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This holiday season, Jeri Sabie experienced an outpouring of generosity like no other in her 38 years as the secret elf behind Interlakes Community Action Partnership’s (ICAP’s) giving …

Christmas Eve was far from what Kim Johnson had imagined. Johnson, who lives just across the Moody County line near Garretson, lost her home, belongings, and pets in a devastating fire that burned …

Moody County Commissioners have postponed their response to the City of Flandreau’s invitation to join a newly formed Ambulance Task Force. A decision is now expected at their next meeting on …

The Diversity Foundation, a nonprofit volunteer organization based in St. Cloud, MN, teamed up with the United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to deliver a generous number of gifts …

Tribal spokesman Francis Wakeman initially thought it was a prank. A phone call had informed him that 500 turkeys were being donated to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe — to be delivered within …

From the Elves: We had a large need this Holiday Season, but residents came forward to provide an extra gift to our area children. All these Elves can say is: Thank you one and all, Merry …

BROOKINGS — Brookings Health System’s free six-week educational series, Understanding Grief, will begin Aug. 29. The class series is led by social worker Donna Bumann. Sessions will …

PIERRE — Recently, the South Dakota Department of Health announced that nearly 200 cities, counties, and tribes across South Dakota will collectively receive $500,000 in grants to combat …

PIERRE— The South Dakota Department of Health has confirmed the first West Nile virus (WNV) mosquito pools of the season have been detected in Brookings County. State officials urge the public …

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As husband-and-wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients. In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of …

Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series. SISSETON — All it took in spring 2024 was two small, unrelated medical service interruptions to put women’s health at risk …

BROOKINGS — With the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, reporting record numbers of airline passengers at the beginning of the summer 2024 vacation season, airports across the nation …

FLANDREAU — The stage is set in Moody County for the upcoming capital murder trial of Joseph Hoek, the man accused in the hit-and-run death of Moody County Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 20 at 11 a.m.

BROOKINGS COUNTY — A Thursday afternoon crash involving a crop-dusting plane northwest of White ended about as well as it could have: The aircraft’s pilot, Brookings resident Jeffrey …

South Dakotans by a wide margin support a constitutional amendment that would change the way the state conducts primary elections, according to a scientific poll of 500 registered voters co-sponsored …

BROOKINGS — On May 31, Prairie Docs — Dr. Andrew Ellsworth, Dr. Jill Kruse, Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger and Dr. Debra Johnston — were awarded the Community Service Award from the …

The Prairie Doc

My first experience with cardiopulmonary resuscitation was during the summer of 1969. I was an orderly in a Minneapolis intensive care unit (ICU) when my patient stopped breathing. I called for help …

Fewer than 2 out of 10 South Dakota voters went to the polls Tuesday in a primary election dominated by fallout from a legislative debate over landowner rights, which caused Republican turnover and …

BROOKINGS — In summer 2021, Badlands National Park was home to a healthy and growing population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, with approximately 300 total among the three herds. Then in …

BROOKINGS — Twelve young women from around the state will compete for the title of Miss South Dakota's Teen 2024 on May 30-31 in Brookings. The theme of this year’s competition is …

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