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Semi Rollover Snarls I-90 as Sturgis Rally Winds Down
A semi-truck rollover stalled westbound traffic on Interstate 90 Sunday evening, just west of the Deadwood Avenue exit, as riders were making their way out of town. South Dakota Highway Patrol and local crews responded after the truck’s trailer came to rest blocking the entire westbound roadway, forcing drivers to detour onto Deadwood Avenue. Thunderstorms were moving through the area at the time, and it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash or whether anyone was hurt.
From the Rapid City Post: Highway Patrol Closes the Books on the 86th Sturgis Rally
The Highway Patrol’s final rally weekend report showed things wound down quietly, as visitors headed home. The lone injury crash came Saturday on I-90 at mile marker 75, where a Harley-Davidson lost control in the rain and struck a cable guardrail; the rider was wearing a helmet but suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in Rapid City. Over the ten-day rally, the Patrol logged 31 non-injury crashes, 39 injury crashes and 3 fatal crashes, along with 114 D-U-I arrests, more than seventeen hundred citations and over forty-five hundred warnings.
Rapid City Remembers Former Lawmaker and Philanthropist Stan Adelstein
Former state lawmaker and longtime philanthropist Stan Adelstein died August 10th, just shy of his 95th birthday. Adelstein represented District 32 in the South Dakota Legislature for more than a decade, and he was widely known for his giving, from bringing the Synagogue of the Hills to Rapid City to backing the Journey Museum and the Club for Boys. Services are set for tomorrow at the Monument Fine Arts Theatre.
Boxelder Job Corps Center Secures Its Future With Full Funding
In Nemo, the Boxelder Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center says its future looks stable again, after Congress fully funded the program earlier this year and the Trump administration settled a lawsuit that had held up planned closures. Center director Bonnie Fuller says the program is thriving, a sharp turnaround from last year, when the 60-year-old workforce training program faced elimination nationwide. The Nemo campus trains about 80 students a year in fields like welding, culinary arts and wildland firefighting, and several enrollees were recently sent to help fight wildfires in South Dakota, Colorado and Minnesota.
Rapid City Schools Race the Clock on Summer Construction Projects
In the Rapid City Area School District, construction crews are racing the calendar, with projects underway in roughly half the district’s 22 buildings before students return this fall. The biggest job is at Rapid Valley Elementary, where crews are installing the school’s first-ever air conditioning system as part of a multi-year renovation. Grandview Elementary is getting new heating, plumbing and electrical systems, and Stevens High School’s orchestra program, housed for nearly two decades on what amounts to a stairway landing, is finally getting a real classroom.
Historic Flooding Deepens in Indiana, At Least Six Dead
In Indiana, at least six people have died as historic flooding continues across the state, with some areas seeing more than 11 inches of rain over three days beginning August 11th. The White River crested at a record height in Anderson and Noblesville, surpassing a mark that had stood since 1913, and more than 128,000 customers remained without power Sunday. President Trump approved Governor Mike Braun’s request for a federal emergency declaration Saturday, freeing up $5 million in aid, and more storms were expected to roll through the region into the new week.
Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Drone Barrages of the War on Russia
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday in one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least six people. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it shot down more than 800 drones overnight, though strikes still sparked fires at a private home in the Moscow region and at a major retail warehouse outside the capital. Russia struck back with missiles on Kryvyi Rih (KRIH-vee REEH) and Sumy (SOO-mee), killing at least three people, while a separate attack on Kyiv set fires and wounded six.
Kushner Meets With Hamas in Egypt, Heads to Israel for Netanyahu Talks
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner held a rare face-to-face meeting with Hamas leadership in Egypt Sunday, in a fresh push to save a stalled Gaza ceasefire plan. The talks come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (net-an-YAH-hoo) publicly rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed roadmap last week, demanding Hamas fully disarm before any Israeli withdrawal. Kushner is expected to sit down with Netanyahu in Israel today to try to narrow the gap.
MLB Legend Tommy John, Namesake of Career-Saving Surgery, Dies at 83
Tommy John, the pitching great known for the surgery that bears his name, has died at 83. His agent confirmed John died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturday, after a 26-year career that included 288 wins and four All-Star nods with the Yankees, Dodgers and several other clubs. John became the first pitcher to successfully return from the groundbreaking elbow reconstruction now known as Tommy John surgery, a procedure that’s since saved the careers of countless big leaguers.
