South Dakota State football is back in action this Saturday after a bye week and the Jackrabbits will head north to take on No. 11 ranked North Dakota.

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Do a good deed this weekend in Jeremy Deutsch’s memory.

As part of our public service mandate, the Beacon and Brookings Radio offered interviews with all candidates for local office. The following is our interviews with five candidates for two spots on the Brookings City Council: Incumbents Brianna Doran and Lisa Hager and challengers Al Austreim, Shawn Hostler and Wade Wantoch.

Optimism abounds as one of the biggest annual events in Eastern South Dakota arrives this weekend.