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Gluten free goodies at HomeBrew

You may not have noticed HomeBrew Coffee Shop in the unobtrusive brick building across from the Pennington County Courthouse. Grouchy made a quick unplanned morning stop at HomeBrew having taken Kansas City Street to avoid nomads who were holding up traffic as they traveled down Fifth Street in their large home, and was surprised to find some good pastries there […]

Graduating Class of 1949-1950 at Holy Rosary Mission

Daylight savings time throws off our circadian rhythm

Spring time is here! However, there are a lot of people who are hesitant to say this. We can remember too many times in the past when we claim spring weather too early to be doused in snow later. This happened in April of 2013 when the Black Hills of South Dakota received the snowiest month on record receiving a […]

Chief Yellow Hawk signer of Fort Laramie Treaty

Chief Yellow Hawk (also known as Ci-tan-gi) was a leader of the Sans Arc Lakota (Itazipco) a sub-group of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe. In 1867 Yellow Hawk was a member of the delegation of Native American representatives who signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty and in 1868, the Treaty of Fort Laramie, protecting tribal lands from further seizure and encroachment by the United States Government. During the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Yellow Hawk was […]

Lavender creme brûlée cheese cake at Fork Real Community Café

Finding an out of the way, uncongested place to eat lunch is sometimes not an easy task, especially when you’re in a hurry. However Grouchy may have found the perfect place to dine, a diner that is not only a great place to eat, but affordable at the same time. And when we say affordable, we mean it’s a unique […]

Jackie’s Smart TV outsmarted us

Spring looks to be a little early this year. We cannot remember a time that the winter months have been so warm. For the past three years spring has been skipped all together. Temperatures had gone from mid-30 to a consistent 80 degrees or more during those times. Trees were just beginning to bloom in late May. No one can […]

This Day in History – February, 1973

This Day in History – Feb. 27, 1973 Russell Means and Dennis Banks were two of the AIM leaders who occupied Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973. Among the American Indian Movement (AIM) membership, February 27th is known as Liberation Day to mark the occupation of the hamlet of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. […]

Ryan’s truck was literally a stick in the mud

  Well once again the artic temperatures have vacated the Black Hills region leaving us with we consider balmy temperatures for February. With all the roads dry on the reservations we forgot about one thing…mud. That is what our graphic artist Ryan Charging Cloud experienced as he tried to make his way back to Rapid City from the rez. As […]

Albertano’s made Grouchy’s taste buds do the Cha Cha

  Grouchy had heard about the newest Mexican Restaurant in town, Albertano’s, from a co-worker, who raved about the new eatery located at 1565 N. Haines. So when her daughter invited her out to lunch and asked if she wanted to eat at Albertano’s, Grouchy gladly accepted the invite. Daughter said she had been to Albertano’s a couple of times […]

Chief Red Horse (1822-1907), Miniconjou Sioux chief Red Horse was a sub-chief of the Miniconjou Sioux.[1] He fought in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, and in 1881 he gave one of the few detailed accountings of the event. Red Horse drew 42 ledger book drawings illustrating the Battle of Little Big Horn. The drawings show hand-to-hand warfare in a brutally honest manner, and have been […]


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