February 2015
PIKEs promote awareness, raise money for cancer research
Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of South Dakota are taking a stand against blood cancer by hosting the fifth annual Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life event at the Wellness Center Feb. 18. Cycle for Life is held at more than 130 campuses across North America, according to the charity’s website. The event […]
Campus greenhouse allows students a chance at a green thumb
Bob Garner walks down an aisle of plants in the Churchill-Haines greenhouse, checking individual leaves to make sure the plants are healthy. The 52-year-old has been around gardens for most of his life, and for the last two and a half years he’s been the caretaker of the greenhouse on campus. “We’ve got some plants […]
Relay for Life offers hope for those affected by cancer
For some University of South Dakota students, the fight against cancer is personal. Junior Emily Jansen is part of the Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) organization on campus and is volunteering her time to help organize the annual Relay for Life event coming up Feb. 22. “I’m really, really passionate about the American Cancer Society (ACS) […]
Owner Of SD Car Dealership Indicted On Grand Theft Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in South Dakota are accusing the owner of a car dealership of participating in misleading business transactions. Attorney General Marty Jackley says 38-year-old Joseph Stanford has been indicted on charges of grand theft by deception and selling a motor vehicle without the consent of a lienholder. Prosecutors say Stanford […]
US Government Sells Off Select Parts Of Black Hills Forest
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Like a lot of people who consider the Black Hills National Forest a treasured public resource, Darren Haar doesn’t think it’s a great idea to sell pieces of it to private owners. But, also like a lot of people, he wouldn’t mind having a pristine piece of it for himself […]
South Dakota Drug Courts Helping To Lower Prison Population
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — In the last two years, Joel Amick, Kelly Carpenter and many others who are going through drug court have helped stabilize the prison population in South Dakota. Both convicted criminals who live in Mitchell, Amick and Carpenter are successfully making their way through James Valley Drug Court. Amick, 28, is nearing […]
South Dakota Concrete Rest Stop Teepees Get National Honor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Unofficially, the rest stops opened 50 years ago on Interstate 90 were known as “Whitwam’s wigwams.” On a certificate designating their admittance to the National Register of Historic Places, their title is more formal: “Ward Whitwam’s concrete instate tipis.” Those four teepees, joined by five more from 1973 to 1979, […]
Stone Marker From Dakotas State Line Now Stands In Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An old stone marker newly on display in Pierre is a monument to the unique connection South Dakota has to North Dakota and vice versa. It once stood as a sort of sentry, on a picket line with 719 others just like it along the straight-as-an-arrow line between the two states […]
South Dakota AG Reacts To Ruling To Block Immigration Order
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says it’s time for a “meaningful discussion” about immigration reform in Washington following a federal court ruling that blocks an executive order on immigration. A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked executive orders Tuesday that would have shielded from deportation as many as 5 million […]
Inmate Serving Rape Sentence Dies Following Lengthy Illness
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prison inmate serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree rape has died of natural causes following a lengthy illness. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says 60-year-old Harold Kusick died Monday in Sioux Falls. Kusick was sentenced in 2004 for a rape that had happened a decade earlier. […]