Sully County News

A Sully County woman died in a two-vehicle accident west of Blunt Wednesday morning.

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Some rough weather struck Thursday night in parts of central South Dakota. In Onida, high winds wrecked the roof of a bank, knocked down trees and cut the electricity.

A prosecutor who was having an affair with the former Highmore police chief and was first on the scene when his wife was shot failed Tuesday to win the state's attorney's office in an adjoining county.

A 49-year-old Lebanon man was flown to a Sioux Falls hospital Thursday after he spent part of Wednesday night stuck to a barbed wire fence during a snowstorm.

Authorities said Dave Parsons was considered to be in critical condition when he was airlifted from Pierre and that he suffered symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia.

Hughes County Sheriff Mike Leidholt (LYD'-holt) says Parsons' body temperature was in the mid-80s.

Parsons and another man got stuck in a cornfield in rural Sully County Wednesday night or early Thursday. They spent the night in their vehicle, but during that time, Parsons left the vehicle. Read more

“When they leave, it is kind of nice because things kind of go back to a normal pace.”

PIERRE - Having the Legislature in town is a bit like a visit from a favorite aunt. via Argus Leader

“We look forward to our first banquet and then to getting our first project moving.”

Onida, S.D. - November-19 - Conservationists from Sully County, South Dakota, have formed the Pheasant Capital's newest chapter of Pheasants Forever , known as the Okobojo Creek Chapter of PF. via Pheasants Forever

Two carloads of juveniles and one adult from Gettysburg picked the wrong time and wrong place last week to smoke pot during a break in a district volleyball match at Onida. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Gettysburg residents attending a district volleyball match in Onida last week picked the wrong place to smoke marijuana: next-door to a deputy sheriff's home, South Dakota Highway Patrol reports indicate. via Argus Leader

Features Services Online Opinion is your chance to tell Keloland what you think. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

A 26-year-old man from rural Harrold is dead after being shot by a state Highway Patrol trooper. via Sioux City Journal

A South Dakota highway patrolman shot and killed a 26 year old man from rural Harrold on Saturday night after he led several law enforcement officers on a chase through Sully and Hughes counties. via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Wednesday, October 3, 2007 CONTACT : Wanda Goodman, 773-3301, wanda.goodman@state.sd.us PIERRE, S.D. Sully County, located in central South Dakota, is home to the communities of Agar and ... via South Dakota State

Dean Nelson of Onida, S.D., sent us thIs photo. Nelson is on the far right leaning against the hay rack. via Tri-State Neighbor