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This photo behind City Hall of the exterior southeast corner of the building shows some of the tuckpointing and masonry repairs that need done to the sandstone blocks, due to erosion and drainage issue. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

This photo behind City Hall of the exterior southeast corner of the building shows some of the tuckpointing and masonry repairs that need done to the sandstone blocks, due to erosion and drainage issue. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs is one of five communities to receive grants from Deadwood Fund

News Staff
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Body PIERRE – For the Deadwood Fund Grant Fall 2025 cycle, the South Dakota State Historical Society awarded matching grants to historic preservation projects in Keystone, Hot Springs, Doland, Roslyn, and Brookings.
During Wind Cave National Park’s 29th annual Christmas Bird Count, a total of 57 dark-eyed juncos were recorded by bird count volunteers. Photo by Marcus Heerdt/Fall River County Herald-Star

During Wind Cave National Park’s 29th annual Christmas Bird Count, a total of 57 dark-eyed juncos were recorded by bird count volunteers. Photo by Marcus Heerdt/Fall River County Herald-Star

Wind Cave National Park holds 29th annual Christmas Bird Count

Marcus Heerdt
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – Wind Cave National Park held its annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 14.
Full tables and full bellies at the annual Community Christmas Dinner hosted by the American Legion Family and the Hot Springs Elks Lodge.

Full tables and full bellies at the annual Community Christmas Dinner hosted by the American Legion Family and the Hot Springs Elks Lodge.

Community Christmas Dinner a delicious community gathering

Charity Maness
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – The annual Community Christmas Dinner sponsored by the Battle Mountain American Legion Family and the Hot Springs Elks Lodge #1751 served hundreds of community members on Sunday, Dec. 21.
Looking westward from atop a hill, two storage ponds located behind the Coffee Cup Fuel Stop at Maverick Junction sit on property owned by Gary and Sharon Romey. For the past 40 years, these two ponds have accepted effluent from the City of Hot Springs’ wastewater treatment facility where the water is held and eventually used for land application. The higher pond on the right receives the effluent directly via gravity through a 10-inch PVC pipe and then applies the water to a nearby field for flood irrigati

Looking westward from atop a hill, two storage ponds located behind the Coffee Cup Fuel Stop at Maverick Junction sit on property owned by Gary and Sharon Romey. For the past 40 years, these two ponds have accepted effluent from the City of Hot Springs’ wastewater treatment facility where the water is held and eventually used for land application. The higher pond on the right receives the effluent directly via gravity through a 10-inch PVC pipe and then applies the water to a nearby field for flood irrigati

Hot Springs hoping to keep current land application of effluent an option

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – With the January 1, 2026, deadline to apply for a loan from the state’s Revolving Fund now here, the City of Hot Springs should learn by March whether or not its plan to build a new $27.7 million wastewater treatment facility can take the next steps forward.
An airtanker drops a load of fire retardant slurry onto the Green Acres Fire, located three miles southwest of town. The fire started on Saturday, March 1, and was mostly contained by Monday, March 3. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

An airtanker drops a load of fire retardant slurry onto the Green Acres Fire, located three miles southwest of town. The fire started on Saturday, March 1, and was mostly contained by Monday, March 3. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

A look back at the 2025 headlines

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – With the passing of another year, the Fall River County Herald-Star this week offers a glimpse back at the headlines of 2025. This past year began with the newspaper reporting on a pair of tragedies in which local residents J.D.
Gladys Pullins, a resident at Pine Hills, models her Mrs. Claus outfit, handmade by her 46 years ago, with hopes of making it two more years. Photo by Charity Maness

Gladys Pullins, a resident at Pine Hills, models her Mrs. Claus outfit, handmade by her 46 years ago, with hopes of making it two more years. Photo by Charity Maness

Hot Springs’ Mrs. Claus, the lady, the legend at 98 years young

Charity Maness
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Gladys Pullins, aka Mrs. Claus, has been hearing children’s Christmas wishes and Christmas dreams for the past 48 years and shows no sign of slowing down.
Jake McClure and his family retrieve their trampoline from in front of The Mammoth Site on Thursday morning, following the wind storm the previous night. The McClures live about a block away and were not the only ones whose personal property ended up trapped near the prehistoric sink hole, as a large steel carport was also found upside down nearby as well. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Jake McClure and his family retrieve their trampoline from in front of The Mammoth Site on Thursday morning, following the wind storm the previous night. The McClures live about a block away and were not the only ones whose personal property ended up trapped near the prehistoric sink hole, as a large steel carport was also found upside down nearby as well. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Thousands impacted by wind storm

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Thousands of Black Hills Energy and Black Hills Electric Cooperative customers were without power for multiple days last week following a wind storm which hit the Black Hills on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 17, and into morning of Dec.
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