Kingsbury County News

Hetland resident Dale Stricker says Sunday evening, "It was raining hard, real hard and the sump pump was taking off every minute and I thought each troft is full running over in the basement or something has happened and I laid awake all night because every minute the sump pump would take off." Dale has lived in the small town of Hetland for ...

The town of Hetland, South Dakota received 5.9 inches of rain in the storm that passed through, blocking off the road north into town.

Overnight storms in eastern KELOLAND Monday led to flooding in several roads in Kingsbury County.

Overnight storms in eastern KELOLAND sent roads under water. Several counties are under flood warnings or advisories.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls issued a flash flood warning at 8:41 p.m. for eastern Kingsbury County, eastern Miner County, northwestern Brookings County and northwestern Lake County until 11:30 p.m. The National Weather Service's Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall across the area under the warning.

Deputy Chad Mechels was a five year law enforcement veteran. Prior to Turner County he also served in Lake and Kingsbury counties.

Authorities have released the name of a Turner County sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed at a farmhouse west of Marion this morning.

It's been a long journey that's come full circle and can only be described as a test of faith.

Hasn't Cathal Gallagher had his 15 minutes of fame yet? He showed disrespect for Bishop Paul Swain by making a media circus out of a routine reassignment and pastoral disregard for the churches in Kingsbury ...

It's been a long fight over his immigration status, but now Father Gallagher is returning to South Dakota.

After two years of empty classrooms and zero enrollment, residents in the Carthage School District today will vote on whether to formally dissolve the district.