Penn. Co. Courant
A group of aspiring photographers and hobbyists attending a photography workshop in the Badlands stayed in Wall last week.
The Courant spoke with the host of the photo safari, Jason Odell.
Odell, or Dr. Odell (Doctor of Philosophy, UC Riverside) as it turns out, is an international photographer,...
At the August 17th Pennington County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board engaged in discussion to consider points of distribution for a large amount of unallocated funds made available by the American Rescue Plan.
Commissioner Travis Lasseter called on the president of the Wall Economic...
Monday evening the Wall City Council meeting was attended by a larger than average group of citizens and business owners, and was held in the community hall to accommodate everyone.Among the issues drawing the larger crowd was an agenda item for the building permit which Oklahoma City based Love’s...
Music echoed through the busy streets of Wall last weekend for the three day Wall Crawl event which started Friday, August 6th. The event brought bands from near and far to rotate through three venues: Badlands Saloon & Grille, 3 Amigos Cantina, and Red Rock Lounge.Mississippi southern rock...
There are a few plants that don’t seem to mind the ongoing drought. A few of them can be used as cover crop or even have some herbal uses, but many of them are weeds. The current South Dakota, and Pennington County lists of declared noxious weeds name twelve officially banned species which includes...
Captain Edna Knutson recently returned home, to Philip, from a year long, voluntary deployment to Djibouti, Africa. Edna’s National Guard home unit is Medical Command (MED CMD), stationed in Rapid City, SD where she serves as a Medical Surgical Nurse. She requested to deploy with the 196th MEB, for...
The renovation of an antique barn is news in a rural community, but a recent renovation of old clay tile barn on Kelly Hill Road northeast of Wall is special beyond just its charming visual appeal, and local history.Known locally as the “Guethlein Barn”, this barn was able to withstand the brutal...
The 114th Wall Celebration wrapped up on Saturday night, crowning champions and helping cowboys advance in the standings. The weekend was filled with fun for the whole family kicking off with steer tripping on Thursday (July 8) morning followed by breakaway and barrel racing slack that evening. The...
A noticeable boom in summer travel has swept across western South Dakota, bringing welcome revenue to the area’s vital tourism industry. Along with this business come all of the unplanned events which are inevitably a part of a traveler’s itinerary.Last week the Pennington County Courant sat down...
On Monday two community visioning meetings were held at the Wall Community Center. At the second of these meetings, which was held in the early evening, 10 members of the Wall community were in attendance. Among this handful of people were staff from the city office, local business owners,...
