State/Local

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota Senate committee has approved a proposal that calls for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. The Senate State Affairs committee voted 5 to 3 Friday to send the resolution to the full Senate. If it’s approved, South Dakota would join 24 […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state Senate panel has approved a roughly $50 million road and bridge funding package that’s based on Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s transportation proposal. The Senate Transportation Committee on Friday approved some changes to the governor’s plan, which raises transportation funding through a variety of increases in fuel taxes, fees and other […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Democrats are fighting back against Republican efforts to change the state’s so-called “Daschle law” that bars a presidential candidate from seeking another office on the same South Dakota ballot. The House State Affairs Committee on Friday voted 9-2 for a proposal that would strip away the prohibition. The original Republican-backed measure […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Michigan-based SpartanNash is planning to close its food-distribution warehouse in Rapid City on April 4. Company spokeswoman Meredith Gremel told the Rapid City Journal ( ) that most of the 49 workers there will lose their jobs. Operations at the western South Dakota warehouse will be consolidated in distribution centers […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, which gives a grittier view of frontier living than her popular “Little House” series for children, is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press. “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,” was released in November by the small state-owned publishing […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press. The small state-owned publishing house released “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography” in November. Wilder penned the popular children’s series of Little House on the Prairie books, but her autobiography was written for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are searching for a man who two teenage girls say tried to lure them into his vehicle. A 13-year-old and 14-year-old told police Wednesday evening the suspect tried to get them to enter his vehicle while they were walking near downtown Sioux Falls. According to a police […]

Several state legislatures are debating vaccine-related measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December and spread beyond the theme park. Here is a look at some of the legislation around the country: CALIFORNIA Three California lawmakers, all Democrats, introduced legislation this week that would require […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A southeast South Dakota blood bank has donated a mobile blood donation center to a nonprofit helping children in Mexico. The Community Blood Bank of Sioux Falls has given its former bloodmobile to the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation. The organization provides cardiac and oncology care for children of the Los […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s capital city has been going through a building boom of sorts. John Irvine with the city of Pierre told the Capital Journal ( ) that building permits for 2014 totaled $44 million in new construction. He says the last time the city was close to that was 2004 when […]