Whitewood News

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says 67 year old Roland Ashton of Whitewood died Saturday after his vehicle drifted across the center line west of Orin Junction and collided head-on with a semi truck carrying frozen ...

A Lawrence County grand jury will consider charges Thursday against a man who was arrested Sunday after a shooting spree in the tiny Black Hills community of Whitewood.

Police arrested a man in Whitewood this afternoon, after a standoff that started this morning.

Alexandra Hoffman, Miss SDSU, of Eureka, was crowned Miss South Dakota Saturday night.

The recent flooding and rains had a lot of people using the word disaster, and now the Lawrence County Commission confirmed those sentiments by voting to declare the county a disaster area.

Flooding is causing major problems in KOTA Territory. Four people in Box Elder were rescued from their homes last night and several others were evacuated.

Surging floodwaters drove about 100 people from their mobile homes in Whitewood, soaked basements, stranded bikers, wiped out a dam and trapped about 40 people in their homes in a subdivision north of ...

Evacuations have begun at Longlive Trailer Court in Whitewood and roads are closed throughout the Northern Hills as heavy flooding is taking its toll on area roads and homes.

Features Services One Community Online Opinion is your chance to tell Keloland what you think. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

“Launch '08 Entrepreneurship Conference”

To help this KOTA Territory town grow in the right direction, some residents started a group devoted to the town's development. via KOTA-TV Rapid City

“It rewards companies for using products from outside the United States”

The Black Hills timber industry says a bill to set energy-efficiency standards for new state buildings would put local loggers and sawmills at a disadvantage. via Rapid City Journal

“They (the board) are there to fund, to equip and to maintain fire protection within the district”

A petition drive is under way to increase funding for fire protection services in Lead and south of the community. via Rapid City Journal

SDDeadwood Deer,0116 City wants more comments from citizens about deer feeding DEADWOOD, S.D. The Deadwood City Commission wants to hear more about whether people should be allowed to feed the deer within the ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

The Whitewood City Council voted down a suggestion to rename the town's Hooker Street. via Argus Leader

Or, if you look at it another way, it does matter. After reviewing the results of a door-to-door survey and an online poll, the Whitewood City Council has voted unanimously against changing the name of Hooker ... via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

A month of controversy over the street named Hooker went away quietly during Monday's Whitewood City Council Meeting. via Rapid City Journal

“South Dakota dang sure made a showing.”

By Steve Miller, Journal staff Thursday, December 06, 2007 The Days of '76 Rodeo at Deadwood was named the Medium Market Rodeo of the Year for the fourth consecutive year during the Professional Rodeo Cowboys ... via Rapid City Journal

“It's a testimony to the quality of the dogs out Podunk, South Dakota”

Three will compete Saturday in Eukenaba dog show By Andrea J. Cook, Journal staff Sunday, December 02, 2007 South Dakota will make a splash -- OK maybe just a ripple -- in the world of purebred dogs when ... via Rapid City Journal

“That poses a different problem with our response (time) because they work in Rapid so we don't have the people available immediately in a lot of cases. The best situation for us would be to get a few more retired people that are around more often.”

Lawrence County fire departments can never have too many good men That's the message local firefighters want to send out as they get ready to start their annual training exercises in January. via The Black Hills Pioneer

“I think the Rev. David Baer should just get over it. Everything with the name of 'Hooker' is only wrong in his mind.”

The Rev. David Baer is out to save the town of Whitewood's honor from the shame of a street named Hooker. via Rapid City Journal