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The Lake County Commission took action on several personnel items on Thursday.  Commissioners voted to appoint a new Coroner.  Mark Rustand, who had served as the county’s Deputy Coroner, was

A 52-year-old woman died Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash north of Lake Preston.  The name of the person is not being released pending notification of family.  She was the only person involved in

The Lake County Commission has officially dedicated the county’s public access area on Lake Madison as the Scott Pedersen Memorial Park.  Commissioners met in the park Thursday evening to

The Lake County Commission will be holding its regular meeting on Thursday this week because of the July 4^th holiday on Tuesday.  The commission has several more 2018 budget requests to

The South Dakota State Fair and South Dakota State University Athletics have teamed up on a Labor Day weekend ticket promotion.

Anyone purchasing tickets for the SDSU Jackrabbits football

The Senate version of health care reform may cut back Medicaid funding sharply, or may not, depending on your view.  Governor Dennis Daugaard says funding would depend on what the state is getting

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be adding some equipment for its deputies in the near future.  Sheriff Tim Walburg met with county commissioners earlier this week and discussed purchasing

Nearly 450 South Dakota firefighters are responding to Mitchell, but without lights and sirens. The annual South Dakota State Fire School is going on through Saturday.

Charlie Kludt,

A 26-year-old Madison man was sentenced this week on a drug charge.  Jeremy Inhofer earlier pleaded guilty to one felony count of unauthorized ingestion of a controlled drug or substance for an