Huron News

Light to moderate rain showers are found across much of KELOLAND today. However, heavier rain showers are expected to develop later this evening, mainly after dark, from the Huron area down through southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa .

The Beadle County Rail Authority, which was formed 10 years ago but has been inactive, is being revived at the request of Advance Biofuels, a Huron ethanol plant.

It's 36-months in jail for the Creighton, Nebraska, man, who took off with his wife and kids after domestic abuse questions by police.

On April 16th, the trailer home in Huron was surrounded with crime tape, the Division of Criminal Investigation was here along witht the Beadle County Sheriff and of course the Huron Police.

Ita s been more than two months since a Huron man was shot and killed and while police have a suspect, they havena t arrested him.

Office of the Governor 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre , SD 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us MEDIA ADVISORY: CONTACT: Joe Kafka or Roxy Everson at 605-773-3212 News Tips for the week of June 22, 2009 Saturday, June 20, Huron, 9 a.m. - Grandstand tickets for the 2009 South Dakota State Fair go on sale.

The South Dakota State Fair invites amateur entertainers interested in performing with a Centennial Stage regular-Sherwin Linton and the Cotton Kings-to submit applications to the fair office.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: TOURISM TAX State tourism tax going up July 1 PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota's tourism tax goes up next month.

Willow Lake to start 4-day school weeks Eds: APNewsNow. HURON, S.D. Willow Lake has joined the list of South Dakota school districts with four-day weeks.

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press RAPID CITY, S.D. Hundreds of firefighters from around South Dakota have signed up for the State Fire School that begins Thursday in Rapid City.

The Iroquois School District east of Huron will join about 20 other South Dakota school systems and hold classes four days a week starting this fall.

SDFair-Cagle,0083 Cagle added to fair lineup Eds: APNewsNow. HURON, S.D. The South Dakota State Fair has announced the final grandstand entertainer for this summer's fair.

It started with an idea to make a change, and now it's a reality for some middle school students.

Vivian Kay Gramkow went to her eternal life with our Lord on May 2. She was born on August 6, 1955 in Wagner, S.D. to Velma and Ervin Gramkow.

To avoid the spread of Spanish influenza in 1918, Rapid City began a city-wide ordinance that prohibited people from spitting on sidewalks, according to the South Dakota State Historical Society.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation, Office of Local Transportation Programs, is proud to announce that People's Transit in Huron is the most recent rural public transit agency to provide a feeder service to Jefferson Lines, an interstate bus carrier.

Woodbury County authorities are holding a resident of Mexico on five million dollars bond for the rape and murder of a South Sioux City, Nebraska child.

HURON - A Pennsylvania man died and another person was seriously injured Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident in Huron.

An accident in Huron killed a Terre Hill man and injured his passenger. The Highway Patrol said James Schneck, 23, failed to yield at a Highway 14 intersection and his pickup was hit by a semitrailer truck Wednesday morning.

An accident in Huron took the life of a Pennsylvania man Wednesday morning. It happened at the corner of U.S. Highway 14 and Westpark Avenue.