Big Stone City News

Brookings residents Russ Stubbles and Bob Semrad have gathered enough baseball gear to equip 23 youth teams on the Rosebud Reservation.

South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Dusty Johnson has urged his Minnesota counterparts to approve new power lines that would serve the proposed Big Stone 2 power plant near Milbank.

Two environmental groups have asked South Dakota regulators to reject construction of a second coal-fired power plant at Big Stone City. via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

“They gauge it off the weather and what their feet are looking like”

Two men are on track to complete their run across South Dakota on Friday. Brendan Murphy, a National Guard officer from Rapid City, and Nolan Taylor, his friend from Montana, are covering 429 miles in 14 days. via ArgusLeader.com

Authorities say a woman drowned after falling into the Whetstone River at Big Stone City on the South Dakota-Minnesota border. via Argus Leader

Authorities say a woman drowned after falling into the Whetstone River at Big Stone City on the South Dakota-Minnesota border. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

“We have to get a favorable ruling on the EIS by the feds”

It's been four years since the coal-fired Big Stone II power plant was proposed for the Big Stone City area, and it's still waiting for the permits it needs so construction can start. via Mining News

“I believe I have the common sense and leadership experience to be an effective legislator.”

Brookings County dairyman Jim Gilkerson has thrown his hat into the political ring, on Monday announcing his candidacy for the state House of Representatives from District 4. A Republican, Gilkerson will seek ... via Brookings Register Online

A bill that would let state and local government board members attend meetings of other government boards without giving public notice has won final legislative approval. via Rapid City Journal

“They're not taking any official action from their board. I don't see where that's really an infringement to the public.”

PIERRE - Letting members of one governing board bypass open-meeting requirements to attend another board's meeting could become a loophole in law, a newspaper lobbyist says. via ArgusLeader.com

“It will be a number of months yet”

Putting the rumor mill to rest, an official with Basin Electric Cooperative reiterated the company's position in the site process by confirming that no site has yet been chosen. via Mobridge Tribune Online

Hazardous material teams were called out after a semi truck filled with ethanol drifted off a road west of Big Stone City and rolled. via Rapid City Journal

Remember - our on-air polls are scientific. Online Opinion is not. It's simply an easy way to speak your mind. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Hazardous material teams were called out after a semi truck filled with ethanol drifted off a road west of Big Stone City and rolled. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

“It was one of the biggest I've ever had.”

Cheers erupted from the more than 11,000 onlookers at Custer State Park's annual Buffalo Roundup on Monday when a maverick cow and her calf made a last-second dash for freedom. via Rapid City Journal

A smaller version of the Big Stone II power plant is being planned for northeast North Dakota. via KFYR-TV Bismarck