HOT SPRINGS – On Tuesday, June 6, voters in Hot Springs will go to the polls and mark their ballot for two school board members, and if you live in the city’s Ward 1, you will also be voting for a representative on the Hot Springs City Council.

In the Ward 1 City Council race, incumbent Craig Romey will seek re-election against challenger Hal Glanville. All three of the other vacant city council seats are being filled by candidates running unopposed.

In Ward 2, the incumbent David Burris...

Newspaper earns two firsts, four seconds including award for Typography & Design

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – At South Dakota’s and North Dakota’s joint newspaper convention held in Devils Lake, N.D., this past week, the South Dakota Newspaper Association (SDNA) held its annual awards Better Newspapers Contest presentation where the Fall River County Herald-Star faired very well by earning a total of seven awards in the state’s Large Weekly division.

The entries for the 2022 SDNA Better Newspapers...

Photo by Garland Wright

Edgemont Senior Olivia Ellstrom displays her medal for placing third in the Advanced Math category at the recent West River Math Competition held at the South Dakota School of Mines.

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By Garland Wright

RAPID CITY – Edgemont High School Math students recently attended the West River Math Contest at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on May 8, where there were 552 Class ‘A’ and ‘B’ participants hoping to score in the top-five...

By Brett Nachtigall

Publisher

HOT SPRINGS – A packed house filled the Fall River County Courtroom on Thursday, May the Fourth, for a Tax Deed Sale, where 60 registered bidders considered making offers on 15 different properties which had become delinquent on their taxes for several years, making them eligible to be sold to the public after the county took possession of them.

Nine different Edgemont properties sold for a combined $86,200 while six different Hot Springs properties sold for a...

Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star

Representatives from Fall River Conservation District, President John Sides, Board member Russ Christensen, District manager Hayley Maurer, State Community Forester Josh Larsen, and Executive Director South Dakota State Association Conservation District Angela Ehlers present a check for $150 to Hot Springs Secondary Principal Kain Klinkhammer and Kadlin Humbracht for the school to use for educational equipment and supplies. Humbracht was...