SIOUX FALLS (AP) – The National Weather Service has confirmed two early morning tornadoes struck Minnehaha County during severe storms on Memorial Day.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday threatened to sue the Biden administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that defines discrimination as based on sexual orientation and gender identity, while the department said it is working to get voluntary compliance before referring violations to the Department of Justice.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is not expected to take the stand for his impeachment trial, not is anyone else for the defense.
PIERRE (AP) – The South Dakota Supreme Court says a man convicted of owning dangerous dogs wasn’t afforded due process.
BROOKINGS – Inspired by her mother’s career, fifth-grader Peyton Bell wrote the winning essay in South Dakota State University’s annual “Why I Want to be a Nurse” contest.
BROOKINGS – An ordinance that would initiate a one-year moratorium on installation of new electronic message display signs is on the to-do list for the Brookings City Council.
BRUCE – A theft from a vehicle in Bruce is being investigated by the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.
BROOKINGS – If you’ve had the feeling the wind hasn’t taken a break this year, you aren’t alone.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) – Police have arrested a 40-year-old Sioux Falls man after he allegedly attacked two women.
BROOKINGS – Members of the Brookings Rotary Club gathered for their May “Thirsty Thursday” social hour at Cubby’s, gathering dozens of coats, snow pants, boots and other winter apparel for all ages.
BROOKINGS – South Dakota State University student Jessica Begeman has been selected one of the 55 Udall Undergraduate Scholarship recipients.
PIERRE – Sobriety checkpoints are planned for 15 counties statewide during June according to the state Department of Public Safety.
Church news from the Brookings area.
Upcoming meetings in the Brookings area.
BROOKINGS – Enjoy an evening with Sana Illahe, vocalist and musician trained in classical Pakistani music, at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Brookings Public Library’s Cooper Room.
BROOKINGS – South Dakota State University faculty member Jaime Lopez has received a National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award of nearly $1 million. The assistant professor in biology and microbiology hopes it will not only further his DNA repair research, but also motivate current high school students to pursue a career in science.
BROOKINGS – When you see a drone overhead, your first thought might be that it’s recording video – but that’s typically not the case with Derek T. Ver Helst’s drones.
BROOKINGS – Zoo Man Brent Mielke returned to Brookings this week as part of the Brookings Public Library’s “Big Event Wednesdays” programming.
BROOKINGS – The state on Wednesday reported 653 new COVID-19 cases and one death in South Dakota in the past week. Twenty of the new cases have been reported in Brookings County.
RAPID CITY (AP) – Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for a New York man charged with killing three people in Rapid City.
