Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has added a touch of South Dakota to his new Senate office, hanging a bison head named Murdo in the front room of his majority leader suite. Senate staff wheeled the taxidermy ...

Firefighters in Murdo are mourning the loss of their captain. Capt. Nick Van Dam, 37, was driving a tender to a grass fire when the rig veered off the road and rolled over. Van Dam, who had been a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 30—MURDO, S.D. — The Murdo volunteer firefighter who died in a crash while en route to a grass fire has been identified.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A volunteer firefighter from Murdo died while responding to a grassfire this weekend. The Murdo community is coming together to support his family. Nick Van Dam, 37, was ...

Nick Van Dam, 37, was a firefighter responding to a grass fire Saturday evening when the firetruck left the roadway, rolled and ejected him, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.