Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - Law enforcement agencies booked 46 arrests at the Brookings County Sheriff's Office during the 2026 Hobo Day weekend, with driving under the influence and zero-tolerance charges up by nine from 2025, according to official reports released Monday, Oct. 26, 2026.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - Deputies are also investigating suspicious activity reported at an acreage on 200th Street near 464th Avenue, where someone tampered with a diesel fuel tank sometime between Oct. 8 and Oct. 12.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - A controlled burn that spread into nearby tall grass prompted a multi‑agency response Wednesday afternoon in rural Brookings County. According to a media release from the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and firefighters from Brookings and Aurora were dispatched at 3:16 p.m. to a field near 473rd Avenue and 218th Street after a pile of burning trees ignited surrounding vegetation.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A Brookings man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case of intentional crop damage after a vehicle drove nearly half a mile through a soybean field west of Brookings earlier this month.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - A six‑year‑old girl was injured Wednesday afternoon in a car–bicycle collision at a Brookings intersection, according to reporting from Brookings Radio.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota producers are reporting a noticeable increase in small black beetles infesting corn ears this season, according to SDSU Extension entomologists. The insects — commonly referred to as sap beetles — are appearing in unusually large numbers and are being found feeding on ear tips and inside damaged kernels.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - A 19‑year‑old Brookings man was killed early Thursday morning in a four‑vehicle crash on Interstate 29, according to reporting from Brookings Radio and the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - A Friday night high school soccer match in South Dakota ended in controversy after Rapid City Central player Jaxson Bergman launched an attack on Brookings High School opponent Kyle Soost, triggering nationwide attention, outrage, and calls for criminal charges.

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Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - Two people were evaluated for injuries Sunday afternoon after a single‑vehicle rollover on Interstate 29 near mile marker 140, according to a media release from the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A milk tanker semi caught fire early Tuesday morning on 212th Street near 487th Avenue, prompting response from the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office along with fire crews from Elkton and Lake Benton.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - Multiple Brookings County fire crews responded Monday afternoon to a grass fire along Interstate 29 near mile marker 145.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - A late‑night grass fire along Interstate 29 prompted a response from the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office and Brookings Fire Department Wednesday, after flames were reported near mile marker 128.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate firework‑related fires over the holiday weekend, with incidents reported near White and in Bruce on July 4 and July 5.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - A two-vehicle collision on South Dakota Highway 30 near the Interstate 29 interchange left two people hospitalized on Thursday afternoon, including a 13-year-old passenger.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings County, SD - On June 25, 2026, at 1:42 PM, emergency responders were called to a two-vehicle injury collision on SD Hwy 30 near Interstate 29.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A head-on collision between two vehicles on SD Highway 30 near 483rd Avenue resulted in four injuries on Tuesday afternoon, requiring two individuals to be airlifted to Sioux Falls.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - A federal jury has convicted Joseph Darrell Peterson, Jr., 47, of Brookings (formerly of Veblen) on two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons. The verdict followed a three‑day trial in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, the City of Brookings Police Department announced the arrest of a local man in connection with two separate armed robberies that took place in 2021.