Brule County News

A new wind farm near Ree Heights in Hand County has gone online, and the chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission says he's encouraged by the project and by proposed wind farms in Aurora and Brule counties.

Jessica Giard/Sun Twenty area families will have a brighter Thanksgiving thanks to the Missouri River Gobblers, the local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

A South Dakota Supreme Court committee is studying how to create a statewide set of standards for courtroom interpreters.

A brazen escape from the Brule County courthouse in Chamberlain Tuesday afternoon.

The Brule County Sheriff's office says they've located the car that Angelina Walters used to escape a Chamberlain courtroom on Tuesday.

The Brule County Sheriff's office is looking for a woman who fled from a Chamberlain courtroom right after she was sentenced to prison.

The State of South Dakota, Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center and Avera Community Clinic will be hosting a free H1N1 vaccination clinic Monday, November 16 from 2 pm a ' 6 pm.

They call her "The Walker," befitting a woman who ritually strolls the streets of Chamberlain - along the main thoroughfares, through neighborhoods, at all hours and in all seasons.

South Dakota officials say they have recaptured an inmate who escaped from a minimum-security prison in Rapid City.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 CONTACT Fatal Crash What: One vehicle fatal crash When: 08/09/09 , at approximately 0222 hrs.

A man has been killed after hitting a horse while driving near Kimball. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, 18 year old Caleb N. Weber was heading east on 250th street in Brule County just northwest of Kimball early Sunday Morning.

A man has been killed after hitting a horse while driving near Kimball. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, 18 year old Caleb N. Weber was heading east on 250th street in Brule County just northwest of Kimball early Sunday Morning.

A Pukwana teen was killed early Sunday in a one-car accident near Kimball. Caleb Weber, 18, was driving a 2004 Dodge Stratus eastbound on 250th Street in Brule County, three miles west and one mile north of Kimball, the state Highway Patrol said, when the vehicle struck a horse in the roadway.

A man has been killed after hitting a horse while driving near Kimball. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, 18 year old Caleb N. Weber was heading east on 250th street in Brule County just northwest of Kimball early Sunday Morning.

It helps that Mother Nature has been relatively kind this year in the Mount Rushmore State.

South Dakota authorities arrested an Alabama man Wednesday who is considered a "person of interest" in his parents' deaths.

County treasurers across South Dakota are facing a sticky situation they could be dealing with for months.

About 50 pounds of marijuana and 2 and a half ounces of heroin were seized on Wednesday in Brule County.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol discovered approximately 50 pounds of marijuana and 2.5 ounces of heroin in Brule County during a traffic stop last Wednesday.