New pastor, teacher duo at Bethesda Lutheran

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Photo by Marcus Heerdt/Fall River County Herald-Star

Bethesda Lutheran Church and School recently welcomed Pete and Rachel Utecht to Hot Springs. Pete is the new pastor at the church and Rachel is the new K-3 teacher.

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By Marcus Heerdt

HOT SPRINGS – Bethesda Lutheran Church and School has two new faces in the building: Pete and Rachel Utecht.

Pete is the newly appointed pastor at the church and Rachel is the new K-3 teacher at the school.

After the retirement...

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Ceremony Aug. 11 to honor fallen state firefighter lost in 2011 Coal Canyon Fire, Trampus Haskvitz

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PHOTO: Soon after Trampus Haskvitz died in the Coal Canyon Fire on Aug. 11, 2011, an impromptu memorial for the fallen state Division of Foresty firefighter was erected near the gate of the Forestry facility on University Avenue in Hot Springs. (File photo by Brett Nachtigall/Hot Springs Star)

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EDGEMONT – A memorial ceremony is scheduled for next Wednesday, Aug. 11, to honor South Dakota Wildland Fire’s Trampus Haskvitz, a state firefighter who died in the 2011 Coal Canyon...

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‘Hap’ honored for 55 years on Buffalo Gap VFD

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Photo by Candy Hussey

Members of the Schroth family include son Randy Scroth, Frank “Hap” Schroth and his wife Loretta Schroth along with their daughter Lori Shorb.

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By Brett Nachtigall

Publisher

HOT SPRINGS – A retirement gathering was held on Monday, July 19, for longtime Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department Chief Frank “Hap” Schroth, who officially retired this past May after 55 years of service.

Schroth, a 1960 graduate of Hot Springs High School, joined...

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Event raises funds for hot air balloon mural on viaduct wall

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Illustration by Brad Appleby

While only still a concept at this point, this ‘Photoshop’ illustration gives an idea of what the Southern Hills Ballooning Association and the Cultural Development Organization is proposing gets painted on the retaining wall below the Southern Hills E-Free Church located at the top of the viaduct near Hot Springs High School.

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By Brett Nachtigall

Publisher

HOT SPRINGS – Fundraising for a new mural to be painted on the...

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Fall River County Fair has roots beginning in 1912

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Photo courtesy the Edgemont Area Historical Society

The Edgemont Band plays before the fair parade. Band members from left to right: Ed Colgan, Tom Colgan, Bill Trompeter, Gib Taylor, Tom Quigley, Kenneth Van Voorhis, Ed Bolm, Elmer Highley, and Louie Brenisholz. Photo circa 1920.

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Compiled by Marcus Heerdt

EDGEMONT – The Fall River County Fair is unique. According to current fair board president Steve McDaniel and former-board...

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