Brandon News

Because of a growing need Brandon city officials are opening doors of a new food pantry tonight.

Starting each January, lawmakers pack a year's worth of votes into a frantic 40 days of meetings.

Three locations will host H1N1 vaccination clinics on Thursday in Minnehaha County.

Sharon Meile estimates her family will save about $20 a month after attending the Brandon Expo, a free event put on the Brandon Valley Area Chamber of Commerce on Nov.

Brandon Valley High School will serve as the site for the first H1N1 vaccine clinic to be offered in Brandon this Thursday.

A Brandon fire that destroyed a garage Monday night may have started while the home owner was working on his car, said First Assistant Chief Mike Vogel.

Todd Winkel is now seeing a five-year dream rise from the ground up. Last week, Winkel and business associates broke ground for his new business, Heartland Funeral Home.

On Wednesday, 16 students from The University Center and Dr. Lisa Little Chief Bryan's entrepreneurial class will attend an entrepreneurship class taught by prominent entrepreneurial individuals in the field of business from the Sioux Falls area.

Brandon Lutheran Church will hold a meeting at 7 tonight to discuss a recent ELCA churchwide vote to ordain and roster persons who are in monogamous, same-gender relationships.

Col. Oliver North, a retired Marine best known for his role the Iran-Contra situation, will headline this year's Law Enforcement Appreciation dinner.

Recent student absences to due to illness are on the decline at Brandon Valley schools.

The Brandon Valley Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first annual Brandon Expo to showcase local businesses on Sunday, November 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Brandon Valley High School Commons.

The Sioux Falls City Council has delayed until Nov. 16 a vote on a proposed wastewater treatment agreement with Harrisburg.

A new chamber of commerce event is designed to introduce the local business community to the people who live and work in the Brandon area.

On Nov. 3 and 4, Brandon Natural Care Center, PC held their annual Patient Appreciation Days as a way to honor and give back to their loyal patients and the community.

Tired of increasing traffic on her residential street in northeast Sioux Falls, Jane Westegaard went to the city Wednesday looking for solutions.

A Goodwill Ambassador trailer will be set up in Brandon Nov. 20-27 in the Sunshine Foods parking lot.

Robert Dykstra isn't one to make a hasty decision. When a few of his firefighting peers asked him to consider running for chief of the Brandon Volunteer Fire Department, Dykstra didn't have an immediate answer for them.

The engineering division of Public Works is gathering ideas tonight for some new road projects between Sioux Falls and Brandon.

Tickets for Brandon VFW Three Rivers Post No. 4726 Veterans Day Dinner are now on sale.