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City gives OK to sign regulations

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 1:23pm

The Custer City Council passed the second reading of its new sign regulations ordinance at its Aug. 19 meeting, an ordinance that, among other things, prohibits T-shirts as permanent signage outside of a downtown store.
That doesn’t mean the current T-shirts are going away anytime soon.

Third annual Rubber Duck Race Saturday

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 8:54am
Celebrate the end of summer with the Hill City Lions Club’s (HCLC) third annual Rubber Duck Race, Mini Carnival & Craft Fair Saturday, Aug. 31 at Memorial Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parking will be available at Memorial Park and off Smokey Drive. 
“I would encourage people to come out because it’s going to be a fun-filled day. You can spend time with your family. It’s the last hurrah for the end of summer,” said HCLC president Stefanie Doaty. “This is just a nice thing for the locals that we like to do. It’s just going to be a very fun day for us all.” 

Things get heated in Keystone after contacting fire marshall

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 8:51am
Keystone Area Historical Society (KAHS) had two meetings in the span of a few days to address the Keystone Museum and vacancies from its board, and people packed into the Keystone Community Center for its Aug. 23 meeting.
During that meeting it was revealed that the current lease between KAHS, which runs the museum, and the town, which owns the museum building, was not renewed in January. 

Defunding possibility looms in Keystone

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 8:49am
Keystone budget hearings continued Aug. 21 with trustees preliminarily deciding to defund both the Keystone Chamber of Commerce and the Keystone Area Historical Society.
Keystone trustees decided to move in another direction rather than fund the Keystone Chamber of Commerce for another year despite a presentation from chamber of commerce board members Melody Heinis and John Wells.

Change order approved

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 8:43am
Keystone Town Board of Trustees approved a change order for the Roy Street bridge projects. The approval, given at the board’s Aug. 21 meeting, is a result of rising material costs and Federa Emergency Management Agency delays to the project. 
One bridge was originally  $474,035.02  and has now increased to $479,939.42. The other is now going to cost $694,087.69, up about $14,000 from the original bid.

Ranchers facing federal charges

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 2:31pm

What began as a seemingly-routine investigation of approximately 25 acres of land and a 70-year-old fence line between deeded and federal ground has escalated to a criminal suit, with ranchers Charles and Heather Maude of Caputa charged federally with theft of government property, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

Triple T owner requests reduction

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 2:31pm

The Custer City Council heard a request from Darren Seidan, the owner of Triple T Trailer Park, at its Aug. 5 meeting.
When Seidan took over ownership of the “infamous” Triple T Trailer Park east of Custer, he had a lot of work to do to bring it up to snuff. He purchased it with a partner about three years ago.
“It wasn’t in the best shape when we bought it and its only gotten worse and worse and worse,” said Seidan. So, he took the partner to court and bought her out.

CTE addition construction to begin

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 2:30pm

The Custer School District is slated to break ground in coming weeks for the new CTE (Career and  Technical Education) addition to the Custer Jr./Sr. High School after some final estimates and documents were approved by the school board in its August meeting last week.
Construction Manager Steve Burgess gave an overview of the different bid options regarding temperature controls, dust collectors and a potential connecting corridor between the addition and the high school.
“Overall, we were pretty happy with how the numbers came in,” said Burgess.

Dates to remember this school year

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 2:30pm

Today is the first day of school in Custer School District, but that’s not the only important date to remember this academic year. Here’s the rundown on how the school year is set to go:
On Aug. 27,  early childhood screenings will be held in Custer, and again on Aug. 29 for families in Hermosa.
Homecoming week is set for Sept. 23-27, culminating in the homecoming football game versus Lead-Deadwood Friday night.

Enclosed camper raises questions

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2024 - 2:29pm

What constitutes a structure?
That question may be answered—at least in part—at the next meeting of the Custer County Commission, as the commission will address late fees for what the county planning department says is failure to acquire a building permit for a structure on Upper French Creek Road.
At its Aug. 7 meeting the commission heard from Colt Clewly, who is selling his home on the aforementioned road, but called to protest fines levied by the planning department for what it says is Clewly’s failure to acquire a building permit for a structure on his property.