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By Mondell Keck | The Brookings Register  BROOKINGS — The remains of a Sioux Falls teenager were found near Brookings on March 19, authorities confirmed during a Sioux Falls Police Department news conference on March 23.  McKenna Wendel, 14, had been missing for nearly a week prior to the discovery that involved the efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies — including the Brookings…

“I’ve been living on borrowed time since 1960,” Loran Perry said. “I survived a car crash that would have killed anybody else. I got up and walked away from it. That got my attention.” Perry, now 89, has had an eventful life during his past 66 years of borrowed time,…

BROOKINGS — Inquisitive members of the public flocked to an open house at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings on March 18 to learn more about possible future uses for the facility and to give their two cents on what matters the most to them.

BROOKINGS — Last weekend’s blizzard in and around Brookings was a gusty affair, one that sent freshly fallen snow airborne once more — and with it, trash from the Brookings Regional Landfill.

BROOKINGS — For all its positives — access to information, remote work, sharing photos with family and watching silly videos — the internet can also be a dangerous place for unwary netizens, and especially children.

BROOKINGS — Students in the local Brookings High School HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) chapter recently completed a successful hygiene drive aimed at supporting youth in the Brookings community who face hygiene insecurity. The drive ran from Feb. 9 to 18 and encouraged students, families, and community members to…

On March 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. a storm spotter class is scheduled at the Brookings East Fire Department, 607 20th Ave., just east of Burger King. This article is the first of a few that will cover spring weather preparedness.

This week’s readings from the Revised Common Lectionary are highly complementary. When we consider the Old Testament reading from Ezekiel 37 (The Valley of the Dry Bones) we tend to focus on the imagery of the bones coming together, being overlaid with sinews, and enfleshed. But God’s message at the…

Brookings Superintendent Summer Schultz, left, presents a Bobcats Exhibiting Success and Triump Award to Autumn Peterson, teacher at Dakota Prairie Elementary. Peterson was nominated for the BEST award by parent Ashley Gladis. Gladis said the kindness, compassion and caring exhibitied by Peterson makes learning fun and engaging for her students.…

Read all about what Brookings-area groups have planned in the days ahead.