Lake Preston News

Beginning Nov. 1, visitors planning group outings to South Dakota state parks can start making lodge and group camping reservations for 2010 arrivals.

Our KSFY-Touchstone Energy "Scholar of the Week" is Ashley Hesby from Lake Preston High School and as we found, her spare time is at a premium because she does so much! Multimedia Lake Preston senior Ashley Hesby is a bit of a dynamo when it comes to her school career.

Showers and t-storms are still producing areas of heavy rain this morning. Rainfall totals reported so far as of 7am include: Canistota: 2.65" Platte: 2.75" Lake Preston: 3-5".local flooding last night Downtown Sioux Falls: .25"but more rain is falling now.

Dylan Nelson rescued his brother and cousin from a strong current in Lake Madison, but he couldn't save himself.

Dylan Nelson rescued his brother and cousin from a strong current in Lake Madison, but he couldn't save himself.

Dylan Nelson rescued his brother and cousin from a strong current in Lake Madison, but he couldn't save himself.

Dylan Nelson rescued his brother and cousin from a strong current in Lake Madison, but he couldn't save himself.

Dylan Nelson rescued his brother and cousin from a strong current in Lake Madison, but he couldn't save himself.

Ervin Krutzfeldt, a soybean farmer from Wolsey, has been elected president of the South Dakota Soybean Association.

Ervin Krutzfeldt, a soybean farmer from Wolsey, has been elected president of the South Dakota Soybean Association.

Did you burn your burger or scorch your steak this Fourth of July weekend? If that was the case, you may be in the market for a new grill.

Five people were injured in a two-vehicle crash near De Smet this afternoon. A Huron girl, 16, was driving a 1992 Ford Tempo east on Highway 14 four miles east of De Smet when she was passing two semi-trucks, said Josh Olson, state Highway Patrol trooper.

Wilmina Landegent of Rock Valley, Iowa, will celebrate her 85th birthday Friday, June 12, with a family dinner.

To be honest, I wasn't sure how many would actually show up at the Shrine Mosque in Sioux Falls Sunday evening for the very first South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association hall of fame induction ceremony and dance.

History will be made on May 24. That's the day the South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will welcome its first members.