Aurora County Clinic

The clinic is located in Plankinton and is staffed with a full-time physician assistant who has been in Plankinton for over 25 years.  There is no hospital in Plankinton and the nearest hospital is in Mitchell, 24 miles away.  Dr. Dean and Jim Cody provide on-site services at Aurora-Brule Nursing Home in White Lake, SD (also in Aurora County) where Dr. Dean serves as Medical Director. 

Jim Cody, PA-C
Family Practice

Thomas Dean, MD
Family Practice

Keri Orstad, MD
Family Practice

Community Highlights

The Aurora County Clinic, is located in a jewel of a location with interstate 90 intersecting US 281 just outside Plankinton.  Plankinton has an accredited 64,000 sq. ft. elementary and high school built in 2002.  The new school has state-of-the-art classrooms, a wellness center, community library, and excellent sports facilities.  Plankinton is the county seat of Aurora County, located within an hours drive of 6 different campgrounds along the beautiful Missouri River with great walleye fishing Great 9 hole public golf course, swimming pool, with three different city parks.  Free housing lots from the Plankinton Development Corporation in a new housing development located within walking distance of the school.  Plankinton is located within a 20 minute drive to Cabelas with excellent world renowned pheasant hunting.  Through an innovative energy management system, Plankinton boasts one of the lowest residential electric rates in the state of South Dakota.  An annual Pheasantfest is held in August of each year.