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City Government

City Map
City Parks & Pools
Civic Center
Council and Committee Meetings & Minutes
Election
Fire Department
Library
Licenses
Municipal Codes
Police
Schools
Zoning (zoning questions are only answered in person)

Pennington County

Birth, Death and Divorce Records
315 Saint Joseph Street Suite 104. Rapid City, SD 57701 - (605)394-2177 or E-Mail the Registrar

Elections
Meetings
Property Lines
Register of Deeds
Sex Offenders
Warrants

Visitor Information

Airport Information
Area Attractions
Bus Routes
Campgrounds
Chamber of Commerce click for website or call (605) 343-1744
Dahl Art Center
Downtown Tram
Entertainment
Hiking Paths
Hospital
Hotel or Bed and Breakfast
Journey Museum
Laundromats
Maps
Movie Theaters
President’s Walk Downtown - Office: 631 Main St., Rapid City, SD 57701
The office has no phone number - call Dallerie Davis @ (605) 490-4001

Restaurants
Visitor’s Bureau

Area Tourism

Badlands
Deadwood
Devils Tower
Game, Fish and Parks
Hot Springs
Mount Rushmore
Sturgis
Visitor Information Center

Area Services

Medical Info, Food, Shelter, Financial Aid, etc
211 Help Line

Airforce-Wide Locator
Air Force Personnel Center AFPC/DPDXIDL, 550 C St West Ste 50, Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4752 or call (210) 565-2660

Art Appraisal
Duane Baumgartner (605) 342-1584

Bird Watching
Northern Hills Bird Club

Book Binding
Houchen Bindery Ltd., 340 1st St., Utica, NE 68456, or call (402) 534-224 or 1-800-869-0420

Book Clubs
The Badlands Mystery Book Club is a free book club that meets on the third Monday of each month in Conference Room A at the Rapid City Library. For more information call 430-1112.

Child Care Resources
First Place Child Care Directory
The Daycare Resource Connection
Children & Family Services

Community Education
Career Learning Center

Community Groups & Events
Rapid City Journal Events Calendar
Raben Real Estate Community Groups Listing

Fax & Color Copies
Copy Country, 1026 W. Main, 342-0425 (Fax $1, Color Copy $0.59 first page and $0.49 for the next 99)
Office Depot, 1331 W. Omaha, 341-0474 (Fax local $1.99 first page and $1.00 for the rest, long distance $2.75 first and $1.50 for the rest, Color Copy $0.59)

Genealogy
RC Society for Genealogical Research PO Box 1495, RC SD 57709
Glenda Neal 342-5717, Marilyn Saenz 348-3108, Lois Wigen 716-7388

Hospitals / Clinics
Rapid City Regional Hospital - 353 Fairmont Blvd., Rapid City, SD 57701
Rapid City Medical Center - 2201 Jackson Blvd # 102, Rapid City or call (605) 348-4645
Urgent Care, 2820 Mount Rushmore Rd, Rapid City - (605) 388-5590
Rapid Care Medical & Occupational Health Center, 408 Knollwood Dr, Rapid City - (605) 341-6600

Humane Society
Humane Society of the Black Hills
1820 East St. Patrick Street, Rapid City, SD 57703
Administrative Office: (605) 394-6906, Shelter: (605) 394-4170, Animal Control: (605) 394-4132

Job Hunting
Knowledge Network

Legal Services
Dakota Plains Legal Services Legal Services for the Low Income
Office: 528 Kansas City St, Suite #1, Rapid City, SD - Contact: Daniel L. Jongeling @ (605) 342-7171

Rental Properties
Rapid City Journal - Real Estate for Rent

Services for the Blind
Dr. Joseph Harrison, Kibben Kuster, (605) 394-1813 (during the day) or (605) 721-5423 (at night)
South Dakota Services for the Blind - visit website or call (605) 394-2253
State Library Braille and Talking Book Library - visit website or call 1-800-423-6665 (SD only); (605) 773-3131

Support Groups
Rapid City Family Support Groups

Social Groups
Club and Support Group Meetings

Small Business
Counselors for America’s Small Business SCORE
AARP South Dakota Information Center - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday
Rushmore Mall - 2200 N Maple Avenue, Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-7798 - Fax: (605) 394-7727
sdaarp@aarp.org

Wi-Fi Services

Writing Groups
Black Hills Writers Group - Meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Rapid City School Administration Building.
BHWG, P.O. Box 1539, Rapid City, SD 57709-1539 Email: bhwg@blackhillswritersgroup.org

High Plains Writers Group- Meetings vary but usually are held at Paddy O’Neil’s
Natalie Neumann 399-3604 or Jason Walker 394-4171 ext. 2243
highplainswriters@yahoogroups.com

Area Information

Blood Drives
United Blood Service - 2209 W. Omaha St., Rapid City, phone (605) 342-8585

Dusel Underground Lab
RCPL Dusel Page
Sanford Lab
National Science Foundation
Homestake Goldmine Visitor Center
NSF Deep Science

Government Documents for Review
Housed at the Rapid City Public Library in the Reference Department

Higher Education Schools
Black Hills State University
National American University
Rapid City Area Public Schools
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Western Dakota Technical Institute

Housing
Community Development, Barb Garcia 394-4181
Statistics at City-Data.com

Literacy
Literacy Council of the Black Hills - Meeting: 5:15 p.m. second Thursday, Rapid City Public Library.
For more information, call the Literacy Network at Rushmore Mall, 394-5454

Local Newspapers/Magazines/TV Stations
Mondo Times Media Directory

Local Weather
Weather Underground
KOTA Territory News – First Weather Alert
The Weather Channel: Pollen Count

Shelters
SD Homeless Shelters
Corner Stone Rescue Mission - 30 Main Street, Rapid City, SD 57709 - Phone Number: (605)341-2844
Women Against Violence (WAVI) - Rapid City, SD 57701, phone: (605) 341-3292 - Hotline: 605-867-1035, 1-888-716-9284

Sports
News
Sports and Recreation
Sport Events and Locations

Area History

1972 Rapid City Flood
Rapid City Public Library Flood Site

Historical Maps
Sanborn Maps under Resources at the Library

Historic Preservation
Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission

Journey Museum
222 New York St., Rapid City, SD 57701-1199 - (605) 394-6923

Major Reported Events
South Dakota History

Mayors of Rapid City
A list of Rapid City city managers/mayors can be found in the front of the 1962 and 1969 Rapid City Code of Ordinances. The 1962 edition also has a page of information about the founding and incorporation of Rapid City. The call number is 352.9783 R218r (reference shelves)

Native American History
Facts on File Online History

Obituaries
Rapid City Journal Obituaries