Brown County News

The West Nile disease count has reached 22 in South Dakota this year, or an increase of seven human cases in the past week.

The Brown County Highway Department is having trouble finding good workers because of pay restraints, the highway superintendent says.

He says the 48-prisoner jail is almost always full -- and that some people waiting to serve their sentences can't get in.

According to Freddy Robinson, Public Information Officer with the Brown County Emergency Management Department, the town of Groton was evacuated this afternoon due to a fire on the south side of town.

Productivity has plummeted and overtime has soared since a new Web-based South Dakota vehicle registration system took effect July 1, Davison County Treasurer Brenda Stunes says.

Posted by: David Newquist - 08/17/2008 2:29 PM The Aberdeen American News again has a Sunday editorial suggesting that Sen.

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is urging residents to prepare for increased heating costs this winter.

Seven cases of human West Nile virus have been found in South Dakota. The state Health Department said in its weekly report that three cases are in Brown County and one each in Corson, Stanley, Charles Mix and ...

A system of storms made their way across northeastern South Dakota this morning and left significant damage behind.

Soon, getting HIV test results in Aberdeen will take as little as 15 to 20 minutes.

Early morning storms left quite a mess in Brown County Thursday. Officials are asking homeowners with damaged trees on private property to haul the tree material to the Brown County Landfill.

Here are some of the reports from today's early morning wind, rain and hail storm that hit northeastern South Dakota.

The state Department of Health reported more human cases of West Nile in the state recently.

Four cases of West Nile virus in humans have been detected so far this season in South Dakota, and two of them were in Brown County.

A motorcyclist who struck a deer on a rural road in Brown County has died from his injuries.

A motorcyclist who struck a deer on a rural road in Brown County has died from his injuries.

South Dakota is a farming state, but one county is telling the farmers to back off a little.

The West Nile season has started and Brown County already has two confirmed cases.

Brown County authorities say two men perished when they were overcome by sewer fumes near Richmond Lake.

A sign of the times, I suppose, is that Peg Lamont's passing earlier this month drew little notice outside of the Aberdeen area and the hearts of an old group of former legislators, lobbyists and statehouse ...