Letcher News

A storm tonight knocked out power to residents in Menno, where large trees were uprooted and windows were blown out, according to reports from residents and the National Weather Service.

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The victim of a fatal one-car crash Wednesday morning in Sanborn County has been identified as 77-year-old Duane Shafer of Letcher.

A Letcher man died this morning in a one-vehicle accident in near Letcher. The man died at the scene and the accident was discovered about 11 a.m., said Brooke Bohnenkamp, state Department of Public Safety ...

The Mitchell School District could gain more than a half a million dollars for a building project if an economic stimulus plan pushed by the new presidential administration passes through Congress.

A fire at the Poet ethanol plant at Loomis is contained and under control. The fire started in one of the corn driers shortly before noon Wednesday.

Ita s been quite a year for Jill Moody. When a young horse struck her earlier this year, the resulting damage to the barrel racera s kidney kept her laid up for weeks.