Golden Alexander, a short–lived perennial, is in the carrot family with yellow flowers stretch 1/8 inch in length. Often confused with Queen Anne’s Lace that is also in the wild carrot family. It also resembles the wild parsnip that is invasive but much shorter.
BROOKINGS — Levi Gebhard, a music education major at South Dakota State University, will present his junior recital at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus.
The Brookings County 4-H Fashion Revue contest was held July 19 at the Brookings County Outdoor Adventure Center. Youth select or construct up to two outfits and then model them during an interview with a pair of judges.
BROOKINGS — A documentary produced by South Dakota State University associate professor Rocky Dailey, featuring a notable figure in South Dakota broadcasting history, has been accepted into the South Dakota Film Festival in Aberdeen.
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The Brookings Public Library will host a mad scientist-themed escape room Sept. 18-21 in the evenings.
PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says a state Division of Criminal Investigation review indicates a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was justified in shooting a man who fired a gun at the officer during an incident on Aug. 9 in Sturgis. The suspect sustained serious non-life threatening injuries.
The Medary Creek Beavers held their monthly meeting in Elkton on Aug. 13.
Hospice social worker Donna Bumann welcomed attendees to the Sunset Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 7 at Brookings Hospital.
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig said these famous words at Yankee Stadium, “For the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break that I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
BROOKINGS COUNTY — Two go-karts and several Craftsman toolboxes with tools were among items taken in a burglary northwest of Brookings that occurred sometime prior to Thursday.
BROOKINGS COUNTY — A Bruce resident was taken to the emergency room at Brookings Health System following a vehicle rollover Thursday morning a few miles north of Brookings.
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick.
BROOKINGS — South Dakota natives Heather Miller-Cink and Kevin Cink both grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from high schools there: she from Lincoln, he from O’Gorman. After marriage and careers that took them out of state, they’re now coming back to their home state: to Brookings, where she is the new principal at Brookings High School.
BISMARCK, N.D. — A jury on Wednesday convicted a 17-year-old of murder in connection with the shooting death of a South Dakota man last year at a motel in Bismarck.
Mums are a favorite fall flower that adds weeks of seasonal color to containers, gardens and fall displays. They are also a popular gift plant in garden centers and floral shops. Choosing the right one for the purpose and providing proper care will help you achieve your desired results.
Community service will take center stage the week of Sept. 11-17 as local area Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist and Rotary clubs address hunger and other community needs during the service organizations’ third annual “Celebrate Community” initiative.
BROOKINGS — Jamee Kattner, a music education major at South Dakota State University, will present her junior voice recital at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus.
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The Brookings High School Marching Band is set to begin competitions and half time performances at BHS football games. The first opportunity to see their 2023 field show is tonight, Sept. 8, during half time of the BHS Bobcat football game. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.