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Chubby Checker and the Wildcats give the audience a taste of early 1960s music at its best at the Prairie Wind Casino Saturday night, June 1, to a crowd of over 300 adoring fans. Despite on stage in this photo, the performer spent the majority of the night on the floor doing The Twist with the audience. Photo by Dakota Backline
Chubby Checker twists the night away at Prairie Wind Casino
Inside their Angostura home, Julie and Jerry Roe hold a photo of their then-19-year-old son Jared who died in a drowning accident in 2011, four days before he was set to be deployed to Afghanistan with the South Dakota National Guard. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
Tragedy inspires region’s largest walleye tournament, bringing together people with common love of fishing
The 2024 Miss South Dakota Court (L to R): 3rd runner-up Jensine Matson of Ramona, 2nd runner-up Emily Deinken of Sioux Falls, Miss South Dakota 2024 Joelle Simpson of Rapid City, 1st runner-up Katherine Milbrandt of Brookings, and 4th runner-up Sydney Morgan of Hot Springs.
Hot Springs’ Morgan earns fourth runner-up at Miss S.D. 2024
A City of Hot Springs crewman works to remove an island in Fall River near Brookside Park which had created a waterflow issue that was eroding nearby Garden Street, according to City Administrator Bob Nelson, Jr. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
City cleans out swimming holes in Fall River, removes island
Rounds of Mexican Dominoes played every Tuesday morning draw a robust group at the Springs Senior Citizen Center. (Players facing camera l to r: Pat Rowe, Orva Burke, Colleen Bowker.) Photos by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star
Springs Senior Citizen Center celebrates 50 years of service to community
Memorial Day 2024
Andrea Powers with the Southern Hills Economic Development Corporation welcomes the more than 140 attendees of the SDSU Extension Energize Conference held in Hot Springs last week. Here, Powers speaks during a reception in the Mueller Center Theater but most of the breakout sessions were held in downtown businesses over the two day, May 22-23. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
Hot Springs hosts successful SDSU Energize Conference
Hot Springs senior Braden Peterson breaks free from the pack during the 100-meter finals of the 2024 State Class “A” Track & Field Championships in front of a packed grandstand at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls on Saturday morning, May 25. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
Peterson named MVP of State Class ‘A’ Track Championship
Elizabeth Graf, 6, caught the first fish of the day held by Melissa Fleming. Photos by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star