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Thursday, September 18, declared ‘Crystal Pugsley Day’ in Huron
HURON The retirement of longtime Plainsman writer and associate editor Crystal Pugsley after nearly 45 years with the paper was recognized at the Huron City Commission as Mayor Mark Robish declared Thursday, September 18, 2025, as Crystal Pugsley Day in Huron. Pugsley will have a retirement open house on Thursday…
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County holds five-year bridge plan meeting with townships
HURON Jason Fritzsche, Beadle County highway superintendent, hosted county townships to discuss the bridge plan for the county for the next five years. He explained that federal funds will no longer be available, which could mean fewer bridges per year get matching funding, so the cost would be entirely on…
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Huron contractor sentenced for defrauding customers
PIERRE South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Huron contractor has been sentenced for defrauding seven different individuals out of more than $36,000 for work not done. Julio Morales-Ortiz, 34, was sentenced Tuesday in Beadle County Circuit Court after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Theft by…
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City commission reviews open meeting laws
HURON Huron city attorney Aaron Scheibe reviewed open meeting statutes with the Huron City Commission during the regular meeting on Monday evening. Scheibe recognized that the Huron commission does very well meeting state statutes as far as public notice, printing legals, and utilizing executive session only for legal purposes. The…
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School Board holds goals work session
HURON The Huron School Board meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Board members Garret Bischoff and Shelly Simmons were present via phone. After the board adopted the agenda and added two resignations, Tim Van Berkum started with dates to remember, including Arts in Education…
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County approves provisional budget
HURON The Beadle County Commission held a hearing on the 2026 provisional budget. With no objections, the buget moved forward for final approval at the end of the month. The commission spoke with emergency management director David Jensen to discuss the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) grant. Jensen reported that…
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Huron School District collaborates with Let’s Go Learn for behavior intervention
HURON Conflict disclosure and consideration of waivers were discussed at Mondays Huron School Board meeting. The board will review the diclosures and determine if the transactions or the terms of the contracts are fair, reasonable, and not contrary to the public interest. This will be discussed further at Septembers meeting.…
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City approves three variance requests
HURON The Huron City Commission reviewed and approved three variances on Monday evening as the board of adjustment. The first was a detached garage to be built at 375 5th St. NE by Brandon Ransom. The variance concerned the garage being 29 tall, which is taller than the 25 in…
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County approves church in Custer Township
HURON The Beadle County Commission heard from potential neighbors before approving a conditional use permit for the Karen Christian Revival Church. The land being purchased is currently zoned for agriculture. Questions regarding increased traffic and potential tax loss within the county were addressed by the applicant before the commission gave…
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Plainsman, three other South Dakota papers purchased by Champion Media
HURON After a long week of putting the final touches on a deal to keep open the four South Dakota newspapers which had been shuttered by News Media Corporation on Wednesday, August 6, the final papers were signed on Friday, August 15, to keep all four South Dakota papers open.…
