Wildfires blaze across South Dakota
for Tri-State Livestock News High winds and warm, dry conditions are a combination we all dread. March 29 had it all. Winds over 50 mph started early in the morning, as did fire alarms. About noon a Jones County, South Dakota, county road man, Colin Strait noticed smoke, called it in and tried to make a fire line with his road grader until getting stuck crossing a creek. Local farmers, ranchers and volunteer fire departments responded to the call. Mel and Clarice Roghair live northwest of Okaton, S.D., and a little before 1 p.m. they lost electricity but thankfully still had a corded phone. T...
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