Mount Vernon News

Thunderstorms last night damaged large trees and dumped more than an inch of rain on some South Dakota communities, according to reports today from the National Weather Service.

Tornado warnings have been issued for Davison and eastern Aurora counties until 5:45 p.m. National Weather Service radar indicated a tornado near Mount Vernon moving east at 15 mph at 5:11 p.m., the weather service in Sioux Falls said.

Q: In February 2007, I weighed 247 pounds. I went on a liquid diet - 900 calories a day - because my blood pressure was so high.

The South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America voted today to uphold its current policy, preventing gay and lesbian clergy from being in a committed relationship while serving as pastors.

Mitchell Area Office PO Box 1206 Phone: 995-8120 FAX: 995-8121 May 14, 2009 Contact: Tammy Williams, Eric Prunty, or Tim Marshall 995-8120 Mitchell , S.D. Work has begun in preparation for non-reinforced concrete paving between Mount Vernon and White Lake in the west bound lanes on Interstate 90.

An experiment to reduce the number of deer-vehicle collisions along Interstate 90 near Mitchell is now in its second year, but officials involved with the project say they have yet to see a major change in the number of accidents.

Davison County has had no devastating floods such as the one that this week is hitting Fargo, N.D., but the James River, Firesteel Creek and even Dry Run Creek have overrun their banks over the years.

The SDHSAA approved a request earlier this month for Corsica and Stickney high schools to join forces in all boysa sports and girlsa track and field.

Bobby Miller clearly remembers the first time he saw a series of quilts designed by Mount Vernon's Goldie Lorang.

South Dakota seniors soon will see their own piece of the economic stimulus package on their breakfast, lunch and dinner plates.

A Mount Vernon farmer says there are multiple reasons why an October 2008 ticket for a bridge overweight violation should have been dismissed, the least of which was an error in procedure by the Davison County ...

If another snowstorm hits the area, the state Department of Transportation may have to make some budgetary shifts to ensure its fleet of snowplows can hit the road.

Davison County commissioners adopted bridge load limits Tuesday at the courthouse after learning that their failure to do so allowed the dismissal of an overweight ticket worth a potential $20,516. Davison ...

About a dozen area property owners jammed the commissioner's room at the courthouse Tuesday to register their objections to any plan that might return county roads to gravel.

Spring is not far off, which means it's time for golfers to start dusting off their clubs and fine-tuning that swing.

For the first time in his career as city maintenance superintendent, Gene Deinert had to deal with a temporarily dead garbage truck.