Dell Rapids News

Valley Springs residents and friends will honor an age-old tradition this summer by spending a weekend outdoors with one another.

Volunteer firefighters from Dell Rapids were called to a house fire in the Trent area late Wednesday night.

Several emergency crews, including dive teams, responded to a call late Wednesday evening at the Dells Trestle for a truck found upside down, underwater at 24603 Quarry Road in Dell Rapids.

Several flash flood warnings were issued Tuesday night and early Wednesday. In Sioux Falls, water swamped a road near Augustana College, prompting campus security officers to block off the street for a time.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 07/06/2009 12:19 PM Sioux Falls is looking at the possibility of extending its wonderful bike trail to connect with Tea, Harrisburg, and Brandon .

Argus Leader: Pizza Ranch franchisees Rich and Linda Avery, who own Pizza Ranch restaurants in Dell Rapids, S.D., and Emporia, Kan., have won Franchisee of the Year for the Dell Rapids location.

Harrisburg is moving closer to a population of 5,000, a number that could spark the next big boom in Harrisburg - commercial development.

Two Dell Rapids Junior Ambassador scholarships equaling $1,000 will be given to two high school applicants on Sunday evening during the Quarry Days festivities.

DELL RAPIDS - The Dell Rapids Board of Education will have to make some changes in its plan for a new elementary school before taxpayers will agree to pay for it through a bond election, said many of those who attended a public meeting last week.

Gayville-Volin's Buffington wins coaching award GAYVILLE, S.D. The South Dakota High School Coaches Association has selected Larry Buffington of Gayville-Volin as its 2009 Boys Track and Field Coach of the Year.

A Dell Rapids man was sentenced to probation Tuesday for years of sexual abuse against a young girl.

A group of area churches are gathering together to participate in a community-oriented Vacation Bible School in July.

Brown Estate STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) :SS COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA) IN CIRCUIT COURT SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Pro.

Canova's Kevin Leighton hit his 500th career amateur home run on Thursday against the Dell Rapids Mudcats.

BALTIC - The up-and-down story of this town's only gas station went up again this spring.

When the 'Grand' Opera House opens in August, owner Joan Rasmusson hopes to have a list of high quality shows and other events that will draw people to the renovated opera house on Dell Rapids' Main Street.

Prosecutors say criminal charges against Flandreau School Board President Dave Ahlers have been dismissed but they won't say why.

A Night Ranger concert that had been scheduled for August in Baltic has been canceled, its organizers say.

Karen Weith of Sioux Falls thinks the Standup Act, which is moving through the U.S. House, will help save the lives of teenagers and adults not only across America but also in South Dakota particularly.

By Alan Van Ormer Tribune editor Joe Bowar comes from a family that purchases older homes and restores them and he is following in their footsteps.