February 2015

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 […]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Employees at Sioux Steel in Lennox are gradually getting back to work, after a shooting incident a week ago that killed one worker and injured two others. CEO Scott Rysdon tells the Argus Leader ( ) the company reopened Monday, and has been letting employees come back to work whenever they […]

PARKER, S.D. (AP) — Landowners concerned about possible problems from a large egg-laying operation planned near Parker are suing its developers and the Turner County Commission. Sioux Falls-based Sonstegard Foods hopes to put 6 million birds on a farm 2½ miles from Parker. Opponents believe that’s too close, and will create problems such as odor. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 03-11-13-26-31 (three, eleven, thirteen, twenty-six, thirty-one)