Driver swept off washed-out road
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010

A 20-year-old driver from White was injured Thursday morning when she was unable to stop her vehicle for a washed-out road in eastern Brookings County.
The accident is a scary reminder of a problem some parts of the county are having during what is usually a dry time of year, flooded roads.
Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring said authorities were ...more

Regents to act on SDSU building
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010
The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Phase II Addition at South Dakota State University is inching closer to reality.
A building committee of the South Dakota Board of Regents was scheduled to meet via teleconference Friday to approve construction documents and bid advertisements for the new addition, which would be located to the west of the existing EECS building ...more

Rains ruining roads
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010


Brookings County roads suffered minimal water damage this year, but that wasn't the case for township roads.
Brookings County Emergency Manager Todd Struwe said township roads suffered the most water damage, as far as total dollar amount, he has seen in seven or eight years.
Despite heavy spring flooding and summer rains, none of the Brookings ...more

First look at ‘Citico’ government center
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010
Members of the Joint Powers Board hosted an open house Wednesday evening to unveil the proposed exterior schematic design of the Brookings city/county administration center.

Shown above is the rendering, by Cannon Moss Brygger Architects, with a view from its north side along Third Street.

Joint Powers Board Chairman Mike Bartley said Cannon Moss Brygger initially ...more

‘Refi’ saves city $1M
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010

City officials say Brookings will save a bundle after refinancing its existing debt at a time of historically low interest rates.
With the recent refinancing of outstanding debt for previous projects, the City of Brookings will save $1,032,980 in borrowing costs over the life of the debt, the city announced in a press release this week.
City Manager Jeff ...more

White mourns former pastor
Posted: Friday, Sep 3rd, 2010
Members of the First Baptist Church in White today are mourning the loss of one of their own.
Chaplain Dale Goetz, who had served as pastor of the White congregation, was among five soldiers killed Monday in Afghanistan.
Although he's been gone from the region for several years, he's still well loved and respected by his friends and neighbors in ...more

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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