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Teacher, superintendent offer resignations in Elkton
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A teacher and the superintendent in the Elkton School District offered resignations after a sex offender was a visitor the school, a news release from the school board president Derek Frerichs said. Andrew Polly was charged with loitering in a safe zone stemming from...
SD Department of Corrections announces offender death
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - State prison offender Brian Gibbons has died, according to a release shared by the Department of Corrections on Tuesday. Gibbons, 47, passed away at a Sioux Falls hospital on Monday. He was serving a sentence for First-Degree Robbery from Brookings County at the...
Sister finds her farm safety voice as a SDSU student and athlete
College is a life-changing experience for many people, but Jaiden Boomsma’s life changed well before she arrived on the campus of South Dakota State University (SDSU). Seven years ago this month, when Jaiden was 15, she lost her little brother Jaxon in a tractor runover on their grandparents’ farm. Soon after, the Boomsma family established a memorial to “Keep his Smile Alive” and try to prevent a similar tragedy from striking another family.
SDSU’s ‘Bold & Blue’ seven-year campaign raises $604 million
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota State University celebrated a successful campaign on Thursday. Back in 2017, the state started “Bold & Blue” with the goal to raise $500 million for the college, and it was announced that they had succeeded in that goal by raising $604 million.
Say hello to this year’s SD Principal of the Year
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) – Good educators are all around us. Now one South Dakota principal is being honored for his years of dedication to preparing students for the future. “He develops relationships with staff, students, community,” George S. Mickelson Middle School Assistant Principal Matt Christie said. “His promotion...
Brookings facility using natural gas from cattle manure is first of several planned by utility
BROOKINGS — A new facility sending renewable natural gas made from dairy cattle manure to local energy customers could be the first of several such plants, a utility company said Monday while celebrating Earth Day. Natural gas is mostly methane. It’s typically extracted by fracking and drilling into shale...
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