Moody County News

PIERRE, S.D. It all started in 1881with a small cottonwood seedling planted in a hole left by a survey crew.

Farmers across much of eastern and central South Dakota took advantage of days of mostly dry weather last week to make some serious gains on bringing in their crops.

Brookings firefighters extinguished a half-acre grass fire in southern Brookings County on Tuesday afternoon.

Dell Rapids School District NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION Voter registration for the School Bond Election to be held on the 16th day of November 2009 will close on the 2nd day of November 2009.

A tornado warning remains in effect until 2:45 p.m. for central Minnehaha County, southeast Lake County and southwest Moody County, according to the National Weather Service.

A tornado warning remains in effect until 2:45 p.m. for central Minnehaha County, southeast Lake County and southwest Moody County, according to the National Weather Service.

Brookings police say a 29-year-old Clear Lake man and a 24-year-old Sioux Falls man are in trouble after shooting a BB gun at a moving vehicle on Interstate 29.

FLANDREAU - Police Chief Ken James views the city he serves as a mosaic. Its residents, he says, are the mosaic tiles, and the variety they bring to the community makes life colorful and complete.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 07/27/2009 9:51 AM June numbers from the South Dakota Department of Labor paint a bleak picture for the Lake County economy: our unemployment rate here jumped to 7.7%, up from May's 6.9%. 7.7% is the highest unemployment Lake County has seen since January 1992.

Authorities in Moody County are investigating the cause of a house fire. It broke out around 11 p.m. Wednesday on a farm three miles west of Trent.

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 29, 2009 Tuesday, June 30, Pierre, 8 a.m. The Department of Labor's Cosmetology Commission will be holding a meeting at 111 East Capitol.

UPDATED: 10:03 p.m. Severe weather has redeveloped prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Tornado Warning until 10:30 p.m. for parts of eastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota.