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Damage tally from December windstorm reaches $4.6 million

A tower on Skyline Drive in Rapid City was damaged during a mid-December wind storm in 2025. (National Weather Service photo, courtesy of Candyse Arivett)

Estimates of public infrastructure damage from a historic windstorm last month in western South Dakota now total $4.6 million, according to Gov. Larry Rhoden, who said January 27, that he has requeste…