By Larry Gauer
Nine seats will be open for the county commission, school board and the city council this spring. Petitions were eligible for circulation on January 1 for the county commission and are due in the County Auditor’s office by 5 p.m. March 27. Three seats are open and are currently held by Jason Fanning, Rocky Risse and Jeff Slattery. Each seat is for a four-year term. The County…
By Larry Gauer
Nine seats will be open for the county commission, school board and the city council this spring. Petitions were eligible for circulation on January 1 for the county commission and are due in the County Auditor’s office by 5 p.m. March 27. Three seats are open and are currently held by Jason Fanning, Rocky Risse and Jeff Slattery. Each seat is for a four-year term. The County…
By Tim Huether
At the regular school board meeting Jan. 15, the Bennett County School Board moved to accept the retirement of Cheryl Witt after 23 years of teaching in the Bennett County School District, effective end of the 2017-2018 school year.
The board also moved to accept the resignation of Arielle Tiensvold, music director, effective at the end of the current school year; moved to…
Read more: Witt to retire after 23 years in Bennett Co. School Dist.
By Jennifer Archibald
According to the Martin Volunteer Fire Department Twitter feed, volunteers were asked to join the search and rescue efforts of two missing people at 5:15 a.m. on Jan. 2.
The Bennett County Sheriff’s Office, Martin Volunteer Fire Department, Bennett County Emergency Management, Martin Police Department, Oglala Sioux Tribe Emergency Management, Bennett County Ambulance and…
By Tim Huether
The murder trial of Daniel and Rangler Ceplecha will not happen in Bennett County, following a Dec. 11, filing for a Motion for Change of Venue by Daniel Ceplecha. The Motion was granted by Judge Rank and will be moved to an undetermined location.
The trial date was set for Feb. of 2018, but with the need to find a new location, that could change.
Since Daniel and Rangler Ceplecha…
By Tim Huether
On Dec. 7, one of the top basketball minds and speakers made an appearance at Bennett County schools to bring his message to students, coaches, parents and community members. Part of that message was that he wanted to see Bennett County become significant again and that after coming here last summer and having Bennett County kids attend one of his camps, they have grown on…
Read more: Bertram delivers impactful message to school, community
By Taylor Risse
You didn’t need to use the heater at the December 6, meeting of the Bennett County Commissioners, the meeting heated up enough for everyone.
Bennett County resident, Craig Howe, again brought to the board’s attention his disgruntlement with Resolution 5-2016 that was passed July 20, 2016.
Howe presented to the board a 13 part series that broke down the resolution and explained why…
