February 19, 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — More prominent marketing campaigns, fear of potential tax penalties and an overall better understanding of the nation’s health care law drove thousands of South Dakota residents to sign up for private health insurance during the second enrollment period that ended Sunday, health insurers said, resulting in a 60 percent increase […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the homicide of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 12:20 a.m. on Signal Drive in Rapid City. There they found the body of the man, whom they have not identified. Police are in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has voted down a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on South Dakota’s six public university campuses. House lawmakers voted 48 to 20 to dismiss the proposal, which was opposed by student groups who lobbied lawmakers to deny the proposal. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The US. Department of Agriculture says there were 400 fewer small operation farms and ranches in South Dakota last year. The Department’s annual survey shows the state had about 31,700 farms and ranches in 2014. The state saw a net loss of 300 from 2013. While there were 100 more […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota college students are lobbying lawmakers ahead of a state House vote on a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university’s campuses. South Dakota Student Federation Executive Director Jess Peterson said a group of students urged lawmakers on […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved a proposal that would require parental consent for minors to use indoor tanning beds at salons. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-5 on Thursday for the plan, which originally would have banned minors from using a tanning facility at all. Republican Rep. Steve […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the Aberdeen region are seeking changes in the operation of the city’s contracted animal shelter. The American News reports ( ) that resident Talese Nelson this week presented the City Council with a petition bearing 402 signatures. The petition seeks several changes, including more information on how […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Box Elder is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Pierre is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional $4 […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Mitchell’s City Council has rejected a proposal to allow residents to raise chickens in fenced backyards. Resident Peggy Miiller had asked council members earlier this month to consider the idea of allowing chickens under certain rules, such as limiting the number to six hens and not allowing roosters, which crow. She […]