BROOKINGS – Power to the People: Electrifying Rural South Dakota, an exhibit at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum, will close Aug. 15 after being on display since 2019. It explains how electricity changed life on the farm in the home and in the barns, especially for dairies and hatcheries.
BROOKINGS – Samitinjaya Dhakal, a South Dakota State University graduate student, recently won the American Society of Nutrition’s Graduate Student Research Award Competition. This award is the highest possible honor for graduate students pursuing research in the nutrition science discipline.
BROOKING – Forty-nine students from South Dakota participated in the National History Day Virtual National Contest. The national contest typically takes place over the course of a week at the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, but this year the contest was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FLANDREAU – The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe announced it has been awarded federal grant monies as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to provide its tribal members with prepaid internet services.
BROOKINGS – New Beginnings Birth Center at Brookings Health System recently added nitrous oxide as a pain relieving option for laboring mothers.
Many of my patients will say “Doctor, I am so inflamed.” The use of the word inflammation is commonplace as we search the market for anti-inflammatory diets or self-help books on inflammation.
Agendas for upcoming meetings in the Brookings area.
BROOKINGS – The Optimist Club of Brookings was chartered June 13, 1972, with Sioux Falls Morning Optimist Club as the sponsoring club.
Agendas for upcoming meetings in the Brookings area.
BROOKINGS – Joseph Cassady has been named the South Dakota Corn endowed dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at South Dakota State University. John Killefer, the college’s previous dean, has accepted a faculty position with SDSU’s Department of Animal Science.
60s Plus Dining menus in the Brookings area for the coming week.
BROOKINGS – Holy Life Tabernacle at 241 Mustang Pass in Brookings hosted its annual “Kids’ Night Out” event on Tuesday, June 14.
Luke 1:39-56 records Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, and the Holy Spirit giving the gift of knowledge to Elizabeth, revealing Mary’s child as the coming savior.
BROOKINGS – The Boys & Girls Club of Brookings hosted its 12th annual truck raffle event on May 25 at the Teen Center, along with the drawing of the 2022 raffle winners.
Upcoming meetings in the Brookings area.
BROOKINGS – The state on Wednesday reported 971 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in South Dakota in the past week. Thirty of the new cases and one death have been reported in Brookings County.
Producers across the Midwest have experienced a wide variety of environmental issues this year, especially those fighting excess moisture in northeastern South Dakota. If you are seeking alternative forage or cover crop options for any reason, consider the following:
BROOKINGS – The Nordic Souls Motorcycle Club recently presented the proceeds of its Poker Run to the Brookings Empowerment Project.
BROOKINGS – Rachel Zook, a senior civil and environmental engineering major at South Dakota State University, is one of nine students nationwide to receive the Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship for 2022-23.
BROOKINGS – Brookings Area United Way recently hosted two, eight-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid courses that give people the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis, such as contemplating suicide.