Officials to meet, discuss tax
Posted: Thursday, Sep 2nd, 2010
A group of local officials will meet on Friday with a local developer Dennis Bielfeldt, who says property taxes in Brookings are high enough to potentially stifle commercial development.
Brookings County commissioners Dennis Falken and Mary Negstad will attend the meeting, as will Commission Assistant Stephanie Vogel and Brookings County Director of Equalization Joyce Dragseth.
Bielfeldt is a ...more

Brookings Health System completes laboratory, emergency additions
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Internal construction of the emergency department and laboratory additions have been completed at Brookings Health System.
Emergency and laboratory employees began using both new additions on Monday.
The south main entrance to the emergency department is now open, although exterior work will continue for a few more weeks, hospital officials said today.
Once final work to the emergency department's ...more

Corn sales to VeraSun might be costly
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010

"It ain't over 'til it's over."
For certain, former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra didn't have VeraSun Energy's going belly-up in mind.
But his timeless words sure fit the situation that could ensnare growers who sold corn to the Brookings-based ethanol giant in the 90 days before its downfall.
In a media advisory today, the South ...more

Flandreau kids benefit from Eagle Scout project
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
When it comes to earning the highest accolade the Boy Scouts of America can bestow, the name of the game is leadership, coupled with hard work.
For Robert Francis, 18, son of David Francis and Madelyn Francis of Brookings, leadership and hard work came together in an Eagle Scout project that demanded 320 man-hours and 16 people.
The project ...more

Avera center at university dedicated on Sept. 9
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
Former CDC director Gerberding to deliver keynote address

Avera Health and South Dakota State University will dedicate the new Avera Health and Science Center on the SDSU campus with a Sept. 9 ceremony and keynote address by Dr. Julie Gerberding, a public health expert with South Dakota ties.
The dedication is scheduled for 1 p.m. on the university's ...more

SDSU students return
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
There were traffic jams in Brookings, Brookings!, Saturday as nearly 2,000 South Dakota State University freshmen, their families and thousands of other residence-hall dwellers arrived on campus for Move-In Day.

President David Chicoine even lent a hand hauling microwaves and futons, while wife Marcia piloted a golf cart-turned-moving van.

The day was wearying for some of ...more

Avera center at university dedicated on Sept. 9
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010


Avera Health and South Dakota State University will dedicate the new Avera Health and Science Center on the SDSU campus with a Sept. 9 ceremony and keynote address by Dr. Julie Gerberding, a public health expert with South Dakota ties.
The dedication is scheduled for 1 p.m. on the university's historic College Green, just west of the Avera ...more

Local woman celebrates a century
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
For Brookings resident Lucille Boyd, a retired elementary school teacher, turning 100 on Friday was a quiet occasion.
Her day of the century was marked earlier this month when about 150 family members and friends gathered to celebrate the occasion at the family's Moody County farm, purchased in 1950 by Lucille and her late husband, Ervin.
The Boyds lived on ...more

Business workshop in Brookings Sept. 9
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
A free workshop in Brookings in September will provide new and smaller businesses with helpful information on state taxes, labor laws, unemployment insurance and free business consulting services.
The Sept. 9 session is sponsored jointly by the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation, South Dakota Department of Labor, Small Business Development Center and Small Business Administration.
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