http://www.plainsman.com Top Stories RSS Feed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:01:07 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8835 Don Hansen and Jerry Sikkink from Daktronics presented a proposal for a new electronic scoreboard at the Tiger Stadium. The football project would be similar to the Huron Arena scoreboard, which now brings in $16,000 in revenue each year. Daktronics Sports Marketing is a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:05:58 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8834 In one photo, Kelly Sharp of Wessington prepares to shoot as his german shorthair, Zigy, flushes a chukkar, a Dakota Outdoor Gundog Series event held Saturday at Ringneck Retreat, which is located south of Hitchcock. Hunters from across the state and Minnesota took part in Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:02:12 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8827 Never has there been a clearer contrast in philosophy between the two major parties at the federal level as the next election approaches, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said Friday in Huron. "What they believe in is government," he said of Democrats who now control Congress. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:16:32 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8826 South Dakota legislators are heading into the last five days of the main run of the session preparing for yet another familiar fight - the state budget. And once again, District 22 lawmakers are finding themselves seeking allies to defend funding for the State Fair. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:37 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8815 Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center, talks to Larry Nickelson, left, and John Carr, both of Miller, at the Beadle County Lincoln Day Dinner held Saturday evening at the Huron Event Center. Full coverage of the event will be published in Sunday's edition. PHOTO BY CRYSTAL Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:48:16 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8814 Gradual melting and minimal precipitation would lessen problems, but the latest projections show an 89 percent chance of major flooding along the James River at Huron, state officials say. "You're in one of the hot spot areas," Gov. Mike Rounds said as he and Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:46:53 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8813 Trimming support once again for the South Dakota State Fair isn't something Gov. Mike Rounds agrees with, but as with other proposed cuts from Republican legislative leaders he said he expects a healthy, philosophical debate. After legislators reduced state support for the fair by $350,000 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:46:01 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8809 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin doesn't support fellow Democrats who want to push health care reform legislation through the Senate through a reconciliation procedure requiring only 51 votes. When it comes to the House, the Senate bill, as is, also won't get her vote, she said Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:46:42 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8808 South Dakota communities will see increasing benefits with federal stimulus dollars as spring arrives and contractors get started on infrastructure projects, the state director of the Agriculture Department's Rural Development office said Thursday. "I think that we're really looking at times when construction can start Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:46:05 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8807 Wessington Springs fans cheer on their team during Thursday night's District 9B Championship game at Huron Arena. The Spartans fell, 73-59, to James Valley Christian. For more on all the area games from Thursday see Page 8 and 9. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:45:11 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8790 A regional trade magazine profiled Huron in its February edition as a community that has rebounded and is doing well in the years since the Dakota Pork plant abruptly closed in 1997. While the immediate loss of more than 800 jobs threw the city into Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:16 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8789 Sen. John Thune's amendment to target tax incentives to small businesses by redirecting unspent money in the $862 billion stimulus bill failed on the Senate floor Wednesday. It died 38-61. In a conference call a few hours before the vote, Thune, R-S.D., said his bill Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:59:24 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8781 An Iroquois father and son have been indicted on manslaughter charges in connection with the September 2008 traffic death of a Washington State woman in Huron. Kyle A. Gross, 52, and Brady A. Gross, 23, made initial court appearances Tuesday. Each is charged with first-degree Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:36:34 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8780 The last in the series of Coffee with the Legislators forums begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the municipal building in Huron. Invited to speak to constituents and answer questions are Sen. Tom Hansen, R-Huron; Reps. Peggy Gibson, D-Huron; and Quinten Burg, D-Wessington Springs; of Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:32 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8777 With the James River already nearing flood stage, Huron city officials are moving forward with plans to minimize problems as the deep snow pack begins melting in earnest. City Engineer Mike Wever briefed the commission Monday on steps several city departments are taking now. Flood Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:44:27 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8776 BROOKINGS - Two Huron High School students qualified for the national tournament and the team finished fourth in the final standings at the Northern South Dakota NFL National Qualifying Tournament here last weekend. The two qualifying students are Natasha Hernandez in humorous interpretation and Kortny Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:43:44 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8751 With nine days left in the session, Rep. Quinten Burg, D-Wessington Springs, still doesn't know how the Appropriations Committee he sits on will cover the $30 to $40 million budget shortfall. But he sees nothing wrong with dipping into reserve funds instead of finding all Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:31:08 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8750 Spending billions of dollars to buy oil from hostile countries makes no sense when they are using the money to recruit insurgents to kill and injure American troops, a former Marine Corps sniper from Arkansas said Friday in Huron. Matt Victoriano served two tours in Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:30:24 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8749 The application period for the 2010 Huron Community Foundation annual grants begins Friday and has a deadline of April 9. Foundation grants totaling $20,000 will be available. Despite difficult economic times when many organizations are cutting back, the Huron Community Foundation is proud to announce Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:29:47 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8748 The Greater Sioux Falls Home-Schooled team swept through the 17th annual South Dakota Regional Science Bowl, beating defending champion Aberdeen Central in the finals, here Saturday. A total of 29 teams participated in the daylong event held in the Huron Event Center. The event was Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:28:42 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8739 Beadle County commissioners are hoping the third time is the charm in their effort to double the wheel tax to raise more money for deteriorating roads and bridges. Rather than imposing the tax increase and facing another potential referral to a public vote, commissioners have Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:24:33 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8738 Don't mark April 13 as Election Day on the calendar. There won't be one in Huron. Two incumbents on the City Commission were unopposed as of Friday's 5 p.m. deadline for filing nominating petitions, and two newcomers will replace two incumbents choosing not to seek Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:23:50 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8729 As President Obama and members of Congress sparred in a nationally televised daylong health care summit, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., said she was hoping "today's discussion goes beyond talking points." Consensus emerged on several issues, while Democrats and Republicans stood firm on others. Some Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:13:54 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8728 A new variance request to allow for the construction of a byproducts facility to process turkey offal from the Dakota Provisions plant in Huron will go before the City Commission in late March. Greater Huron Development Corporation and Dakota Gobblers LLC submitted a new joint Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:13:14 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8722 According to Jan Cederquist, she has been a librarian since she was 5 years old, so the Huron Public Library gained a lot of experience and love of books when she began her job as library director Jan. 29. Cederquist and her husband, Kevin, visited Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:38:35 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8721 A jobs bill that Democrats say is just the first round in the effort to put Americans back to work is being criticized by some for increasing the budget deficit and further laying the burden on future generations. The bill passed 70-28 and heads back Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:37:32 -0600 http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.plainsman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=8720 Thirteen prospective nursing students attended the Nursing Maze recruiting program Wednesday at the Huron Community Center. The potential nursing students were given information on how to enroll and apply for scholarships. Adele Jacobson, administrative chair of the DWU nursing program at Huron, said she currently Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:36:36 -0600