Brookings, SD (8-28-26) — The City of Brookings is updating its ash tree removal guidelines now that emerald ash borer (EAB) is present throughout the community. Effective August 2026, ash trees may be removed any time of the year. Brookings’ seasonal moratorium on ash tree removal was originally established after
BROOKINGS, S.D. (9-1-26) — Kristi Tornquist, dean of Hilton M. Briggs Library at South Dakota State University, has announced her upcoming retirement after more than 15 years of service to the university. Tornquist’s last day at SDSU will be Jan. 21, 2027. Significant accomplishments during Tornquist’s tenure include leading Briggs
BROOKINGS (9-2-26) — Last month, country music legend Dolly Parton passed away. Among her many achievements was Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which distributes free books to preschoolers. Heidi Gullickson is Executive Director of the Brookings Area United Way, a longtime partner of the program… “Those books come directly from Dolly
PIERRE, S.D. (9-2-26) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that Marlys Big Eagle, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and resident of Fort Thompson, SD, has been named as the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person Specialist. “Marlys has spent her career helping victims of
BROOKINGS (9-1-26) — South Dakota State University has opened a “Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies” to promote on-campus AI literacy. Dennis Hedge is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SDSU. He said students need to be prepared to live and work in a world strongly influenced
BROOKINGS (9-3-26) — A six-year old girl is injured in a car-bicycle accident. Brookings Police say it happened yesterday (Wednesday, Sept. 2) shortly after 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Medary Avenue South and Fifth Street South. The six-year old girl was riding eastbound on the south sidewalk of Fifth
Dennis Hedge (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at South Dakota State University) and Victor Taylor (Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Extended Studies at South Dakota State University) discuss the Center for AI Innovation and Emergent Technologies and the new AI degree programs offered by the university during
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Gov. Larry Rhoden announced 618 students have been awarded Build Dakota Scholarships for the 2026-27 academic year. These recipients make up Cohort 12, representing the 12th year of scholarship awards through the Build Dakota program. You can find the complete list of recipients here. “These 618 scholars represent
PIERRE, S.D. (9-1-26) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley credits South Dakota law enforcement with the arrest in a youth sexual abduction case Monday afternoon. Attorney General Jackley said the state’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) was notified Monday afternoon by Wyoming authorities who were searching for a vehicle
Heidi Gullickson, Executive Director at Brookings Area United Way, discusses the Dolly Parton Imagination Library during an August 28, 2026 interview with Brookings Radio News. — Brookings Radio News
BROOKINGS (9-1-26) — Ribbon-cutting was held Saturday to dedicate a new piece of public art at SDSU. The sculpture honors researcher Edgar McFadden who developed a type of disease-resistant wheat in the 1920s. SDSU President Barry Dunn said with that strain of wheat — named “Hope” — McFadden helped feed
BROOKINGS (8-27-26) — Major changes could soon be coming to Dacotah Bank Center. At this week’s Brookings City Council meeting, Deputy Mayor Nick Wendell said the Dacotah Bank Center Work Group is recommending the event center — currently managed by an out-ofstate firm — revert to local management by City
