling trail between Deerfield Reservoir and Silver City. Volunteers and staff replaced three bridges in 2008 and hope to install seven to nine more this winter, according to Jeramy Rogers, a forestry technician with the Mystic Ranger District. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
NAIA leaves drug testing up to member schools Sep 24, 2009
Neither South Dakota School of Mines & Technology nor Black Hills State University has a drug testing policy in place. Both institutions do provide education on the issue, and both athletic directors at the respective schools said they would favor tests. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
College Roundup: Swarm Day runs raise money for scholarships Sep 24, 2009
Black Hills State University and the Yellow Jacket Foundation hosted the Second Annual Yellow Jacket 5K/10K Run on Sunday to conclude the Swarm Week festivities. The event raised about 1,000 for scholarships to Black Hills State student-athletes ... Nevada native signs with Black Hills State. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Guest Commentary: Ranch girl enjoys years of writing for Tri-State Neighbor Sep 23, 2009
Who would have thought that this little ranch girl from the Black Hills who hated English in grade school and high school, who prayed to pass the junior English proficiency exam at Black Hills State University would wind up as a correspondent with the prestigious publication known as Tri-State Neighbor ... The teenage and grown children have appeared in photos with cattle at the Black Hills Stock Show and State Fair editions ... Who would have thought that a Black Hills ranch girl who hated... (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
A Ranchwife's Slant: Car honors Pringle's outlaws (37) Sep 23, 2009
The southern Black Hills town of Pringle, which is out-populated by the area's elk, knows how to laugh in the face of adversity ... The community's unofficial monument isn't obvious, well advertised or the most photo-worthy site in the Black Hills. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
College Roundup: Yellow Jacket rodeo teams open season strong Sep 23, 2009
The Black Hills State University women s rodeo team dominated the first college rodeo of the season hosted by the University of Wisconsin at River Falls on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19 ... On the women s side, Black Hills State bettered Minot State by seven strokes to capture the team title. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
