Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair of Health & Human Services, Executive Board, Agriculture and Natural Resources, State Affairs Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

The South Dakota Department of Revenue estimates that tax collections from the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally were $1,446,526. The revenue sum from temporary vendors in the Black Hills was down six percent compared to 2022.

Hi, readers. I hope you had an enjoyable summer. Just back from Sask. and I will deal with what everyone is talking about: the weather - the new, not normal, unpredictable forecasts which change twice a day, and the extreme events worldwide. I know climate change and global warming deniers still exist despite what they can see with their own eyes. The GOP debate showed the political reality of this.

Erynn Meyerink is the new manager at Silver Threads Assisted Living. When they took over, Jim and Dulce Frank managed the facility.

Trudy Waterman is the new finance officer for the City of Gregory. Waterman lives in Naper, NE, where she and her husband have a feed yard. Although she still lends a hand with the operations, her main responsibility over the past several years has been doing the bookwork, so she is familiar with the responsibilities of her new job, though with fewer accounts. Switching from paper to Quickbooks has freed up enough of her time to pursue other employment opportunities.

Enrollment at the Gregory School District is down by one student as the 2023-24 school year begins. This biggest drop is in high school, where the total is down by eight despite the sophomores being the largest class in the district with 36 students.