March 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a measure that increases funding for road and bridge projects, while also hiking the state’s fuel taxes by 6 cents per gallon. Daugaard signed the proposal into law Tuesday. The measure is expected to raise tens of millions of dollars in road and bridge […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The number of animal rabies cases has dropped in South Dakota for the second consecutive year. Health officials say 21 cases were reported in 2014, that’s down from 28 in 2013. The two-year decline comes after the state experienced a spike in cases. State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says rabies is a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A second unit from the South Dakota Army National Guard has been scheduled to deploy to Kuwait. Thirty-nine soldiers from the Sioux Falls-based 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade have received an alert order about a possible deployment to Kuwait in February. Last month, a Rapid City-based unit was notified about a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful northern lights farther south, federal forecasters said. So far no damage has been reported. Two blasts of magnetic plasma left the sun on Sunday, combined and arrived on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful northern lights farther south, federal forecasters said. So far no damage has been reported. Two blasts of magnetic plasma left the sun on Sunday, combined and arrived on […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune has hired Rep. Kristi Noem’s 2010 campaign manager to lead his likely effort to seek re-election to a third Senate term in 2016. Former staffer and political veteran Joshua Shields started as campaign manager on Monday for Thune’s unofficial Senate bid. Shields said it’s unclear when […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The former police chief in Rapid City is taking on the mayor. Former Chief Steve Allender says he’s decided to run against Mayor Sam Kooiker (KWAY’-kuhr), who is seeking his third term in the June 2 election. Allender retired about 10 months ago, ending a 30-year career with the police […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A Mitchell man who died when he fled from police and crashed into a parked car had a history of running from law officers. Court documents obtained by The Daily Republic newspaper ( ) show that 33-year-old Ryan McManus had been involved in at least three other incidents since 2004 in […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Mitchell man who was killed over the weekend when he fled from police and crashed into a parked car. Police tell The Daily Republic newspaper ( ) that 33-year-old Ryan McManus fled from a Davison County sheriff’s deputy shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday and led authorities on […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 02-04-20-22-28 (two, four, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-eight)