Estelline News

SDLake Poinsett,0154 Battle brewing over Lake Poinsett water ESTELLINE, S.D. A hearing is set for Thursday in Pierre in a battle that's brewing over water in Lake Poinsett , near Estelline.

Taxes are going up or changing in seven South Dakota cities on July 1. The Department of Revenue and Regulation says Big Stone City, Bonesteel and Estelline are increasing their general sales and use tax rate from 1 percent to 2 percent.

For immediate release: Monday, June 8, 2009 Business Tax Division, 605.773.3311 Beginning July 1, 2009 , seven communities will implement new municipal taxes or update their current city taxes.

Dozens of specialized vehicles sporting radar and other equipment lined up at the roadside park at US 287 and SH 70 during the day, before they caravanned down the highway late in the afternoon.

On Monday morning at around 3:30 the Bruce Fire Department responded to a structure fire at both 405 and 407 Jefferson in Bruce.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association says 21 high school student councils have been named outstanding student councils for the 2008-09 school year.

Heavy rain Sunday night and Monday has added to the flooding on many roads in northeastern South Dakota.

Warm weather is melting the hefty northeastern South Dakota snowpack, and some local roads already are flooded.

A Baltic High School athletic director is one of eight named region athlectic directors of the year by the South Dakota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

As Calvin Hunter watched the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States of America on Tuesday, he was in awe of the momentous occasion.

Cat Scratch Fever isn't just a rock n roll song from the 1970's. It's a real disease, one that can be deadly.