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This bronze statue by local Black Hills artist Matt Lanz now welcomes guests to Moccasin Springs Natural Mineral Spa. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

This bronze statue by local Black Hills artist Matt Lanz now welcomes guests to Moccasin Springs Natural Mineral Spa. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Bronze installed at Moccasin Springs

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS – Moccasin Springs Natural Mineral Spa in Hot Springs has a new feature welcoming guests at its front door.
Michael O’Leary came to Hot Springs to see where Edward Cohota had spent the last years of his life Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald Star

Michael O’Leary came to Hot Springs to see where Edward Cohota had spent the last years of his life Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald Star

Chinese-American Civil War Veteran’s unique story made into musical

Beth Bogart
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS — Among the thousands of veterans housed over the decades at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium (now the VA Hospital), all with tales of service and heroism, few have their lives memorialized for posterity in a musical.
Bronwyn Thomas from Tasmania, Australia, stands in front of the country school her grandmother, Ardath Gilpin, attended as a child. Thomas met with members of the Oelrichs Historical Society recently to search for information about her greatgrandparents, Abner and Ada Gilpin, who homesteaded in the Oelrichs area from 1908 to 1917. The Gilpin schoolhouse has been preserved by the Nick Bogner family. Photo by Katie Merdanian, Fall River County Herald-Star

Bronwyn Thomas from Tasmania, Australia, stands in front of the country school her grandmother, Ardath Gilpin, attended as a child. Thomas met with members of the Oelrichs Historical Society recently to search for information about her greatgrandparents, Abner and Ada Gilpin, who homesteaded in the Oelrichs area from 1908 to 1917. The Gilpin schoolhouse has been preserved by the Nick Bogner family. Photo by Katie Merdanian, Fall River County Herald-Star

Australian woman travels to Oelrichs to find her roots

Katie Merdanian
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Body OELRICHS - Bronwyn Thomas travelled over 9000 miles from the Australian island of Tasmania to stand on the same prairie her greatgrandparents stood over 100 years ago.
Land currently owned by Fall River Health Services, located just west of the Hot Springs Ambulance facility, was annexed into the city limits last week and represents the first step in the creation of a Planned Unit Development for future workforce housing. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Land currently owned by Fall River Health Services, located just west of the Hot Springs Ambulance facility, was annexed into the city limits last week and represents the first step in the creation of a Planned Unit Development for future workforce housing. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

City annexes 10 acres along Hwy. 71

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS – After hearing a plea from the owners of the community’s only medical cannabis dispensary during last week’s council meeting, the City of Hot Springs is now considering some changes to its licensing and zoning ordinances to potentially allow cultivation and...
Edgemont City Council President Brent White, left, and Mayor Rheta Reagan, right, present George Darrow, center, with the official proclamation honoring Mr. Darrow. Photo by Linda Baird/FRC Herald Star

Edgemont City Council President Brent White, left, and Mayor Rheta Reagan, right, present George Darrow, center, with the official proclamation honoring Mr. Darrow. Photo by Linda Baird/FRC Herald Star

Edgemont honors local veteran George Darrow with Honor Flight

Linda Baird
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Body EDGEMONT – The City of Edgemont recently designated Sept. 25, 2024, as a day to honor Vietnam veteran George Darrow as one of our nation’s heroes, who was flown that day on the Midwest Honor Flight from Sioux Falls to Washington. D.C.
Last Friday morning, artists Matthew Carpenter and Morgan Fields put down the first layer of their mural design.

Last Friday morning, artists Matthew Carpenter and Morgan Fields put down the first layer of their mural design.

Painting the Town Beautiful: Work on new mural begins on University Ave.

Charity Maness
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS – After almost two years of fund raising and finding the perfect artists and design, the mural on the north side of University Avenue is now underway. “I am very excited to see the mural coming to fruition,” said Petra Wilson.
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