Jon Flatland

Subhead CRST council passed resolution opposing proposed theme park

The Isabel Board of Trustees has approved its 2026 Appropriations Resolution which shows an increase of just over $45,000 more than 2025. Approved prior to the board’s regular meeting last week, the appropriations total $455,538 for fiscal year 2026 compared to $410,484 for 2025.

Saying crime on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation has gotten out of control, Dist. 5 Tribal Council Representative Joe Brings Plenty Jr. last week called for the firing of CRST Law Enforcement Services Chief of Police Charles Red Crow and partially blamed Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau.The move resulted in a tense debate between Brings Plenty Jr. and LeBeau, who repeatedly ruled the mot...

A year after Meals on Wheels Western South Dakota discontinued senior meal service in and around Dewey County, the South Dakota Dept. of Human Services has contracted Madison-based Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership to revive the program.

Dupree running back Cruz Birkeland (2) stretches for a first down while being tackled by Timber Lake’s Broc Bauer (4) and Holden Gill (3). Dupree’s Michael Donavon (20) looks on. Birkeland scored two rushing touchdowns in a 38-6 victory over the Panthers last Friday, Oct.17. Photo by Marie DuPreez

The town of Isabel has to return more than half of the Community Development Block Grant funds it received for a $2.04 million wastewater improvement project after costs came in far below estimates.As it turns out, that’s a good thing. Paul Mehlhaff, assistant director of the Central South Dakota Enhancement District delivered the news to the Isabel Board of Trustees during a public pr...

Subhead Rodeos, horse events being cancelled due to growing outbreaks

The South Dakota Supreme Court has denied an appeal by a former Corson County rancher convicted last year of repeatedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter, shocking his five stepchildren with cattle prods and other electronic devices, and providing them with illegal drugs.

President Donald Trump signed the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act (H.R. 165) into law on Dec.19, preserving land for the Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) to memorialize the tragic event, a crucial step in federal recognition and protection of the sacred site.The new law federally protects an area of land where hundreds of Lakota men, women and children were...

CREDCO, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s economic development corporation, has turned operations and management of the struggling LaPlant LTM Express gas station and convenience store over to the CRST Buffalo Authority Corp.According to Buffalo Authority Director Jamey Murray, the store is currently being cleaned and re-arranged. He thinks it will be ready for a soft re-opening by Mond...