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The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers and business leaders. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss oversees the report. The overall index ranges between […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 19-year-old Watertown man who participated in a botched robbery that resulted in the slaying of a marijuana dealer in Sioux Falls will spend 50 years in prison. Brian Anderson was sentenced Monday to 80 years in prison, with 30 years suspended. Anderson earlier pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Jennifer Eastman already was in anguish when she went to the hospital on Jan. 4, 2013, to have the dead fetus she was carrying removed from her uterus. The procedure and the loss of a child were bad enough. But it got worse. Following the procedure, while in the recovery […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A weekend crash on Interstate 90 in Rapid City killed a woman from the city. The Highway Patrol says 20-year-old Victoria Bates was driving a sport utility vehicle that spun out of control on an icy curve on Saturday afternoon. The SUV went in the dich and rolled several times. […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — A winter storm that blanketed much of the Plains and Midwest dumped more than half a foot of snow on southeastern South Dakota. National Weather Service reports show that Sioux Falls got nearly 6 ½ inches of snow on Sunday, and Yankton got about 8 inches. The storm dumped up to […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new report says a monthly economic survey index for nine Midwestern and Plains rose slightly in January. The survey report issued Monday says the overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index climbed to 54.8 last month from 54.4 in December. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey, says growth for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Troubled by consumer complaints and loopholes in state laws, federal regulators are putting together the first rules on payday loans aimed at helping cash-strapped borrowers avoid falling into a cycle of high-rate debt. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says state laws governing the $46 billion payday lending industry often fall short, and […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Some South Dakota researchers are using a federal grant to figure out what happens to the animals when a pond goes dry. How far the frogs, salamanders and ducks must travel to find another wetland is the focus of the work being done over three years by the South Dakota State […]