Bison Courier
Perkins County Commissioners heard yet another plan last Tuesday morning for fixing Prairie City Road. Tom Mertz, representing the East River company Loiseau Construction, offered a plan to de-pave the first 10 miles of that road. The road would revert to gravel but his plan would be to use a...
Core sampling of the Prairie City Road by Brosz Engineering, Sturgis, has opened a new can of worms for the county.
The Brosz report was sent to Local Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) personnel in Pierre for analysis and it changes what Cliff Reuer told county commissioners and Prairie...
Before the State Cross Country Championships, Bison head coach Brad Burkhalter said that Lane Krautschun was the best runner in Class B, even though he had the second best time going in.
He was right and Krautschun is the best runner in Class B, as he won the 5k title Saturday at Yankton Trail Park...
The Cardinal Cross Country Team traveled to Philip on Friday and had an impressive day. Lane Krautschun ran away from the field and won his first individual Regional Title out-distancing second place by over a minute. William Burkhalter has been nursing a sore calf but ran well and finished 7th,...
With safety being one of our top priorities at West River Cooperative Telephone Company, the Annual Meeting will, again, be held “drive-in” style. Please join us at the Perkins County Fairgrounds in Bison, SD and enjoy the Annual Meeting from the comfort of your vehicle!
Registration will begin at...
Cash Schiley, 13 year-old son of Roy and Karin Schiley of Meadow, SD received 2nd place in the bull riding event at the South Dakota Junior High Finals Rodeo, held May 22nd-24th at the James Kjerstad Event Center in Rapid City, SD. Schiley’s second place finish would have qualified him for the...
Republicans went to the polls last Tuesday to cast ballots for two US Congressional seats in the primary election. Incumbent senator Mike Rounds won over his opponent Scyller J. Borglum in a close race, 308 – 292. Newcomer and northwest South Dakota native Liz Marty May won over incumbent...
Greg Jensen, Evanson Jensen Funeral Homes, was a visitor to the board room in the county’s court house last week. Commissioners invited him there to discuss the rate that the county pays for indigent burials. Currently set at $1,525, that rate hasn’t changed since 1994.
Jensen told commissioners...