City leaders in Spearfish, S.D., have approved the construction of a $5.8 million facility to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard last year. The City Council this week also signed a seven-year lease with Iowa-based TMone …
When it comes to extreme weather events, last year’s Oct. 3-5 blizzard that dumped anywhere from 20 to 55 inches of snow on western South Dakota was devastating. Livestock still had their summer coats and were rain-soaked in pastures when …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $1.35 million in public assistance funds to Rapid City, S.D., for debris clean-up from an October blizzard. State officials say the city is participating in a pilot program through which FEMA reimburses a …
South Dakota’s governor has asked for a presidential disaster declaration for 14 counties and two American Indian reservations hit by an early October blizzard. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request is for public assistance in those counties, snow removal help in six …
Ranchers in northwest Nebraska fared better than originally thought in the wake of an October blizzard that killed at least 2,200 cattle, state officials said Wednesday. Director of Agriculture Greg Ibach said the region’s economy will recover, and the effect …