Lake County News

Forget Mother Nature; the bane of East River farmers this summer is Mother Goose.

KELOLAND News is learning more about the conditions at Lake Madison when 18-year-old Dylan Nelson drowned Saturday afternoon.

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

The Lake County Sheriff's office says Dylan Nelson's body was found around 10 p.m. Saturday.

The Lake County Sheriff's office says Dylan Nelson's body was found around 10 p.m. Saturday.

The body of an 18-year-old man who drowned in Lake Madison in Southeast South Dakota Saturday afternoon has been found.

Search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a young man who drowned Saturday at Lake Madison.

Authorities found the body of 18-year-old Dylan Nelson late Saturday night. The Lake County Sheriff says Dylan Nelson,18, and two others were wading in sandbars near Walker's Point on Lake Madison Saturday.

USDA's ACRE program is about price protection, not how much money you can make -- that's what one county Farm Service Agency executive director said she is telling producers.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 07/13/2009 9:36 AM [Part 5 of a series!] Last I checked, District 8 State Senator Russell Olson lives within the proposed boundaries of the Interlakes Water Project District.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 07/12/2009 10:28 AM [Part 1 of a series!] I'm not sold yet on the idea of forming a water project district around Lake Madison and Brant Lake.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/26/2009 9:28 AM More cheers for earmarks in Lake County! Wednesday's Madison Daily Leader reports that Senator Tim Johnson shoehorned $400K into the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill to help build a sewer system around Brant Lake.

Several years ago I purchased the Bennington Flag. I was proud to display it since one of my ancestors was at the Battle of Bennington.

Brandon Gust, a state Game, Fish & Parks conservation officer serving the Lake County area, has been named the 2008 South Dakota Boating Officer of the Year by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 04/28/2009 7:45 AM Is the unemployment line half full or half empty? Stats from the South Dakota Department of Labor indicate that Lake County had 5.3% unemployment in March.