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Edgemont Community Garden members and volunteers Larry and Rose Mason, Mike Konopnicki (President), James Garmany and Tracy Petersen show off the brilliant selection of pumpkins they grew for the community pumpkin patch. Photo by Charity Maness / FRCHerald Star

Edgemont Community Garden members and volunteers Larry and Rose Mason, Mike Konopnicki (President), James Garmany and Tracy Petersen show off the brilliant selection of pumpkins they grew for the community pumpkin patch. Photo by Charity Maness / FRCHerald Star

Edgemont Community Garden welcomes visitors to their first Pumpkin Patch

Charity Maness
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Body EDGEMONT – Members of the Edgemont Community Garden welcomed visitors of all ages Monday afternoon to their first pumpkin patch. Though the garden has been in existence for 5 years, located on C Street behind the fairgrounds, it is still a little unknown town gem.
After being deemed a nuisance property since 2020, this parcel of property located at 1270 S. 6th Street has now been cleaned up and getting prepared for an upcoming Sheriff’s Sale Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

After being deemed a nuisance property since 2020, this parcel of property located at 1270 S. 6th Street has now been cleaned up and getting prepared for an upcoming Sheriff’s Sale Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

City completes nuisance property cleanup

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Last month, the City of Hot Springs wrapped a collaborative effort to cleanup a property at 1270 S. 6th Street which had been deemed a nuisance since 2020.
These static cling window stickers will be displayed in many of the historic buildings throughout town allowing one strolling by to access the buildings historic information through the QR code on the sticker.

These static cling window stickers will be displayed in many of the historic buildings throughout town allowing one strolling by to access the buildings historic information through the QR code on the sticker.

Saving our sandstone buildings through passion, education

Charity Maness
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – If walls could talk, imagine the stories the old sandstone buildings that grace the City of Hot Springs would have to tell. Gazing down from us atop our many hills or dotting the streets we travel, these magnificent structures have withstood the test of time.
Members of the Kiwanis Club of Black Hills, Hot Springs, pose for a recent group photo during one of their bi-monthly meetings at the Winner’s Circle.

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Black Hills, Hot Springs, pose for a recent group photo during one of their bi-monthly meetings at the Winner’s Circle.

Local Kiwanis Club enrollment is growing

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – As is the trend nowadays for many long-standing volunteer organizations, memberships were dwindling for the Kiwanis Club of Black Hills, Hot Springs. So much so, that the 103-year-old club was in danger of closing.

Edgemont Meals program at risk without more support

News Staff
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Body EDGEMONT — The Edgemont Meals program, a vital resource providing hot, nutritious lunches to local seniors and residents in need, is at risk of shutting down if it does not meet its minimum participation requirements.
Several members of the Angostura Rural Volunteer Fire Department pose for a group photo while standing in front of one of the department’s five trucks. Courtesy photo

Several members of the Angostura Rural Volunteer Fire Department pose for a group photo while standing in front of one of the department’s five trucks. Courtesy photo

Angostura Rural VFD raising funds for fire hall

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Body ANGOSTURA – Concerned about the time it takes for neighboring fire departments to mobilize and respond to incidents in and around the 350 structures located at Angostura, several residents of the area came together in 2022 to form the Angostura Rural Volunteer Fire Department...
Ruby and Lydia McNare, with a combined service to Meals on Wheels of 13 years, face possible cuts in hours and/or position with the current funding cuts taking place October 1, 2025. Photo by Charity Maness / Fall River County Herald Star

Ruby and Lydia McNare, with a combined service to Meals on Wheels of 13 years, face possible cuts in hours and/or position with the current funding cuts taking place October 1, 2025. Photo by Charity Maness / Fall River County Herald Star

Meals on Wheels to see changes in Hot Springs, Edgemont

Charity Maness
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Changes will be coming in October to the current Meals on Wheels program as a result of shifts to program services and policies set by the South Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS).
Wastewater Foreman Jassen Correll peers down into one of the plant’s two clarifier pools on Monday, Sept. 22. The city facility, which was built in 1984, is considered 15 to 20 years past its useful life and is likely going to see a multimillion dollar upgrade in the near future. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Wastewater Foreman Jassen Correll peers down into one of the plant’s two clarifier pools on Monday, Sept. 22. The city facility, which was built in 1984, is considered 15 to 20 years past its useful life and is likely going to see a multimillion dollar upgrade in the near future. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs City Council discusses dire state of its Wastewater Treatment Facility

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – The City of Hot Springs’ dire situation with its wastewater treatment facility was discussed at length during last Monday night’s Sept.
Margaret Chicoine, lower left, leads a group of participants during the Flight of Silence as part of the 12th annual 9-11 Grand Stair Challenge held last Thursday morning. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Margaret Chicoine, lower left, leads a group of participants during the Flight of Silence as part of the 12th annual 9-11 Grand Stair Challenge held last Thursday morning. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

12th annual 9-11 Memorial Grand Stair Challenge again inspires local heroism

Beth Bogart
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS — The 2025 “9-11 Memorial Grand Stair Challenge” on the Battle Mountain staircase leading from the center of Hot Springs to the VA Hospital may not have set new records for the number of participants or total ‘flights,’ but a few stories of grit and stamina were as...
Z Seneca, 6, offers up a tasty treat to the llama at Serendipity Farmstead. Also pictured in back is young Grayson Fletcher who also tried his hand at feeding the llama. On the right is farmstead co-owner Melissa Holt. Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star

Z Seneca, 6, offers up a tasty treat to the llama at Serendipity Farmstead. Also pictured in back is young Grayson Fletcher who also tried his hand at feeding the llama. On the right is farmstead co-owner Melissa Holt. Photo by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald Star

Serendipity Farmstead practicing regenerative agriculture

Charity Maness
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – On Friday, Sept.
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