Roberts County News

One person was killed Monday morning in a rollover accident on I-29, four miles north of Summit in Roberts County.

Six of the nine people who decide pardons and paroles in South Dakota have been on the job for less than a year.

It is her greatest regret. When our children were young, on the mornings when she took them to the baby sitter, my wife would carry to work a bitter mixture of guilt and loss.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, created 76 years ago to harness the power of the Tennessee River, announced Thursday that it will use the wind to generate more of its power by 2012.

TVA, looking outside the region to boost its renewable energy portfolio, said Thursday it will buy 450 megawatts of wind power capacity from the Great Plains.

Authorities need your help finding a missing and endangered person. The Roberts County Sheriff's Office says 61-year-old Cora Richards was last seen early Wednesday afternoon at her home in Peever.

Roberts County jail administrator Chad Ward has resigned to take a private sector job in North Dakota.

Posted by: Pat Powers - 09/30/2009 11:36 AM A good lesson for elected officials to heed as they prepare to go to Pierre this next year.

Voters in Roberts County have overwhelmingly decided against opting out of the state property tax freeze.

Voters in Roberts County have overwhelmingly decided against opting out of the state property tax freeze.

Roberts County voters are deciding whether their property taxes will go up. County commissioners decided to opt out of the state property tax freeze to bring in up to $500,000 more a year.

Roberts County will hold a special election Sept. 29 so residents can vote whether to opt out of the state property tax freeze.

South Dakota's Open Meetings Commission has issued a reprimand to the Roberts County Commission for a July 2005 meeting that three of the five members attended at a tribal casino.

A North Dakota man died from injuries he suffered in a weekend motorcycle crash in South Dakota.

A North Dakota man died from injuries he suffered in a weekend motorcycle crash in South Dakota.

A North Dakota man died from injuries he suffered in a weekend motorcycle crash in South Dakota.

Roberts County commissioners have appointed a new sheriff to serve through next year.

A man who has worked at the state Transportation Department weigh station for more than 20 years has been appointed sheriff of Roberts County.

Roberts County commissioners have appointed a new sheriff to serve through next year.

People in Roberts County have just two weeks left to challenge a possible tax increase.