March 20, 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a controversial Republican-backed measure to exempt South Dakota’s youngest workers from the $8.50 minimum wage voters approved in November, but has vetoed three obscure tax proposals that passed with mostly strong support. Daugaard acted on the last bills from the 2015 session on Friday. He signed […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed a measure to help determine whether South Dakota’s property tax burden is a barrier to entry for businesses looking to offer affordable housing rentals. Daugaard vetoed the bill Friday. It would have created a new property classification for leased residential property. Republican Sen. Deb Peters says […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed a measure that would have slightly reduced the amount of tax burden on rural electric companies. Daugaard vetoed the bill Friday. He explained in a letter that the exemption would have given special preference to a specific type of business, eroding the foundation of South Dakota’s […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Campus police at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion say they are investigating a report of a sexual assault at a residence hall. Authorities on Friday said the assault allegedly happened Wednesday in the Coyote Village dorm. Pete Jensen is director of the University Police Department. Jensen says the case […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Organizers of the annual Lakota Nation Invitational basketball tournament will keep it in Rapid City this year. The tournament’s board of directors had been entertaining offers from other potential host sites due to racial tensions in Rapid City. KEVN-TV reports ( ) that Board President Chuck Wilson has issued a […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — A Deadwood man who admitted to burglarizing two churches has been sentenced to four years in prison. Judge Michelle Percy also ordered 52-year-old Steven Purchase to pay nearly $1,100 in restitution. Percy pleaded guilty to burglarizing St. Ambrose Catholic Church in May 2014. Percy cut himself, leaving blood on a broken […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Almost one-fourth of what Sioux Falls trash collectors hauled away last year was sent to recyclers, setting a city record. The Argus Leader reports ( ) the 23.5 percent recycling rate was the highest since the city began monitoring it in 2008, and exceeded the goal officials had set for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police have arrested two people in what has been described as a teen mob attack.buy prednisone online https://www.pharmalucence.com/wp-content/languages/new/generic/prednisone.html no prescription Authorities say a 17-year-old minor faces riot and simple assault charges, and an 18-year-old boy faces a riot charge. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says more charges are likely. […]

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — Before oil tanker trucks rumbled down the roads at all hours, this town was so quiet that Erin White rode her horse to a deserted Main Street one night. Back then, this was a dusty hamlet with few prospects for a future. Like many teens, White didn’t expect to be […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Forecasters say drought conditions are likely for much of the Northern Plains this spring. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 75 percent of North Dakota and 82 percent of South Dakota as either abnormally dry or in moderate drought conditions already. All of eastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota […]