Brookings, South Dakota

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| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Ope Niemeyer {{cn|date=August 2023}}
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| leader_name1             = Paul Briseno {{cn|date=August 2023}}
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| established_date3        = 1883<ref>{{cite web|title=SD Towns |publisher=[[South Dakota State Historical Society]] |access-date=February 11, 2010 |url=http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210030454/http://history.sd.gov/Archives/forms/exhibits/SD%20Towns.pdf |archive-date=February 10, 2010}}</ref>
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| population_total         = 23377
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| postal_code              = 57006-57007
| area_code                = [[Area code 605|605]]
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'''Brookings''' is a city in [[Brookings County, South Dakota|Brookings County]], [[South Dakota]], United States. Brookings is South Dakota's [[List of cities in South Dakota|fourth most populous city]], with a population of 23,377 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Brookings city, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4607580 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 19, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> It is the [[county seat]] of Brookings County,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> and home to [[South Dakota State University]], the state's largest institution of [[higher education]].<ref name=SDuniversities>{{cite web|title=Doing Business in South Dakota (Public Universities) |publisher=Governor's Office of Economic Development |access-date=November 26, 2007 |url=http://www.sdreadytowork.com/dbisd/education.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085353/http://www.sdreadytowork.com/dbisd/education.asp |archive-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref> Also in Brookings are the [[South Dakota Art Museum]], the [[Children's Museum of South Dakota]], the annual Brookings Summer Arts Festival, and the headquarters of several manufacturing companies and agricultural operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brookingschamber.org/list/category/manufacturers-192|title=Manufacturers - Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, SD|website=www.brookingschamber.org|language=en-US|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref>

==History==

===Pioneer===
The county and city were both named after one of South Dakota's pioneer promoters, [[Wilmot Brookings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12775|title=Profile for Brookings, South Dakota|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> Brookings set out for the [[Dakota Territory]] in June 1857. He arrived at [[Sioux Falls]] on August 27, 1857, and became one of the first settlers there. He and his group represented the [[Western Town Company]]. After a time in [[Sioux Falls]], [[Wilmot Brookings|Brookings]] and a companion set out for the [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]] area to locate a town in an area that was soon to be ceded by the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. This trip began in January 1858, and the two soon encountered a blizzard that froze Brookings's feet, which both had to be amputated.

[[File:Brookings court house.jpg|thumb|left|[[Brookings County Courthouse]] ]]
Brookings rose to a high position in the Territory, becoming a member of the Squatter Territorial Legislature and later elected Squatter Governor. He then was appointed superintendent of a road that was to be built from the Minnesota state line west to the [[Missouri River]] about 30 miles north of [[Fort Pierre, South Dakota|Ft. Pierre]]. It was during this road's construction that Brookings came into contact with land that was part of this county at the time. He made settlement of this area possible for many people.

===Medary===
The first real town organized in [[Brookings County]] was [[Medary, South Dakota|Medary]], in 1857. Before that, the area had been traveled and utilized only by Native Americans, with a few indistinct traces left showing the penetration of the area by explorers, missionaries, trappers, and traders. Along with Sioux Falls and Flandreau, Medary was one of the first three European settlements established in South Dakota.

The first site of Medary was located by the [[Dakota Land Company]] of [[Minnesota]], led by Alpheus G. Fuller and Franklin J. DeWitt and accompanied by engineer Samuel A. Medary, Jr. In 1857, the men put up quarters in preparation to live out the winter in Medary. Many other settlers moved into the area in 1858. But in the spring of that year, a large group of Yankton and Yanktonnia Indians drove the settlers from the area, and Medary remained nearly abandoned for the next 11 years.

In 1869, a group of 10 Norwegian pioneers moved west into the Dakota Territory and resettled the area of Medary, about four and a half miles south of present-day Brookings. The county of Brookings was formally organized in Medary in Martin Trygstad's cabin on July 3, 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brookingscountysd.gov/index.aspx?nid=99|title=History of Brookings County - Brookings County, SD - Official Website|website=www.brookingscountysd.gov|access-date=July 5, 2017}}</ref> The county's original boundaries extended to two miles south of Flandreau. The territorial legislature established the current boundaries on January 8, 1873. Two other small settlements, Oakwood and Fountain, appeared in the Brookings County area around this time. All three hoped to be the town the railroad would decide to run through as it moved westward. The railroad bypassed Medary, so it became a ghost town.

===Railroad===
In fact, the railroad bypassed all three towns. When the businessmen of Medary and Fountain found out that the railroad had no plans to run through the two towns, they began a push to find a central location. Many private meetings and much effort on the part of the men of Medary and Fountain led the railroad to lay its tracks through what became the city of Brookings.

In a letter sent to [[Chicago]] on September 30, 1879, Land Commissioner Charles E. Simmons communicated the layout of the series of towns in Brookings County for the railroad to pass through: Aurora, Brookings, and Volga. Many merchants of Medary and Fountain packed up their businesses and belongings and moved to Brookings, which was surveyed and platted on October 3 and 4, 1879. Fountain ceased to exist; Medary and Oakwood remained for a while but eventually faded away. A monument still stands at the site of the old Medary as a reminder of the people who once lived there.

The railroad crossed the Minnesota state line into Brookings County on October 2, 1879. With tracks being built at about one mile per day, the track and first train reached Brookings's Main Street on October 18, 1879. The railroad station opened a month later.

Brookings was laid out in 1880.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA47|year=1908|page=47}}</ref>

==Employment==
According to the City's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cityofbrookings-sd.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/8471|title=City of Brookings 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|page=181|access-date=July 14, 2023|date=July 14, 2023}}</ref> its largest employers are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[South Dakota State University]]
|3,973
|-
|2
|[[Daktronics]]
|1,329
|-
|3
|[[3M]]
|1,156
|-
|4
|[[Walmart]]
|538
|-
|5
|Brookings Health System
|496
|-
|6
|Brookings School District
|492
|-
|7
|[[Hy-Vee]] Food Store
|450
|-
|8
|[[Larson Manufacturing]]
|448
|-
|9
|Aramark
|384
|-
|10
|Swiftel Center
|355
|}

Brookings's unemployment rate is 2.7%, well below the national average of 4.7%.

Bel Brands USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Paris-based multinational Fromageries BEL or [[Bel Group]], began commercial construction of a 170,000-square-foot [[Babybel]] cheese production plant in 2014 in the city's Foster Addition north of the Swiftel Center. The project added 250 new jobs in Brookings by the end of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.belbrandsusa.com/brookings-plant.asp|title = Our Locations|publisher = Bel Brands USA|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> [[Rainbow Play Systems]] is also headquartered in Brookings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainbow Play Systems |url=https://www.brookingschamber.org/list/member/rainbow-play-systems-322 |website=Brookings Chamber}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|13.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|12.94|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
Brookings experiences a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb''), which is characterized by warm, relatively humid summers and cold, dry winters, and is in [[Hardiness zone|USDA Hardiness Zone]]s 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arborday.org/treeinfo/ZoneInfo.cfm?ZipCode=57006&submit=Look+it+up%21|title = Arbor Day Foundation - Buy trees, rain forest friendly coffee, greeting cards that plant trees, memorials and celebrations with trees, and more}}</ref> The monthly daily average temperature range from {{convert|12.8|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|70.7|°F|1}} in July, while there are 8 days of {{convert|90|°F|0}}+ highs and 35 days with sub-{{convert|0|°F|0}} lows annually.<ref name=NOAA/><ref name=NCEI/> Snowfall occurs mostly in light to moderate amounts, totaling {{convert|35.8|in|cm|0}}.<ref name=NOAA/><ref name=NCEI/> Precipitation, at {{convert|25.21|in|mm|0}} annually, is concentrated in the warmer months.<ref name=NOAA/><ref name=NCEI/>  Extremes range from {{convert|-41|°F|0}} as recently as January 12, 1912 to {{convert|109|°F|0}} on July 24, 1940.<ref name=NOAA/>

{{Weather box 
|location = Brookings, South Dakota (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1893−present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 65
|Feb record high F = 69
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 106
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 68
|year record high F = 109

|Jan avg record high F = 43.2
|Feb avg record high F = 48.8
|Mar avg record high F = 65.1
|Apr avg record high F = 78.9
|May avg record high F = 86.7
|Jun avg record high F = 90.8
|Jul avg record high F = 92.4
|Aug avg record high F = 91.3
|Sep avg record high F = 87.2
|Oct avg record high F = 80.7
|Nov avg record high F = 63.6
|Dec avg record high F = 47.1
|year avg record high F = 94.5

|Jan high F = 22.2
|Feb high F = 26.9
|Mar high F = 39.1
|Apr high F = 54.1
|May high F = 66.8
|Jun high F = 76.8
|Jul high F = 81.4
|Aug high F = 79.3
|Sep high F = 72.0
|Oct high F = 57.6
|Nov high F = 41.0
|Dec high F = 27.5
|year high F = 53.7
|Jan mean F = 12.8
|Feb mean F = 17.1
|Mar mean F = 29.5
|Apr mean F = 43.1
|May mean F = 56.0
|Jun mean F = 66.6
|Jul mean F = 70.7
|Aug mean F = 68.4
|Sep mean F = 60.1
|Oct mean F = 45.9
|Nov mean F = 31.2
|Dec mean F = 18.6
|year mean F = 43.3
|Jan low F = 3.5
|Feb low F = 7.4
|Mar low F = 19.9
|Apr low F = 32.1
|May low F = 45.2
|Jun low F = 56.3
|Jul low F = 60.1
|Aug low F = 57.4
|Sep low F = 48.2
|Oct low F = 34.2
|Nov low F = 21.5
|Dec low F = 9.7
|year low F = 33.0

|Jan avg record low F = -19.9
|Feb avg record low F = -14.7
|Mar avg record low F = -5.4
|Apr avg record low F = 16.8
|May avg record low F = 29.9
|Jun avg record low F = 42.8
|Jul avg record low F = 46.7
|Aug avg record low F = 44.1
|Sep avg record low F = 31.1
|Oct avg record low F = 18.0
|Nov avg record low F = 2.1
|Dec avg record low F = -13.2
|year avg record low F = -23.5

|Jan record low F = −41
|Feb record low F = −41
|Mar record low F = −23
|Apr record low F = -2
|May record low F = 17
|Jun record low F = 28
|Jul record low F = 37
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = -9
|Nov record low F = −22
|Dec record low F = −36
|year record low F = -41
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.43
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.50
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.06
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.17
|May precipitation inch = 3.45
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.29
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.61
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.22
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.10
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.97
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.80
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.61
|year precipitation inch = 25.21
|Jan snow inch = 5.5
|Feb snow inch = 7.1
|Mar snow inch = 6.4
|Apr snow inch = 4.1
|May snow inch = 0.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.1
|Nov snow inch = 4.7
|Dec snow inch = 6.8
|year snow inch = 35.8
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.0
|Feb precipitation days = 5.6
|Mar precipitation days = 6.8
|Apr precipitation days = 9.6
|May precipitation days = 12.5
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 10.0
|Aug precipitation days = 9.1
|Sep precipitation days = 8.4
|Oct precipitation days = 7.7
|Nov precipitation days = 4.9
|Dec precipitation days = 6.0
|year precipitation days = 98.6
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 6.2
|Feb snow days = 5.2
|Mar snow days = 4.3
|Apr snow days = 2.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.7
|Nov snow days = 2.9
|Dec snow days = 5.9
|year snow days = 27.2
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=fsd
| title = NowData − NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00391076&format=pdf
| title = Station: Brookings 2 NE, SD
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991−2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 16, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 1518
|1900= 2846
|1910= 2971
|1920= 3921
|1930= 4376
|1940= 5346
|1950= 7764
|1960= 10558
|1970= 13717
|1980= 14951
|1990= 16270
|2000= 18504
|2010= 22056
|2020= 23377
|estyear=2022
|estimate=23993
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=June 25, 2023|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 14, 2023}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 22,056 people, 8,159 households, and 3,836 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1704.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,715 housing units at an average density of {{convert|673.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.5% of the population.

There were 8,159 households, of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 53.0% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age in the city was 23.5 years. 16.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 38% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 15.2% were from 45 to 64; and 8.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.1% male and 48.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 18,504 people, 6,971 households, and 3,422 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,549.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,359 housing units at an average density of {{convert|616.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.99% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.88% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.26% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.75% of the population.

There were 6,971 households, out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.9% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.4% under the age of 18, 36.6% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males.

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $31,266, and the median income for a family was $49,246. Males had a median income of $31,276 versus $22,763 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,028. About 7.3% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

===Ancestry===
The two largest ancestries in the city are:
* 44.5% [[German American|German]]
* 24.8% [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]]

===Religion===
As of 2010, 60.7% of Brookings's population claimed affiliation with a religious congregation. The largest such groups were:

* [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] – 29%
* [[Roman Catholicism in the United States|Roman Catholic]] – 22%
* [[Methodism|Methodist]] – 10%
* [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan]] - 10%
* All other religious congregations - 30%

Brookings is also home to the [[Institute of Lutheran Theology]], a pan-denominational Lutheran seminary. Students come from across the Lutheran spectrum, with the majority affiliated with one of three denominations; the [[North American Lutheran Church]], [[Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ]] and the [[Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations]].

==Education==
The [[Brookings School District]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brookings School District 05-1 / Homepage|url=https://www.brookings.k12.sd.us/|access-date=August 4, 2020|website=http|language=en}}</ref> serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. There is also a Catholic School hosted in St. Thomas More Catholic Church for students pre-kindergarten through [[third grade]]. [[South Dakota State University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Dakota State University Homepage|url=https://www.sdstate.edu/|access-date=August 4, 2020|website=South Dakota State University|language=en}}</ref> the state's largest college,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biggest Colleges in South Dakota|url=https://collegestats.org/colleges/south-dakota/largest/|website=College Stats .org}}</ref> is in Brookings.

==Media==

===Newspaper===
''[[The Brookings Register]]'' publishes daily Monday through Friday morning with a focus on local news and sports. It serves all of Brookings County and parts of Hamlin, Deuel, Kingsbury, Lake and Moody Counties in South Dakota and Lincoln County, Minnesota.

===AM Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="6"|'''[[AM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency!!Call sign!!Name!!Format!!Owner!!City
|-
|910 AM||[[KJJQ]]||The Ranch AM 910||[[Classic Country]]||[[Alpha Media]]||[[Volga, South Dakota|Volga]]/Brookings
|-
|1430 AM||[[KBRK (AM)|KBRK]]||KBRK 1430 AM||[[Adult standards]]||Alpha Media||Brookings
|-
|}

===FM Radio===
{|class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="7"|'''[[FM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency!!Call sign!!Name!!Format!!Owner!!Target city/[[media market|market]]!![[City of license]]
|-
|88.3 FM||[[South Dakota Public Broadcasting|KESD]]||South Dakota Public Broadcasting||[[National Public Radio|NPR]]||SD Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|89.1 FM||[[K206EQ]]||VCY America||[[Christian radio|Christian]]<br/><small>[[KVCH]] [[broadcast translator|translator]]</small>||[[VCY America, Inc.]]||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|89.7 FM||[[WJFM|K209DX]]||Sonlife Radio||[[Christian radio|Christian]]<br/><small>[[WJFM|WJFM-FM]] [[broadcast translator|translator]]</small>||[[Jimmy Swaggart|Jimmy Swaggart Ministries]]||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|90.7 FM||[[KSDJ]]||New Rock 90.7||[[Modern Rock|Alternative]]/[[College radio|College]]||[[South Dakota State University]]||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|93.7 FM||[[KBRK-FM]]||B93.7||[[Hot Adult Contemporary]]||[[Alpha Media]]||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|95.5 FM||[[Minnesota Public Radio|K238AX]]||Classical Minnesota Public Radio||[[National Public Radio|Classical]]||Minnesota Public Radio||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|99.7 FM||[[KARZ (FM)|KARZ]]||99.7 KARZ||[[Classic Hits]]||[[Linder Radio Group]]||Marshall/Brookings||[[Marshall, Minnesota|Marshall, MN]]
|-
|102.3 FM||[[KKQQ]]||K-Country 102.3||[[Country music|Country]]||[[Alpha Media]]||Brookings||[[Volga, South Dakota|Volga]]
|-
|105.5 FM||[[WJRF|K288EV]]||The Refuge||[[Contemporary Christian]]<br/><small>[[WJRF|WJRF-FM]] [[broadcast translator|translator]]</small>||Refuge Media Group||Brookings||Brookings
|-
|107.1 FM||[[KDBX]]||107.1 The Hawk||[[Classic rock|Classic Rock]]||[[Alpha Media]]||Brookings||[[Clear Lake, South Dakota|Clear Lake]]
|-
|}

==Transportation==

===Roads===
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*[[Image:I-29.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 29 in South Dakota|Interstate 29]]-while Exits 132 and 133 both are located within the city limits, Exit 132 is the only one signed for Brookings
*[[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 14 in South Dakota|U.S. Highway 14]]
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*[[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] [[Special routes of U.S. Route 14|U.S. Highway 14 Bypass]]
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===Airport===
[[Brookings Regional Airport]] serves the City of Brookings.  A major reconstruction of the airport took place in 2012.

===Transit===
Intercity bus service to the city is provided by [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/south-dakota/|title=South Dakota Bus Stops|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>

==Points of interest==
[[Image:BrookingsVeteransMemorial.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The veterans memorial in Brookings.]]

* [[McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum]]
* [[South Dakota Art Museum]]
* [[South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum]]
* [[Children's Museum of South Dakota]]
* [[Coughlin Campanile]]
* [[South Dakota State University]]
* [[Frost Arena]]
* [[Coughlin-Alumni Stadium]]
* [[Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium]]

==Notable people==
*[[Jacob M. Appel]], wrote portions of [[Coulrophobia & Fata Morgana]] in Brookings Public Library<ref>American Writer, June 2017, P 22</ref>
*[[Stephen Foster Briggs]], co-founder of [[Briggs & Stratton]], educated in Brookings
*[[Robert H. Burris]], biochemist, educated in Brookings
*[[Ray Ellefson]], professional basketball player, born in Brookings
*[[Geraldine Fenn]], children's activist, born in Brookings
*[[Cheris Kramarae]], co-author of ''A Feminist Dictionary'', born in Brookings
*[[Herman Natwick]], mayor of Brookings
*[[Gene Okerlund]], professional wrestling announcer, born in Brookings


==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Brookings, South Dakota}}
* [https://www.cityofbrookings-sd.gov/ City of Brookings]
* [http://www.brookingssd.com/ BrookingsSD.com community portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129101434/http://brookingssd.com/ |date=January 29, 2005}}
* [https://nlbd.org/brookings/company/ City Directory - Brookings]

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