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BROOKINGS, SD – Back by popular demand, the Brookings Historic Preservation Commission (BHPC) will host the Central Residential Historic District Trolley Rides on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. in conjunction with Downtown at Sundown that evening. The free trolley rides will start at the southwest corner of

VERMILLION, S.D. — August 24, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains (BGCNP) is celebrating a year of significant growth and impact while launching a community-wide fundraising campaign aimed at expanding opportunities for children and families across eastern South Dakota. Over the past year, the organization has continued to

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Aug. 24, 2026 — Sheep have been a part of nearly every chapter of Patty DeZeeuw’s life — first as a Custer County 4-H member, then as a South Dakota State University wool judge. And since 1979, she and her husband, Rufus, have raised purebred Suffolk sheep.

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Aug. 24, 2026 — A South Dakotan whose work is credited with saving more than 25 million people from starvation will be honored at an upcoming art dedication. Edgar McFadden, breeder of the aptly named wheat variety “Hope,” will be honored at a public ceremony and reception

BROOKINGS (8-24-26) — Ribbon-cutting took place today for the newly renovated skatepark in Brookings. Brookings Mayor Ope Niemeyer said the Dwiggins-Medary Skatepark represents a collaboration between community skaters and city park and rec… “We look forward to continuing that partnership through activities and events here. A special thank you goes

Brookings, S.D. – Aug. 24, 2026 – Nursing students Morgan Fair and Daniel Klug recently completed the clinical enrichment program at Brookings Health System, a partnership with the South Dakota Board of Nursing. Fair and Klug each spent 10 weeks at Brookings Health System, learning the practice of nursing outside their

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Aug. 19, 2026 — The experiences that shape students at South Dakota State University don’t always end when they leave campus. Some become lasting connections to the university and to the people who shared those experiences with them. For Keith ’67/’74 and Glynn ’67 Bartels, music was

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Aug. 20, 2026 — South Dakota State University’s School of Performing Arts presents Anna DeGraff, lecturer of music, in a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. The recital, titled “Art Song,” features the work

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis, above, appearing in his final tour as artistic director, will return to South Dakota State University Oct. 11 as the first performance of the 2026-27 season of Woodbine Productions in Brookings. (Courtesy photo from SDSU University Marketing and Communications).

BROOKINGS — A trio of recent Brookings High School graduates has been gaining hands-on experience at Dakota BioWorx this summer. Brookings School District Superintendent Summer Schultz said this was part of a new collaboration between the school district, the SDSU Research Park and Dakota BioWorx… “This project — this year,

BROOKINGS COUNTY (7-13-26) — The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of a solar panel for an electric fence. The theft was reported July 11 shortly before 3 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies found that a solar panel valued at $500 had been stolen off an electric fence on 207th