Posted on: May 26, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish Police Department is reminding residents to take precautions to secure home wireless internet networks to protect devices from getting hacked and/or personal information stolen.
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Posted on: May 26, 2022
Photo caption: The Spearfish Fire Department assisted with the annual Egg Drop at Creekside Elementary School on Wednesday. Photo by Firefighter Kathryn Jones, Spearfish Fire Department
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish Fire Department handled preciou...
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Posted on: May 18, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council Monday approved the hire of Nick Broyles as planning director, with an official start date of May 31.
“I am very humbled and honored to become part of this team,” Broyles said.
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Posted on: May 11, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD - The final phases of the Jackson Boulevard Project were completed in 2021 and include the addition of bicycle lanes from Fifth to University streets. This infrastructure provides a dedicated space on the road for bicyclists and other non-mo...
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Posted on: May 3, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council Monday approved increasing a previously approved $1.4 million Spearfish Economic Revolving Fund (SERF) loan to $2 million to allow the remaining office space in the Atlas building in the Spearfish Indus...
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Posted on: May 3, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – People gathered in Spearfish City Hall Monday to honor Mayor Dana Boke for her three terms of service and welcome incoming Mayor John Senden, who took the oath of office to begin his term.
Prior to the meeting, there was a reception with ca...
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Posted on: April 26, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – Motorists are reminded that South Canyon Street between Spearfish City Campground and Winterville Drive is closed annually during camping season, May 1 through September 30.
Public Safety Director Pat Rotert explained that the Cit...
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Posted on: April 13, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD - Voters cast their ballots on Election Day, Tuesday, April 12, and the unofficial results of the 2022 municipal election are:
Mayor
- John Senden - 1,210
- James Vande Hey - 393
Ward 2
- Larry Klarenbeek - 308
- Gabe Bell - 184
Ward 3
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Posted on: April 5, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – Grace Balloch Memorial Library has launched a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, which encourages parents to read with their children at early ages.
“Reading to children when they are young helps develop a love of ...
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Posted on: March 30, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish Fire Department has responded to several calls for service involving carbon monoxide recently and encourages everyone to take preventative measures to protect themselves by installing carbon monoxide detectors in th...
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Posted on: March 29, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – People may have noticed a new face at the Spearfish Police Department: Scooby, a dog currently being fostered, with the plan of being adopted by the department, who had been awaiting his forever home at the Western Hills Humane S...
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Posted on: March 28, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – As spring begins and people’s thoughts turn to their gardens and outdoor spaces, the Spearfish Parks Department has fielded questions about the treatment of ash trees, in relation to emerald ash borer (EAB), an exotic b...
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Posted on: March 11, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council Monday approved the position description for a project engineer, a new position within the Public Works Department, and authorized staff to begin recruiting candidates for the position.
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Posted on: March 10, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish Fire Department gathered to celebrate the successes of 2021 during its annual banquet Saturday.
“This is a time when we can get together to recognize the firefighters for all they’ve accomplished over the last year and thank t...
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Posted on: March 8, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – City of Spearfish employees were recognized during Monday’s City Council meeting for the years of service milestones they reached in 2021.
Each received a certificate from Mayor Dana Boke and had a short biogra...
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Posted on: March 3, 2022
Work beginning on Dahl Road
SPEARISH, SD - Work has begun on a sanitary sewer trunkline extension on Dahl Road starting at 11th Street and proceeding to Colorado Boulevard.
A&L Contractors LLC is the prime contractor on the project.&...
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Posted on: February 17, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – Free at-home COVID-19 testing kits are available at Grace Balloch Memorial Library, located at 625 North Fifth Street, Spearfish.
The testing kits were provided by the South Dakota Department of Health for distribution to...
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Posted on: February 17, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – On-demand streaming service, Hoopla Digital, is now available for free at Grace Balloch Memorial Library in Spearfish, giving library card holders immediate access to more than 1 million books, audiobooks, comics, movies, televis...
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Posted on: February 16, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – Sgt. Samantha Rosenau was recognized as the 2021 Spearfish Police Department Officer of the Year Wednesday.
“Sgt. Rosenau’s standard for each day is her best,” Police Chief Curt Jaco...
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Posted on: February 7, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD - The City of Spearfish is hiring for upcoming seasonal positions. Visit the Career Opportunities page for more information about each of the positions, listed below by department.
Fire Department Wildland Firefighters:
$15.00 per ho...
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Posted on: February 8, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council Monday approved the hire of Kyle Hinton as the public works director, effective March 14.
“I am very honored to be offered this position and am excited to get going,” Hinton said.
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Posted on: February 1, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – The City of Spearfish will have better data about its urban forest in terms of diversity, planting density, condition, etc., thanks to winning $5,000 worth of software to continue the ongoing tree inventory project.
“Wit...
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Posted on: January 19, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – Mayor Dana Boke proclaimed January 22 as Chinook Day in Spearfish, with the recognition to take place in perpetuity.
The proclamation took place during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, and it reads:
Whereas, on January 22,...
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Posted on: January 7, 2022
SPEARFISH – The Spearfish City Council Monday approved a resolution levying the annual special maintenance fee, or front-foot assessment, for street surfaces.
The front-foot assessment has been in place since 2000, and the 2022 annual m...
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Posted on: January 5, 2022
SPEARFISH, SD – It isn’t an exaggeration to describe 2021 as a record-breaking year for Spearfish in terms of total building project valuation, which came in over $98 million.
“This is the highest valuation total in ...
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Posted on: December 29, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – In the new year, Spearfish will have a new City Administrator.
The Spearfish City Council Wednesday voted to hire Steve McFarland, effective on or after February 1, 2022.
“We are looking forward to welcoming Steve and his...
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Posted on: December 22, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – The Madison Ice Rink in Spearfish City Campground is officially open for ice skaters.
Parks, Recreation, and Forestry staff flooded the rink recently, with “keep off the ice” signs posted until the rink froze t...
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Posted on: November 29, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – The Spearfish City Council approved a utility rate change, effective January 1, 2022.
The impact to the average residential utility customer (which uses 5,000 gallons of water a month) would be $4.38 per month.
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Posted on: December 22, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – It was a busy start and end to the weekend for the Spearfish Fire Department, which responded to a structure fire Friday afternoon and another Monday morning.
The fire Friday was reported around 12:15 p.m. at one of the Iron Creek...
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Posted on: December 21, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – Nancy Hall, second from left, was recognized for her years of service to the Spearfish Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Advisory Board during its December 13th meeting.
Parks and Recreation Director Tyler Ehnes, left, Justin Griffi...
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Posted on: December 10, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – A new option to donate to the Spearfish Community Foundation is now available.
The Spearfish City Council approved a cooperative donation effort on November 1 to allow residents to donate to the foundation, which allocates funds t...
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Posted on: December 9, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – Construction for the first home at Sky Ridge, a workforce housing development and adjacent sports complex near Exit 17, began Thursday morning during a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating this milestone to create affordable housi...
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Posted on: December 6, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD – Anyone wishing to get email or text notifications about City news, calendar items, meeting agendas, or bid postings can sign up through the Notify Me option on the City’s website. This tool is one more way to keep citiz...
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Posted on: November 18, 2021
SPEARFISH, SD - Facility Maintenance Superintendent Gary Hargens was recognized with a City of Spearfish Award for Safety Excellence on November 17.
The award, presented during the City’s first Safety Stand-Down Day, was in rec...
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