Spearfish News

Q: What causes cold fronts? A: The simple explanation is that a cold front is where a cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University.

A Spearfish man has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of possessing child pornography.

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While some parts of KOTA Territory only received several inches with the Christmas Blizzard, others saw up to several feet.

By The Associated Press Boys Basketball Sioux Falls Lincoln 76, Spearfish 37 Sioux Falls O'Gorman 55, Rapid City Stevens 42 Sioux Falls Washington 56, Sturgis 40 Wall 67, Edgemont 33 Girls Basketball Deuel 78, Howard 31 Groton Area 54, Leola-Frederick 40 Hanson 61, Ethan 49, OT Harding County 64, Tiospaye Topa 29 Rapid City Stevens 55, Sioux Falls ...

Oklahoman Billie Letts has made a nice career out of writing sturdy-if ultimately unremarkable-yarns about down-on-their-luck Middle Americans.

Looking for a few great gifts or stocking stuffers? You don't have to shop far - and if you can't shop in store, you can buy online.

As part of Governor Mike Rounds' 2010 initiative, he wants businesses in KOTA Territory to grow and several have answered that call.

Almost every year education funding is point of contention in the legislature, and this year is no different.

Forecast calls for cold and warm. On January 22, 1943 in Spearfish, SD: The temperature rose 49 degrees in two minutes, from a ' 4 to 45; later the same morning, it dropped 60 degrees in 27 minutes, from 56 to - 4. Plate glass windows cracked as a result of the wild fluctuation in temperatures caused by Chinook winds.

Office of the Governor 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre , SD 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us MEDIA ADVISORY: Friday, Dec.

Several spring blizzards, a cool summer, and don't forget October or this last week.

Some customers of Black Hills Power are expressing concern over a proposed 26.6 percent electric rate hike.

Office of the Governor 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre , SD 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us MEDIA ADVISORY: Friday, November 13, 2009 CONTACT: Joe Kafka or Roxy Everson at 605-773-3212 News Tips for the week of November 16, 2009 Tuesday, November 17, Pierre, 8 a.m. The Department of Water and Natural Resources' Water Management Board will continue a ...

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: JOHNSON-NAIS US Attorney Johnson to chair subcommittee SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The U.S. attorney for South Dakota, Brendan Johnson, will chair an American Indian issues subcommittee that reports to the nation's attorney general.

Regional Health of Rapid City plans to sell three nursing homes to a Minnesota company.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol says two people died in a one-vehicle rollover early today on old Highway 16 about five miles west of Presho.

Formal charges are pending against a Spearfish man after a nearly six-hour standoff with law officers that closed a mobile home park.

After Lawrence County commissioners denied their request for a permit, backers of a feedlot north of Spearfish are seeking a permit from the state.

Lawrence County officials say a Thursday morning standoff closed a mobile home park, apparently after an argument between a man and his girlfriend.