Parker News

Hundreds are expected to turn out Saturday in Parker for a poker run being held in honor of fallen Turner County Deputy Chad Mechels.

A fallen South Dakota Sheriff's Deputy is being remembered today. It's been more than three months since Turner County Deputy Chad Mechels was shot and killed while responding to a call.

Nearly four dozen, friends, family, and fire fighters came out this weekend to help finish a project started by a fallen friend.

Family, friends, co-workers of Chad Mechels, and even strangers touched by his story, filled the streets of Parker today to remember him.

A pretrial hearing scheduled for Friday in Parker for the case against a Marion man charged with killing a Turner County deputy sheriff has been delayed.

A tornado was reported at 11:04 p.m. near Marion by law enforcement, moving southeast at 25 mph, according to National Weather Service in Sioux Falls.

The public is invited to a poker run Saturday to benefit the family of Chad Mechels, the Turner County deputy who was shot and killed in March.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Sioux Falls area.

I would like to express my deep appreciation to all the people who made the South Dakota Honor Flight such a wonderful experience.

Wilmina Landegent of Rock Valley, Iowa, will celebrate her 85th birthday Friday, June 12, with a family dinner.

A rural Parker man arrested Monday evening after firing shots in a domestic dispute has been identified as 21-year-old Tylor Ihnen.

Police are calling this a business dispute between family members. At about 7 this evening police responded to a call of shots fired near 270th street and 458th avenue just a few miles northeast of Parker.

Nebraska health officials say six probable cases of the H1N1 flu virus are pending at the state's health lab in Omaha.

Nebraska health officials say six probable cases of the H1N1 flu virus are pending at the state's health lab in Omaha.

There are many ways to get around these days -- by car, bus and even foot-- but, one local woman wants to add another piece to the pie by adding bikes.

A training session for people who want to serve as judges of 4-H exhibits is set for June 9 in Parker.

PARKER - The man accused of killing Turner County Deputy Sheriff Chad Mechels in March was in court Thursday, trying again to have his $1 million bond reduced.

The apparent low bid for the second phase of a Lewis & Clark Regional Water System treatment plant is $35 million lower than the engineer's estimate.

A 35-year-old Parker man died Monday when part of the trailer he was repairing fell on him.

A 35-year-old Parker man was killed today in an industrial accident near Humboldt.