Congratulations Jillian we hope you enjoy your case of 24 Kimball Popcorn Balls! Jillian chose a case of 1/3 Mix (Original, Honey, Caramel). Our next Kimball Popcorn Ball Giveaway will start Thursday, November 7th at 7:00 AM MT!
Photography by Jon M. Sailer
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Belle Fourche Reservoir
9 photos
A Few Saturday Photos
4 photos
Sunday Walk
6 photos
Spearfish Falls Area
18 photos
Making a Chandelier
42 photos
Window Displays
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NOVEMBERRR 2nd Photos
8 photos
Another Monday Photos
30 photos
Autumn in the Hills
42 photos
Saturday Photos
13 photos
Black / White
20 photos
Mountain View Cemetery
The Mountain View Cemetery in Keystone is the only cemetery in the world with a view of Mount Rushmore. The original land was part of the Harney National Forest and was originally deeded to the Modern Woodman of America, a fraternal lodge, and was signed by President...
Randy from Oskaloosa, IA is our September Kimball Popcorn Ball Winner!
Congratulations Randy we hope you enjoy your case of 24 Kimball Popcorn Balls! Randy chose a case of 1/3 Mix (Original, Honey, Caramel). Our next Kimball Popcorn Ball Giveaway will start Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 AM MT!
Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy – Black Elk Peak
An old stone tower, once used as a fire lookout tower, is located at the summit. The ashes of Valentine McGillycuddy were interred near the base of the tower and a plaque reads, "Valentine McGillycuddy, Wasicu Wakan." Wasicu Wakan is Lakota for "Holy White Man....
Remember Mr. Cronkite
Younger Americans will have trouble believing this, but there was once this guy named Walter Cronkite, who would read the news on television every week night. He didn't seem to have an agenda, or try to make anybody look bad, or good. He would just read the news, and...
Josh from Kimball, SD is our August Kimball Popcorn Ball Winner!
Congratulations Josh we hope you enjoy your case of 24 Kimball Popcorn Balls! Josh chose a case of 1/2 mix (caramel & honey). Our next Kimball Popcorn Ball Giveaway will start Thursday, September 5th at 7:00 AM MT!
Sturgis Rally Crime and Accident Report 2024
Reports for 2024 84th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally - Fri, Aug 2, 2024 – Sun, Aug 11, 2024 Reports for 2023 83rd Annual Sturgis Rally starts Friday, August 4th and goes...
Medicare in South Dakota
Medicare is a federal health care program for individuals aged 65 and older, younger residents with specific disabilities and people with end-stage renal disease. Most beneficiaries don’t have to pay for Part A, which provides essential services, such as emergency...
Assisted Living in South Dakota
Biggest opossum either of us had ever seen
The late Jack Higgins had a warm heart and a willingness to help out whenever he was needed. Consequently, when a farmer friend asked him to tend his horses and chickens while he went on vacation, Jack readily agreed. There was one problem. The farmer’s chickens were...
Blush a bit from embarrassment
The appearance of a Townsend solitaire at Schramm State Park last fall caused me to blush a bit from embarrassment. Townsends are western birds. They love mountain regions that are coated with pine, fir and spruce forests. I photographed a Townsend in a nearly...
Easily Flim-Flammed
Eastern towhees are easily flim-flammed. It’s too bad they don’t have the Sherlock Holmes type of guile that a woman bowler used to catch a thief. The woman bowled weekly in a league with two other women on her team. On this particular bowling night she put $40 in her...
Sometimes you learn the darndest things.
For instance, birds can see ultraviolet light. That’s bad new for a vole, a mouselike rodent that is a common food item for predator birds such as American kestrels. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, voles leave trails of urine as they run along the ground....
Sea Ducks
A sea duck made a rare appearance on the Great Plains this past week. The long-tailed duck, a hen, was among a flock of ruddy ducks that popped in for a visit at Capitol Beach Lake in Lincoln. I’m confident the longtail didn’t choose the 300-acre private lake because...
Fish Ducks
Ask an aquafarmer or a duck hunter what they think about mergansers and the reply might be so frosty that a hooded parka would be required to continue the conversation. Fish ducks specialize in eating fish and are so horrid on a dinner plate that few are shot...
Bald Eagle on the Prowl
Coots are quite common on Midlands lakes—large or small—this spring. It was an overcast afternoon, and a large number of coots were lounging on or near a mud flat at Lincoln’s Holmes Lake as I drove through the suburban park. Flying is not a coot’s strong point. They...
Red-Necked Grebe
Steve Kruse wore a huge smile beneath his cold-weather hoodie when we met in a parking area near the dam at Stagecoach Lake near Hickman, Nebraska, last week. The mid-April temperature was in the high 20s, a thick layer of clouds produced a gray morning and a stiff...
Great Egrets
As the father of three daughters and the grandfather of six, I’ve seen my share of primping. But not even preparation for a prom rivals the preening carried on by great egrets during the spring. Great egrets grow long plumes that flow from their backs like fine, lacey...
Vol. 20, No. 41; Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY "There are a lot of reasons to despair about our politics today. There is not a good enough reason to check out, to surrender to cynicism or to give up." --- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Election Day will be here before we know it. In...
Vol. 20, No. 40; Thursday, July 25, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY "It's up to us if we want to look at the glass half empty or the glass half full. It's up to us how we choose to walk through life every day full of hope and optimism or full of negativity and sadness. Only you get to decide, but you do not have to...
Vol. 20, No. 39; Thursday, July 11, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY "I allow myself to hope that the world will emerge from its present troubles, that it will one day learn to give the direction of its affairs not to cruel swindlers and scoundrels but to men possessed of wisdom and courage." --- Bertrand Russell...
Vol. 20, No. 38; Thursday, June 27, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY Great minds think alike. Unfortunately so do stupid ones. BASEBALL UPDATE Minnesota Twins schedule: --- Thursday, at Arizona, 2:40 p.m. --- Friday, at Seattle, 8:40 p.m. --- Saturday, at Seattle, 9:10 p.m. --- Sunday, at Seattle, 3:10 p.m. ---...
Vol. 20, No. 37; Thursday, June 13, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY The closer you are to nature, the further away you are from idiots. OAHE DAYS Pierre's annual music and arts festival takes place this weekend on Friday and Saturday at Steamboat Park. For the full schedule of events and details go to...
Vol. 20, No. 36; Thursday, May 30, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY "The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them." - Erasmus, 1509 PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP Girls track: At the state "AA" meet in Sioux Falls, Reese...
Vol. 20, No. 35; Thursday, May 23, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUJP This week's schedules: ---THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY Track: at state meet, Sioux Falls. Track: At the Wendelgass meet in Huron,...
Vol. 20, No. 34; Thursday, May 16, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY Crying doesn't indicate that you are weak. Since birth it has always been a sign that you are alive. --- Charlotte Bronte PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- THURSDAY Girls golf: at Brookings invitational, 10 a.m. Track: at...
Vol. 20, No. 33; Thursday, May 9, 2024
THOUGHT FOR TODAY Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful. PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- FRIDAY Girls golf: at Mitchell invitational, 10 a.m. Softball: home vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson, 4 p.m. Baseball: home vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman,...
Haunted Bullock Hotel in Deadwood
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. 1876 saw the arrival of Seth Bullock and Sol Star to Deadwood, South Dakota. Moving their hardware store from Helena, Montana, they came in a an ox-drawn wagon piled high...
Check and see if anyone has Died In Your House
It has been quite awhile since I posted anything "spooky". This is a little spooky I think. About DiedInHouse.com Using a valid U.S. address, Died in House™ instantly searches millions of records to determine if a death has occurred at that location. ...
Haunted History Walking Tour in Deadwood
Discover the Legends & Lore of Deadwood's Haunted History Owned and operated by a local, long term resident historian, with an expertise in the history and ghostly happenings of Deadwood Gulch. Tour Information Tours start inside the left entry of the Old Style...
A Night at the Adams House with Black Hills Paranormal Investigations
This past Saturday my wife and I got to spend a night at the Adams House in Deadwood with the Black Hills Paranormal Investigators. If you haven't visited the beautiful historic Adams House in Deadwood, it is a must see...both day...and night. We got some really cool...
Jack O’Lanterns and The Tale Of Stingy Jack
The Irish brought the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack O'Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin. Pumpkins did not exist in Ireland. Ancient Celtic cultures in Ireland carved turnips on All Hallow's Eve, and placed an ember in...
Haunted Fort, Fort Sisseton Historic State Park
There are two sides of the Haunted Fort Sisseston - A Night of Scares and Terrors, and Kid Friendly and non-Scary for kids. See below for more information. Hosted by Roy Lake State Park, Sica Hollow State Park, and Fort Sisseton Historic State Park. A night of scares...
Black Hills Paranormal Investigations: Henry Roy Photography – Rapid City, South Dakota
These are some significant captures from our recent investigation at Henry Roy Photography – Rapid City, South Dakota, All of the EVP’s were caught on one recorder in the back of the studio in a supply area. All other recorders caught nothing....
10 Ghost Stories And Scary Tales That Prove South Dakota Is The Creepiest State
Thank you to Lyra Radford for letting me re-post her article. Visit Lyra's website at www.unsettlingthings.com Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/UnsettlingThingsOfficial Rich with history and littered with lore, ghost stories from South Dakota have risen...
Cedar Hill Cemetery – Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Several years ago when my wife's sister Hayley came up to Pierre to visit us, we decided to scare ourselves and head out to Cedar Hill Cemetery one night. Heather and I both saw a "cemetery light" or an orb floating higher up the hill among the gravestones, and also...