Hutchinson County News

YANKTON - Construction on the TransCanada Keystone crude oil pipeline is moving south.

A Freeman man died in a rollover crash early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 1:45 a.m. near the junction of U.S. Highway 18 and US Highway 81 in Hutchinson County.

OLIVET - The Hutchinson County Commission is seeking a disaster declaration from the governor for a July 9 storm that affected nearly 70,000 acres of crops and caused millions of dollars in damages.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly accident in Hutchinson County.

Last Thursday, we showed you footage of a hailstorm that tore through Bon Homme and Hutchinson County, destroying buildings and ripping trees out of the ground.

A string of storms that pummeled southeastern South Dakota this week and dumped almost 10 inches of rain on towns such as Martin the past two weeks is likely to continue, a National Weather Service official says.

Powerful straight-line winds are being blamed for damage in Menno, where roofs were ripped off buildings and trees fell on a couple vehicles and littered streets as tornado-spawning storms raged across eastern South Dakota Tuesday night.

Just over 700 people live in the Hutchinson County community of Menno. About 8:30 Tuesday night high winds and hail hit the town and in it's wake there was a lot of tree damage and some damage to homes.

Many cities are dealing with the clean-up from those storms today and the city of Menno is one of them.

A strong storm moved through Menno Tuesday night, leaving behind a path of damage.

You may not have heard of it and might have a hard time tracking it down on a map.