Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star

Cuno Hansen, President HG2 Industries spoke about sustainable building with hempcrete homes on the horizon in Hot Springs.

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By Charity Maness

HOT SPRINGS – Hemp farmers and those interested in the hemp industry gathered at the Mueller Center last Monday, Dec. 19, for a three-hour presentation on hemp; its sustainability and profitability.

The Industrial Hemp Growers Meeting was hosted by the Noah Alliance...

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Members of the Hot Springs FFA pose for a photo during the recent South Dakota State Leadership Development Event competitions on Dec. 4-5 in Pierre.

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PIERRE – The Hot Springs FFA Chapter competed in the South Dakota State Leadership Development Event competitions on Dec. 4-5 in Pierre. Hot Springs had 21 students qualify for the state level contest by placing in the top-two teams at their district competition or top-three individual in...

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Jessica Van Eaton with First Interstate Bank, left, recently presented a $5,000 check to the Edgemont Senior Center, which was used to make repairs on a collapsed sewer line. Also pictured are Mary Hollenbeck and Darrell Dutoit with the Senior Center.

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By Jazmin Harris

EDGEMONT – The Edgemont Senior Center had a collapsed sewer line the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, and received a great deal of community support to rectify the...

Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

As part of their tour around the state to promote a South Dakota Beef nutrition program called “Build Your Base,” three U.S. Olympians stopped in Hot Springs earlier this month to have an opportunity to thank the military veterans who helped secure their freedom to represent their country. Olympians pictured include, second from left, Payton Otterdahl (shot put), Chris Nilsen (silver medalist in pole vault from USD) and Deanna Price (U.S...

By Charity Maness

HOT SPRINGS – As Christmas nears each year, Pine Hills Retirement Community residents Gene and Lois Lysher of Hot Springs begin celebrating a bit early as their wedding anniversary was Dec. 20. However, this year is even more special, as it is the couples’ 70th wedding anniversary.

“I knew we had something special when we met,” said Lois of that fateful day in 1946 when she was just 14 years old. “I had gone to Duluth to babysit my cousin’s young children and he was the...