Gene Hetland

It never happened to me when I was a child, but I can sympathize with the four-year-old Minnesota boy who was left behind at a museum in Brookings when everyone else returned home after a field trip. And I'm guessing we all can

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It has occurred to me that defense attorneys for the surviving Tsarnaev brother have a nightmare on their hands.

How can anyone defend the man accused of the finish-line bombings at the Boston Marathon? I don't know, but someone has to

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Normally, if you take a day off on April 22, you don't expect to have to spend part of your day moving snow.. It's almost late April, for crying out loud.

But I'm living proof that it can happen

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I saw a story in USA Today on how some victims who lost limbs in the bombings of the Boston Marathon are needing and getting reassurances from experts and counselors that life doesn't end if you lose a limb

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Teachers in the Sioux Falls School District have voted to approve a 5-year agreement reached between negotiators for the Sioux Falls Education Association (SFEA) and the School District.

The District also has approved 5-year agreements with its other employee groups

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Sioux Falls Police say more arrests are expected after a search led to one drug-related arrest on Tuesday.

Agents of the Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force were called to 2401 West Russell Street and a report of a possible methamphetamine lab

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Ah, spring in South Dakota! We're still picking up and cleaning up from one of the nastiest ice storms anyone can remember, and more snow is on the way.

The National Weather Service posted a winter storm warning on Wednesday for southwestern South Dakota, and forecasters said the bad weather likely would move into the central and northeastern parts of the state

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Crews repairing Xcel Energy's electricity grid, which was damaged by the ice and snow storm, have been wrapping up their efforts, although some work is still going on.

Spokesman Jim Wilcox says crews have restored power to all customers the company knows about, although he says some can't be hooked up yet because of damage that requires an electrician to make repairs before the company can restore power

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A Huron attorney has been appointed to be a magistrate judge in the Third Judicial Circuit in South Dakota.

Presiding Judge Tim Tucker says Carmen Means will be sworn in on April 19.

The Madison native has been a public defender and a public advocate, and most recently has been in private practice for a firm in Huron

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Everyone has an ice storm story, and this is one of mine.

We had a tree in the boulevard in front of our house. It was just your run-of-the-mill, garden-variety ash tree, but it was our tree.

It was pretty thin in the trunk when we moved in 27 years ago, but but it grew thicker and taller

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