Playhouse takes its show on the road

Banished from Custer State Park for a growing list of reasons, the Black Hills Playhouse show will go on this summer, and it will do so in a mobile form. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, the Playhouse board voted to scale back this season s schedule to three shows, one each to be performed in three separate locations. The three locations the shows will be performed are the Custer High School theatre, the Hill City High School theatre and the Lead Opera House. Which shows will be performed at which venue, and when during the summer the shows will happen are still issues yet to be resolved....

Assessing for a better tomorrow

School discusses 4-day week

Jump rope for heart

Foundation looking to bolster its funds

A local foundation aims to increase its treasure chest so it can start doling out grants again in the Custer community. The First Interstate Custer Area Fund s board of directors is initiating a major fund drive this month in order to qualify for matching funds from First Interstate Foundation and the S.D. Community Foundation....

Early morning fire engulfs garage, shop

Paul Horsted releases new book

Cat wrestlers strong before Districts

Despite most of the team being either battered or sickly, a slew of Custer Wildcat wrestlers placed in the Hill City Invitational Tourney this past weekend in Hill City. Cody Herman (103) set the pace for Custer as he took first place, while Clayton Wahlstrom (125) finished in third place, Soren Wahlstrom (130) finished in fourth despite not finishing due to a sickness. Max Wilson (135) finished in sixth place, Dylan Severyn (140) took second place, Zach Wager (160) took third and Ty Cooper (215) took fifth....

Girls win a pair, lose one during three-game swing

Boys play best game of the year against Diggers

Cats dominate Newell

Elders Wisdom, Children s Song insightful

Four Custer County elders were honored last Tuesday evening, Feb. 2, during the 2010 Elders Wisdom, Children s Song . It was an evening, unlike many others, for the honorees. And, quite eye opening for one....

Custer Elementary among the healthiest schools

Buy Local campaign benefits community

Custer went through a community assessment process about five years ago that is now resulting in a tax increment financing (TIF) district downtown improvement project. TIF #4, as it is called, will result in a new look to our downtown area with buried electrical wires and historic lighting, among other things. Improving the looks of the downtown area was a top priority in the last assessment process and it is finally coming to fruition....

Parker talks Super Bowl, Favre and Playhouse

The decade of 2000-09 We survived!

Finally Obama does something right

Richard Stanley

Stanley Snider

Harold Eyrich