Members of Madison's veterans service organizations presented the staff at Madison Regional Health System a donation to help them purchase United States flags and display them outside the hospital.

The Madison Electric Department will only need to test-run the electricity generators at the municipal generation plant four times a year instead of every month, according to a change in the contract between the city and the Basin Electric Power Cooperative.

Martha Richardson asks a lot of people. When they make an appointment for a 40-minute session in an infrared sauna, she asks them to sit quietly -- without a smartphone, tablet or other distraction.

Mentors change lives, providing support and guidance to help others grow into their best selves and gain confidence. For fifth-grade student Corwin Richardson, that mentor is Mack Meier, a fellow athlete in Special Olympics.

Riley Steffensen learned something before 10 a.m. on the first day he was in business. As the co-owner of Steffensen Plumbing, he grinned when his partner -- and uncle -- shared that bit of information.

The Post 25 American Legion Fishing Tournament drew about 40 contestants to Lake Madison on Saturday morning, and the anglers seemed satisfied overall with the day's opportunities to take fish from the lake when they gathered for weigh-ins that afternoon.

When Rafferty Robbins Drug in Howard closed its doors, no one was surprised. For months, Lewis Drug in Madison has been filling prescriptions for Howard residents, according to Kaylee Amundson, pharmacy operations manager for Lewis Drug.

Lake County Sheriff Tim Walburg did not draw upon taxpayer dollars to improve security, optimize the use of manpower and improve services to prisoners in the Lake County Jail.

Much has changed at Encore in the last five years.

Twelve state and local agencies were at the table on Thursday morning when trainer Pat Gerdes with Blue Cell, LLC, began to prepare them for the possibility of spring flooding.

A Sioux Falls contractor received the go-ahead on Monday from the Madison School Board to make improvements to the heating, ventilation and cooling system at the Madison Middle School.

Two Dakota State University graduate students have been chosen to attend the RSA Conference in San Francisco Feb. 24-28.

Madison Christian School and preschool students and families raised $531.04 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, beating their goal of $350.

The signs are starting to fade, but the news never gets old. Gabe Gitzen is one year cancer-free.

The staff at the Madison Finance Office reported on Friday that Patrick Mullen and Kelly Johnson, both of Madison, have taken out petition to enter the spring city election for two seats up for election on the Madison City Commission.

September wasn't kind to Montgomery's Furniture.

Jennifer Flemming was just 17 when her cousin, Daryl Dartt, was deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm. Because Dartt had a young family, her cousin's sacrifice made an impact on her.

The Madison City Commission split a vote earlier this week on approving advertisements for a project to renovate a city-owned building used by the Water Department.

City commissioners will seek out more information from Lake County about a plan to clean out a couple of sections of Park Creek near and under two road bridges located southeast of Madison.

HOWARD -- In October, DeSmet and Howard high school students, teachers and community members joined together with the Horizon Health Foundation to raise awareness and funds through the annual Bulldogs Bark Back @ Cancer (DeSmet) and Tigers Step Up 2 Cancer (Howard) campaigns.

Snow, cold temperatures and wind chill may affect delivery of the Madison Daily Leader today.

Government officials are already looking at what they can do to prepare for anticipated spring flooding.

State education officials report that the Madison Central School District has 1,165 students -- for the state's fall census -- in grades K-12 in Madison's public schools.

The authors of "Gitchie Girl Uncovered," a true-crime book that described a notorious 1973 mass murder in Lyons County, Iowa, have published a new book with help from Larry Long, a former South Dakota attorney general, about the murders committed by Robert Leroy Anderson in eastern South Dakota during the 1990s.