"No one has ever become poor by giving," words attributed to Anne Frank.
Sometimes the little things are the greatest blessings. For Retha Thrun, it's coffee in the morning -- and time to think.
The city commissioners heard the first reading of changes to Madison's 2020 municipal budget that will revise some money earlier appropriated for different uses.
Most people are more than a little tired of 2020. With the number of new COVID-19 cases in South Dakota dropping after a rough fall and vaccines on the horizon, some may boldly choose to celebrate New Year's Eve as they have in years past.
During the darkest months of the year, students, staff and faculty members at Dakota State University are being invited to let their light shine.
Madison’s city commissioners authorized on Monday the re-submission of paperwork to the Federal Emergency Management Agency that asks for federal funding to help repair the rock walls along Park Creek.
The Madison City Commission will consider adopting a resolution that would direct property owners in several neighborhoods in the city to build sidewalks when the commissioners meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at City Hall.
Pat Callies was wearing an elfin T-shirt on Christmas as she worked with family members to prepare dinners for far more people than she expected to serve.
South Dakota Department of Revenue officials report that Madison's sales-tax revenue for November 2020 was down by a 6% when compared to the sales-tax revenue collected in November 2019.
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The Madison Police Department posted a Facebook message at midafternoon Wednesday, asking vehicle owners to move all autos off city streets especially along emergency snow routes.
The city commissioners on Monday approved an application to the federal government for compensation in repairing damage to six park sites in Madison -- damage caused by flooding in September 2019.
There may be no place like home for the holidays, but the traditions from home can be carried anywhere to spread cheer during the holiday season.
Madison Regional Health System announced that Dr. Bernard Heilman, family medicine physician, has decided to retire on Dec. 31 after 37 years of practicing medicine.
The mild December weather was a blessing and a handicap when area birders joined forces to conduct the annual Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society, in Lake County last week.
Madison’s commissioners approved on Monday the establishment of a new business improvement district in Madison centered on the operation of hotels and motels in the city.
South Dakota is home to a rapidly growing number of senior citizens. Adults over age 65 make up an estimated 16% of the population. Many of those seniors aren't able to live independently. They need skilled care and services to support the aging process. Often that requires moving to a long-…
The Madison Regional Health Foundation's annual Winter Gala will be a virtual event in January, due to COVID-19.
City employees with Madison's utility services are warning local municipal electric customers that criminals are targeting consumers with phone calls about bogus overdue payments related to their utility accounts.
In coming months, the courts will be parsing the language of East River Power Cooperative's bylaws and checking legal precedent on contract law to determine whether Dakota Energy can leave the wholesale cooperative and, if so, how that exit can be accomplished.
Like a kaleidoscope, the pattern of a legal battle shifts depending upon how the pieces are arranged. That is clearly evident in the current litigation between Dakota Energy Cooperative, Inc., and East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
(Editor's note: The Daily Leader has taken a closer look at a lawsuit filed by Dakota Energy against East River Electric. Part 1 looks at the organizations and the basis of the lawsuit. Part 2 compares the arguments of the two cooperatives. Part 3 looks at an electric cooperative that has ex…
On Tuesday, the state Department of Health announced that South Dakota's three major health-care providers -- Avera, Monument and Sanford -- had received their first batches of the FDA-authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way the holiday season looks this year. That includes how the annual Christmas dinner will be served at VFW Post 2638 in Madison.
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The Madison City Commission will hear a proposal for municipal water rate charges that consumers will pay during the upcoming year when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at City Hall.
The members of the Madison School Board earlier this week acted on recommendations from the school district's health insurance committee and approved a $750,000 increase to the district's reserve balance.
Landowners were granted a reprieve on Tuesday morning when the Lake County Commission opted to override concerns of the Planning and Zoning Commission to grant variances which will allow storage facilities to be constructed on non-conforming lots in Wentworth Township.
City officials during the past week dealt with five applications to federal authorities requesting compensation for expenses related to the flooding that hit Lake County during September 2019.
What is church, and how do you minister to the people of your congregation? Those are questions that pastors have been forced to revisit this year as the COVID-19 pandemic has crawled across the nation, surging in different places at different times.
The Madison City Commission approved on Monday the purchases of a trackloader and a brushmower for the city parks department.
Madison's commissioners last week approved plans for a 2021 new sidewalk construction program when they approved a resolution declaring the need for installing pedestrian walkways in six neighborhoods next summer.
Christmas music provided the soundtrack on Saturday morning as Katie Blake worked in her kitchen.
Staff with the Madison Central School District sent emails to local families over the weekend, announcing the discovery of new positive cases of coronavirus at Madison's public schools.
In today's modern world, information technology is essential for day-to-day business operations.
If you have to keep busy, you might as well make lefse.
The Lake County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the commission meeting room of the Lake County Courthouse.
The Madison City Commission will hear the first reading of an ordinance that will set the city's water rates for the upcoming year when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at City Hall.
The Madison School Board will consider a couple of coronavirus pandemic-related issues when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the combined high school/middle school library.
The Oldham-Ramona board of education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday in the school's multipurpose room.
The Chester Area School District school board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the high school library.
Elvis got it right with his Christmas classic, "Blue Christmas."
Students at Madison Middle School contributed to the holiday spirit by donating pocket change to help put food on family dinner tables this Christmas.
What does sound look like? That's the question students in an honors art class explored at Dakota State University this fall.
Jon Schemmel has been hired as the new vice president for advancement at Dakota State University.
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COVID-19 is bringing a new -- even positive -- experience to a longtime volunteer with the Lake County Food Pantry.
HOWARD -- John Mengenhausen, Horizon Health Care chief executive officer, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Stanley J. Brasher Legacy Award from the Community Health Association of the Mountains/Plains States (CHAMPS).
