- Farmers look to keep VeraSun contracts
VeraSun Energy Corp.'s bankruptcy has left farmers wondering how much longer the ethanol giant will continue to honor its corn contracts.
- VeraSun Falls On Tough Times
The country's largest producer of ethanol is falling victim to the current economic crisis and may be on the brink of bankruptcy.
- 21 county businesses fail alcohol sting
Authorities say that 21 Brookings County businesses 14 in the City of Brookings and the other seven outside the county's largest community have failed alcohol compliance checks by selling alcohol to individuals ...
- Teens injured in Elkton school bus collision
Lake Benton, Minn., school bus lies on its side near the intersection of 218th Street and 487th Avenue, just south of Elkton Wednesday afternoon , after being hit by a Ford Explorer.
- Three teens injured in SUV accident
Three teens were injured in a bus and sport-utility vehicle accident on Wednesday east of Elkton.
- Aurora housing development expands to 50 lots
Progress on the MILPARC development is moving along, both in planning and construction.
- Counties Receive Communication Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Thursday, July 24, 2008 CONTACT Counties Receive Communication Grants Pierre , S.D . -Emergency communication capabilities across are getting an upgrade thanks to a Homeland Security ...
- Coffee can bandit hits Aurora bank
Aurora police and the FBI are searching for a man who held up a downtown Aurora bank Tuesday morning with a coffee can.
- 27 SD Counties Get Presidential Declaration
From the Office of Governor Mike Rounds: Governor Mike Rounds announced today that 27 South Dakota counties and three reservations are receiving federal financial assistance to help recover from the early June ...
- Independence Day 2008
It's not unlike a religion where those who have the least often have the most faith.
- You Know You're A Redneck When...
Even if I were to live down to that mock driver's license photo I doubt if I could conjure up a redneck period like the one I've been experiencing lately.
- Stricherz running for District 8 seat
Patricia Stricherz of rural Dell Rapids has announced her candidacy for District 8 House of Representatives.
- Aurora driver falls asleep, hits tree
An Aurora man suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash between Brookings and Aurora Monday evening.
- Clearing landscape for cottage
BROOKINGS - The branches of the 90-foot ash tree bobbed and weaved in the heavy wind while eight arborticulture students rigged up a pulley system lashing the big tree to a smaller tree across the yard of ...
- Barn burns to ground near city
Firefighters were on the scene within minutes, but in that short time a fire in a barn south of town had fully engulfed the structure.
- My Les Paul Special
Posted by: Doug Lund - 06/10/2008 12:00 AM Les Paul turned 93 this week. I'm guessing a lot of you..especially those of you under 40..haven't the remotest idea of who Les Paul is.
- Klavetter seeks another term
"I don't let personal feelings get involved in my decisions. I try to do what's right for the people."
"Quite frankly, we're right in the middle of a lot of things that I kind of want to see through: the space needs issue, which is very difficult to deal with. via Brookings Register Online
- Tornado watch issued for Minnehaha County
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the following South Dakota counties: Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Davidson, Douglas, Faulk, Hamlin, ... via Argus Leader
- Ethanol plant looks to growth
"That's higher than it would have been around the local market here"
As the fledgling biofuels industry develops, more than ethanol eventually could be pumped out of a Woodbury plant. via Lansing State Journal
