Deuel County, SD

WATERTOWN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The East Central Court Appointed Special Advocates, otherwise known as CASA, are looking for more volunteers to advocate for foster children in eastern South Dakota. East Central Casa represents foster children in Codington, Clark, Grank, Deuel, Hamlin, Brookings, Lake, Minor, Moody and Kingsbury County....

The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld decisions by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to allow expert testimony and issue a permit for the development of a wind farm in Codington, Grand and Deuel counties. The Supreme Court opinions, filed Aug. 3, upheld the permit issued for the Crowned Ridge...

The Grant and Deuel County emergency management agencies hosted a full-scale exercise at Alice Lake on Thursday, July 21. The Milbank Fire Department sent 20 members. Squads from Big Stone, Brandt, Clear Lake, Corona, Gary, Goodwin, Marvin, Revillo, Stockholm, and Toronto also participated. Kevin Schuelke, head of Grant County Emergency...

DEUEL COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — Authorities in Deuel County say a teen who was reported missing in Clear Lake Thursday afternoon has been found. Thursday, July 14 – 5 p.m. The Deuel County Sheriff’s Office is currently asking for the public’s help locating a runaway teen.

DEUEL COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — Five juveniles were injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Monday, July 4. According to the Deuel County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was headed eastbound on 181st Street, just east of Highway 15, when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle entered...

A Scottsbluff woman died late Saturday night after her vehicle was hit from behind by a semi-trailer truck. The Dodge Caravan was traveling westbound on I-80 in Deuel County when it was hit, according to Nebraska State Patrol. Haroldene Rodriguez, 55, was ejected as the vehicle rolled and was pronounced dead on the scene.

A Canadian bicyclist who was struck last week along Interstate 29 in Deuel County has died, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. Jean-Pierre "J.P." Petit, 53, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was first taken to a hospital in Brookings, then transferred to a hospital in Sioux Falls. He died Monday, according to a...

BROOKINGS, S.D. – A biker, Jean-Pierre Petit, 53, of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, died due to injuries from a vehicle-bicycle crash last Thursday north of Brookings. According to a South Dakota Department of Public Safety press release, the current crash information states that Petit was riding his Krypton Argon 18-speed bicycle south along the fogline of Interstate 29 when he was hit by a 2015 International straight truck also driving south.

WATERTOWN, S.D.(Watertown Public Opinion)- A Canadian bicyclist who was struck last week along Interstate 29 in Deuel County has died, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. Jean-Pierre “J.P.” Petit, 53, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was first taken to a hospital in Brookings, then transferred to a hospital in...

A 53-year-old Canadian man has died as a result of injuries sustained shortly before Noon Thursday in a vehicle-bicycle crash about 17-miles north of Brookings in Deuel County. According to the South Dakota Highway patrol Jean-Pierre Petit of Winnipeg, Manitoba was riding his bicycle southbound along the fogline of Interstate...

GRANT COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — The National Weather Service (NWS) says seven tornadoes touched down in the May 30 storms, including an EF3 tornado in Deuel County. The areas hit by the Memorial Day afternoon storm are the same areas that were hit hard by the derecho and tornadoes on May 12.

ABERDEEN, S.D. — The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has confirmed that four tornadoes touched down on Memorial Day in northeastern South Dakota. A preliminary damage report from surveyors says three of the tornadoes touched down in Deuel County, and one touched down in Grant County. The strongest was...