This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: The Lake Thompson Recreation Area is open ... In 2012, Kingsbury County requested the South Dakota Water Management Board ...

The Knights are among hundreds in the Lake Thompson area who have been dealing with ... Nelson and Knight said an engineer from the South Dakota Department of Environment and National Resources ...

CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (KELO) — Sometimes you really can blame the weather: Fewer campers have used South Dakota ... sand drifts built up at Lake Thompson Recreation Area west of Brookings.

Dakota County officials closed access to Thompson Lake at Thompson ... of sewage had seeped into the lake over 24 hours due to sewer line failure at the south end of the lake.