A Listen Back To 2010

December 31, 2010 prnews Local News 0

Performance Radio Presents a listen back to the sound bytes from Huron’s major news stories of 2010 below the audio player that will play back the retrospective is some of the photographs of this years news…

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A Beadle County township road southwest of Wolsey remains underwater in late summer after heavy spring rains. So roads in the county, even now in the winter are still covered by water.
The City of Huron passed an ordinance establishing guidelines for businesses who want to have areas for outdoor smoking, if the statewide smoking band was passed, which it was.

 

The Foster Creek Bridge at Lake Byron collapsed
City Engineer Mike Wever points out to the Huron City Commission were a new dike to protect the Municipal Swimming Pool's parking lot would start. The City lost the use of the pool because of flooding for most of the summer.
Anti-Dennis Daugaard supporters protested the Anti-Dennis Daugaard supporters protested theGovernor-Elects "ducking" of debates at the South Dakota State Fair
Huron Police cars block off 18th Street at Wisconsin Avenue after a car ripped a fuel hose off of the fuel tanker in the backgroud, dumping up to 55 gallons of fuel on the ground
Demcratic candidate for governor and Miller native Scott Heidipriem stumps for last minute votes at Manolis Grocery
John LeGrand is led back to the Beadle County Jail following his arrest in Sturgis on drug charges. He would be sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting Ricardo "RJ" Hein
Sioux Falls televison station reporters film John LeGrand being led into the Beadle County Courthouse on Oct. 18. He was to be sentenced that day but attempted to withdrawl his guilty plea. After a number of weeks Judge Vince Foley denied LeGrand's request and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the April 2009 death of 23 year old Ricardo Hein
The Canadian Pacific Railroad has expressed an interest to the City of Huron they would like to see the Lincoln Avenue crossing closed or risk the former Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad moving its Huron rail yard elsewhere.
Eric Macauley pleaded guilty to accidently shooting his twin brother David in March. He was sentenced to 198 days in jail and given credit for that time allowing for Macauley to be released from jail. He is a free man today.
US Representative-Elect Kristie Noem, a former District 6 State Representative speaks at a last mintue campaign rally at the Crossroads the last weekend prior to the election.
Gary Rogers, stepfather of Ricardo "RJ" Hein, talks with Beadle County States Attorney Mike Moore following the sentencing of John LeGrand for Hein's murder
City crews begin construction of a dike designed to keep floodwaters out of the Municipal Swimming Pool and to keep the city from building temporary dikes along Jersey Avenue in the spring.
State Department of Transportation crews but barricades up on the Ravine Lake service road bridge which state inspectors declared unsafe for vehicle traffic.
A payday loan business was robbed during the South Dakota State Fair

 

Edwin Thompson is led out of the Beadle County Courthouse after being found competent to stand trial for the November 2009 death of 21 year old Ryan Treadway