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Pierre, S.D. –Several award winners were recently recognized by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) for their commitment, support and leadership in educating today’s youth on the development and awareness of safe and honorable hunting practices.
Bill Weber, a volunteer HuntSAFE instructor from Dell Rapids, was selected as the 2013 HuntSAFE Instructor of the Year. http://gfp.sd.gov/news/news/june/6.aspx
A stormy day on Monday, June 16th, led to some flash flooding in Dell Rapids during the day. The National Weather Service has estimated that Dell Rapids has received around four to five inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Around 2:45 p.m. the town was rushing with water as streets had water flowing over them. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the Big Sioux River near Dell Rapids until 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 18th. The river is predicted to rise to 12.1 feet by Tuesday, June 17th. Flood stage is at 12.0 feet.
Around 8:45 p.m., another round of heavy rain with hail swept through Dell Rapids. Some of the hail that fell on the north part of town measured up to 3/4″ in diameter.
More rain is forecast for Wednesday night into Thursday.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meeting in regular session on Monday, June 16th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include a public hearing on a temporary alcoholic beverage license, public hearing on zoning amendments, consideration of bid award on the library renovation/addition project, second reading of golf cart ordinance amendment, warming house update, and the administrative report.
The regular session meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Media before the council enters into executive session.
The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
Congratulations to Sutton Adams and Brandi Wolles of Dell Rapids. They have qualified for the South Dakota High School State Finals Rodeo on June 18-22 at Belle Fourche!
A punctured gas line and a vehicle backfire caused a gas explosion in Dell Rapids around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10th. A contractor was drilling near State Ave and 10th Street when they punctured a gas line causing a leak.
According to Dell Rapids Fire Chief Mike Steen, a driver was attempting to start a car in the area, and the gas leak caused the car to erupt in flames.
By the mid afternoon hours, MidAmerican Energy crews arrived on the scene to dig under the street and clamp the gas line to stop the leak. There were no shut off valves because the leak was on a main line. Emergency crews spent hours pouring water on the gas leak burn until the clamps were put into place.
No injuries occurred during the day. There was also no other structural damage other than the car that was part of the explosion. Some homes in the area along with Dell Rapids St Mary School were evacuated until things were under control.
The Dell Rapids Fire Department, Baltic Fire Department, Colman Fire Department, MidAmerican Energy, Minnehaha County Emergency Management, as well as Dell Rapids City employees all assisted to control the fire.
The spring semester dean’s list at Dakota Wesleyan University includes Lindsay Merry and Tanner Munk from Dell Rapids. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale. Students also have to complete at least 12 hours of academic work during the semester.The Dell Rapids School Board will meet in regular session on Monday, June 9th, at 7:00 p.m. at the HS/MS DDN Room. Some of the items on the agenda include the consent agenda, consideration of budget requests, approve extension of bus routes, discuss and approve Haven recommendations, and other committee reports. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
Work on the Garfield Ave bridge by City Park is underway. The construction started on Tuesday, May 27th. Cramer and Associates, Inc., an Iowa-based company, is doing the construction work on the new bridge. Construction of the new bridge is expected to be completed in 2014. Cramer and Associates has 180 days from the start of the project to have the project completed. During the construction the road is closed and traffic is being routed to Highway 115.
The bid by Cramer and Associates for the project came in at just over $2.3 million, and the project is being overseen by the South Dakota Department of Transportation.
Pictured are the new officers of the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association. L-R Chad Osthus CFSP, Watertown, SD ~ Vice-President; Ken Kirk, Rapid City, SD ~ Immediate Past President; George Bittner, Mitchell, SD ~ President; Robby Bates CFSP CCO, DeKalb, TX ~ NFDA President; Doug Nohava CFSP CPC, Garretson, SD ~ President-Elect; and Jim Jaeger CFSP, Wagner, SD ~ NFDA Policy Board Representative
Douglas G. Nohava, CFSP, CPC, of Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, and Garretson, SD, was elected as President-Elect of the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association (SDFDA) at their annual state convention held on May 7-9 at The Lodge at Deadwood. This year’s convention marked the state association’s 115th anniversary.
Nohava, a funeral director for nine years, will serve on the Executive Board of the SDFDA for the 2014-2015 association year. He graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Program of Mortuary Science in 2004. He has been employed with Minnehaha Funeral Home since 2005 and is licensed in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Doug is also a Licensed Insurance Producer in South Dakota and Minnesota and currently represents United Heritage Life Insurance, a funeral insurance provider. In 2010, Doug received the Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) designation from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. To attain the CFSP designation, Doug completed 180 hours of academic, professional, and public education activities. In 2013, he became a Certified Preplanning Consultant (CPC) through the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). Since 2012, he has also served on the NFDA Disaster Preparedness Resource Group and is also a Region 8 Team Member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (D-MORT).
Doug is a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson, and the Garretson Commercial Club. He is also a certified firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and fire service instructor with the Garretson Volunteer Fire Department and currently serves as the department’s 2nd Assistant Chief. He and his wife, Karly Hegge, have two daughters, Kalyce and Amity.
The South Dakota Funeral Directors Association is a professional association that represents the funeral home establishments and the funeral directors in the state. The Association provides education, legislative representation and public relations statewide.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, June 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include an outdoor event permit request, second reading on ordinance 799, consideration of bid acceptance for the library renovation project, first reading on ordinance 800, and the administrative report.
The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
Big Sioux Media will webcast the meeting starting at 7:30.