BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) – A need for more space led to a renovation at the Brookings County Detention Center. Progress on the Brookings County Jail project is moving along as crews work to put up walls. “Currently we are on track with everything, we have walls coming in now, they’re pre-cast walls, and there’s actually […]

Brookings, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The Brookings County Detention Center is about to reach a major milestone in its $15 million expansion project started back in September. Outer walls of the facility are expected to go up by March 12th. Staff members of the Brookings County Detention Center have been wanting an expansion for […]

BROOKINGS – Brookings County Detention Center construction has been underway for just a few months now, but significant progress has been made in that short amount of time. The jail’s addition (where the drop-off parking area, basketball court and green space were to the north of the original building) is set to be finished in […]

Read the January/February 2021 Gang Box. Highlights include: Sanford Christmas Trees, Sharing Christmas, Project Updates and Employee Spotlight: Mike Bull.

View the video that takes a look back at our projects, new employees and anniversaries for 2020. 

Superintendent Jeremy Kessler and our in-house Sanford Health crew just completed the cold storage room for the COVID-19 vaccines. Each freezer can hold 75,000 doses of the vaccine. Check out the national NBC News coverage of the story.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is starting work on a nursing home that is being built southeast of the Royal River Casino and Hotel. The 40-plus unit facility is scheduled to be open next fall, said Tony Reider, the tribe’s president. The nursing home, expected to cost about $20 million, will have a strong focus […]

The tradition continues! Henry Carlson Company’s shop employees and Sanford Health’s maintenance crew cut down two Christmas trees for Sanford Hospital Monday. We cut the first tree outside of Valley Springs. The second tree came from Sanford’s Stevens Center. The first tree was transported to Children’s Hospital and the other tree was moved to the […]

Henry Carlson Construction is sponsoring Christmas at the Castle on December 1st at 6:00 PM. The tree lighting ceremony will be held on the Sanford Children’s Hospital front lawn. Hot cocoa and sweet treats will be served. There will be shopping for special ornaments and other merchandise to support local kids. Face masks and social […]

Read the November/December 2020 Gang Box Issue. Highlights include: ASCO Completes 41st Street, Project Updates and Employee Spotlight: Joe Turpeinen.