The Madison City Commission approved a task order on Monday for DGR Engineering to perform work for construction of electrical circuitry that will provide power to a new housing development in northeast Madison.
Life's little hurdles affect all people with modern-day problems such as keeping devices charged.
A newcomer and two incumbents from a five-candidate pool of Republicans won spots on the general election ballot this fall to run for three seats on the Lake County Commission.
Two Madison residents who are newcomers to the Madison City Commission won seats on Tuesday from two incumbents who were seeking re-election.
Voters in the Madison Central School District re-elected Rob Honomichl of Madison to serve another three-year term on the school board and also elected Richard Avery of Madison to fill an open seat on the board.
The 2020-21 school year is not due to start for months, but the Chester Area School District is not waiting until fall to begin offering services to district children.
Rob Honomichl and Richard Avery won the two seats up for election on the Madison School Board.
Adam Leighton, a newcomer as a candidate running for the Lake County Commission, will appear as a Republican candidate for a seat on the county commission in this fall’s general election along with incumbents Deb Reinicke and Dennis Slaughter.
Mayor Marshall Dennert announced that two infrastructure-improvement projects started on Monday along S. Division Ave. and N. Liberty Ave.
The Madison City Commission accepted on Monday a quit-claim deed for a piece of property in northwest Madison that is located next to a tributary of Park Creek.
School district officials are working with a preliminary budget of $15.37 million to fund the Madison Central School District during the 2020-21 school year.
The Rutland School District is seeking to support students and their families who may have concerns as a result of the disruptions to the school year brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, school Principal Brian Brosnahan announced a summer learning opportunity for district children.
Dakota State University has launched a new research project in conjunction with Mustang Seeds -- the first collaborative project between the two, according to Terry Schultz, CEO of Mustang Seeds.
The following are the local races on Tuesday's election ballot:
The staff at Lake County 911 Communications is asking county residents to take more time to cooperate with emergency officials when inadvertent, accidental 911 calls are sent out over landlines or through cell phones.
The Lake County Commission will hold a regular meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday in the commission meeting room of the Lake County Courthouse. The meeting was postponed due to the primary election which will be held on Tuesday.
The Madison City Commission will consider authorizing a task order for an electric distribution project when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at City Hall.
Sometimes a phone call from an unknown number can bring a pleasant surprise. That's what Charlie Johnson learned recently.
Madison officials declined a loan offer from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources that would have helped fund wastewater and storm-sewer improvements in Madison. The decision was made because the city commissioners had already accepted funding for the improvement project…
The city of Madison has created a plan to help residents conduct a revised citywide cleanup this spring if homeowners are interested in hauling their unwanted household items and debris to Madison's restricted-use site themselves.
Lake Herman sparkled with reflected sunlight on Tuesday evening as a refreshing breeze ruffled the water. On shore, Ken Cramer was fishing for bullheads.
The Madison City Commission approved on Monday the first reading of new ordinances that will allow persons to legally drive golf carts on Madison streets
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a silver lining, according to Dakota State University President Jose-Marie Griffiths.
Firefighters from around Lake County responded to an emergency call on Sunday morning that sent them to a rural address 3 miles southwest of Nunda.
The Department of Social Services office in Madison opened to the public by appointment only on Friday.
Election workers in Lake County -- and probably across South Dakota -- will have a busy time on June 2 counting and tabulating the results from absentee ballots from the state's primary and local elections.
The Madison City Commission will consider authorizing the mayor to sign a grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, at City Hall.
A loosely organized group of community members is once again seeking to meet a need members have identified in the Madison area.
On Tuesday morning, Lake County commissioners were once again confronted with the challenge of determining whether a local business could expand operations without adversely affecting a neighboring landowner.
Madison commissioners reviewed on Monday the most recent plans and recommendations made by the city Parks and Recreation Board regarding the use of municipal sports complexes this spring and summer, especially by baseball and softball teams.
The Madison City Commission approved on Monday having the city support an application to the Emergency Solution Grants Program for funding to assist the operation of a local domestic-violence program.
The faculty and staff members at Madison's public schools have scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday as the days that students will return their school-owned computers, textbooks and other equipment to their school sites.
The threat posed by COVID-19 kept the gates of Prairie Village closed on Mother's Day weekend, the traditional opening weekend. Too, school closures prevented hundreds of children from swarming over the grounds throughout the month of May.
The proprietors of The Office Bar & Grill in downtown Madison are adding a wooden platform in a street parking area on the south side of the building that will add more outdoor seating for customers.
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The Madison City Commission will consider approving a construction agreement for a water system-improvement project when it meets at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at City Hall.
The Lake County Commission will go into executive session to discuss personnel on Tuesday, when members meet for a regular session. The meeting will begin a 9 a.m. in the commission meeting room of the Lake County Courthouse.
Madison High School has scheduled a virtual graduation ceremony for the 97 seniors in the Class of 2020.
The mounting death toll from COVID-19 is eliciting a wide range of responses across the country. More than 81,600 people have died in the United States in less than three months. Of these, 39 were South Dakotans, with nearly half of those deaths occurring since Gov. Kristi Noem, at the end o…
Cars, vans and pickups wound their way through the parking lot at Madison Elementary School early Monday afternoon as area residents picked up their monthly food parcels from Feeding South Dakota volunteers.
Two Madison Chamber officials requested on Monday that the Madison City Commission repeal municipal, COVID-19-related rules that certain businesses limit the number of customers inside their buildings and those who gather outside the premises.
Lake County's newest deputy, Aric Dierkhising, brings both experience and commitment to his new law enforcement position.
The Madison City Commission repealed rules on Monday for restaurants, bars and casinos to limit their patron numbers; rules that were enacted weeks ago to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Small town community spirit showed itself in a big way on Friday, when teachers and staff showed up at the school in Rutland for what they believed to be an all-staff meeting.
City to review patron limits for businesses
Retirement only means it is time for a new adventure.
The following are area lunch menus for next week:
During their May 4 meeting, Madison's mayor and city commissioners couldn't agree on an agenda item involving the approval of shelter-in-place guidelines that resulted in the agenda item's removal with a 3-2 vote.
Renovations on the restrooms in the Lake County Courthouse will be completed by the time offices in the courthouse are opened again to the public.
The city commissioners approved two grant applications that Madison officials will submit to the federal government requesting money for the municipal airport.
