Mondell Keck
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Huge power project draws scrutiny in Brookings County
BROOKINGS — A proposed power transmission project that would pass through the east side of Brookings County is already generating a lot of controversy despite being years away from completion, if it’s even approved in the first place.
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Sinai resident heading to prison for rape
BROOKINGS — A man from Sinai is going to prison after being sentenced March 4 for having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
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Winter weather returning to Brookings area Friday afternoon
Guess what, folks? Old Man Winter’s taking center stage starting Friday afternoon as a winter weather advisory goes into effect at 3 p.m. and continues to 9 a.m. Saturday. This is what to watch for: • What: Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations up to 1 inch and ice accumulations…
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Plan underway for new restaurant in Brookings
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — The old Whiskey Creek Wood Fire Grill location in Brookings is about to gain new life as Mac’s Eastside Grill. Brookings resident Al Kurtenbach, who owns the site at 631 32nd Ave., is spearheading the effort. The information surfaced at the…
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Big Sioux River dike plans spark concerns in Brookings County
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — The Big Sioux River can be pernicious at times, especially during the spring snowmelt and heavy rain events, but an ongoing effort to alleviate some of those woes raised more questions and concerns than answers at a meeting this week in…
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Downtown Brookings recovering one year after Brost’s Fashions blaze
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Almost one year ago — this coming Tuesday, to be precise — a blaze in downtown Brookings reshaped the business district in a way it hadn’t been in years. Brost’s Fashions at 318 Main Ave. burned to the ground, with the…
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Mondell’s Musings: If only I could have brought a part of Aberdeen to Brookings with me
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — It took some time, but it eventually happened: I grew to love Aberdeen after I moved there in May 1998. I had just graduated with a journalism degree from South Dakota State University, and there was a career waiting for me…
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Mondell’s Musings: Writer’s love for trains started rolling down the rails in childhood
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Ive been fascinated by trains and railroad tracks ever since I was a wee 5-year-old lad in Flandreau. Im pretty sure it crystallized the day Mom stopped the car we were in for a freight train that was slowly rolling through…
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Mondell’s Musings: Watching traffic go by the by and by
By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register I am a self-described small moments kind of guy, a person who finds fulfillment in such banal things as a delighted smile quirking someones lips while they enjoy homemade apple pie, a parent chasing after a very mobile and spirited toddler or a…
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Suicide numbers remain high in US
NEW YORK U.S. suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nations history, preliminary data suggests. A little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in 2023, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number that could grow a little as some…
