BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) — A memorial stands at a bridge with the initials “MW” engraved at the top of a cross amidst flowers on 214th Street in rural Brookings County. State’s Attorney Dan Nelson says the search in the county for 14-year-old McKenna Wendel of Sioux Falls began on the night of March 18.
“It was Brookings County law enforcement, it was Sioux Falls law enforcement, it was DCI, and then it was our local fire department that all participated in that search and then eventual recovery,” Nelson said Tuesday.
Nelson says Wendel was found in the water 100 feet from the road on the south side of the small bridge southwest of the city of Brookings, on a river’s east side. Wendel was last seen March 13 in Sioux Falls; she was found March 19…