Fulton News

Darleen Petersen of Hardwick, Minn., will celebrate her 80th birthday Wednesday, Aug.

South Dakota native Laurie Fulton is the new U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Fulton is a Sioux Falls native who later lived in Brookings.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SAY THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA TWISTERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT ONE TORNADO IN NORTH DAKOTA'S STARK COUNTY DAMAGED BUILDINGS ON A FARMSTEAD.

Storms spawned two tornadoes in southwest North Dakota and as many as five in southeast South Dakota.

A tornado was reported near Fulton at 9:41 p.m. or 11 miles east of Mitchell moving southeast at 30 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press MITCHELL, S.D. A surgeon, 58-year-old Jerome K. Howe of Mitchell, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of making a threatening or harassing phone call to a newspaper editor.

A Fulton, S.D., man who has raised bison for 47 years says the demand for bison meat far outweighs the supply.

In the 47 years that Ralph Mahoney has raised bison outside of Fulton, he's seen the industry go through its fair share of bad times.