Chamberlain News

South Dakota officials are closing Interstate 90 between Chamberlain and Mitchell, effective at noon today.

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Officials manning the South Dakota Emergency Operations Center in Pierre have announced that all of Interstate-29 from border to border is closed at 7:00 PM Thursday night.

South Dakota officials have closed Interstate 90 from Chamberlain to Rapid City.

Communities along the interstates seemed to be prepared to welcome stranded travelers who might try to brave a Christmas Day blizzard that was expected to continue all day and possibly into Saturday morning.

Late Thursday afternoon South Dakota safety officials announced road closures for much of the state.

A free H1N1 vaccination clinic will be offered in Chamberlain and Kimball next week.

As of December 14, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and SD Dept of Health have opened the opportunity for the general public to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

The 1st Annual Chamberlain-Oacoma Area Chamber Ice Fishing Tourney will be Saturday, January 30th.

Crow Creek Sioux tribal members and supporters Monday vowed to set up tipis on land auctioned by the Internal Revenue Service, and the tribe's chairman promised to stay at the site despite bitterly cold temperatures and go without food.

Richard Benda, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Tourism and State Development, is hosting a series of meetings this month throughout the state to discuss the latest update on the 2010 Initiative.

Jessica Giard/Sun Twenty area families will have a brighter Thanksgiving thanks to the Missouri River Gobblers, the local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

By Lucy Halverson Two Presho teenage girls died in an early morning one-vehicle rollover accidentA Friday about 5 miles west of Presho on Highway 248.A A third woman was seriously injured.

A 16-year-old Chamberlain High School student has been hit by a car near the intersection of North Boulevard and Busch Boulevard.

The Brule County Sheriff's office says they've located the car that Angelina Walters used to escape a Chamberlain courtroom on Tuesday.

Authorities have identified the two people who died and one who was seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover early this morning on old Highway 16 about five miles west of Presho.

Make plans to join the Chamberlain-Oacoma Area Chamber of Commerce/CVB and Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center today for Chamber After Hours.

CHAMBERLAIN - The Brule County sheriff's office is looking for a woman who fled from a Chamberlain courtroom after being sentenced to prison.

The State of South Dakota, Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center and Avera Community Clinic will be hosting a free H1N1 vaccination clinic Monday, November 16 from 2 pm a ' 6 pm.

They call her "The Walker," befitting a woman who ritually strolls the streets of Chamberlain - along the main thoroughfares, through neighborhoods, at all hours and in all seasons.