HIGHMORE, S.D. — Mel Leveque, the owner of AeroAg Drone Services and a rancher outside of Highmore, said a June 29, 2026, storm that hit Highmore and surrounding areas early in the morning came out of nowhere. “I’ll say, 5:30 our phones started going off, and it said, you know, possible gusts of wind up to 100 mile an hour and, you know, we didn’t think much of it. We looked outside, and it was just really hazy, and the sun was coming up so it w…
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