March 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds along with other members of Congress is touring the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Rounds was at the base Friday with fellow GOP members Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Joni Ernst of Iowa and James Lankford of Oklahoma. The Republican […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City-based Black Hills Corp. plans to build a $70 million corporate headquarters in the city. The energy company and parent of Black Hills Power will break ground in the spring on a 30-acre site on the city’s south side. The headquarters is projected to open in early 2017. The […]

ROSEBUD, S.D. (AP) — Stray dogs are being rounded up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation after an attack that killed a woman. Julie Charging Whirlwind, 49, died Saturday after she was surrounded by a pack of dogs and mauled. Tribal Council members on Monday authorized tribal police to work with state wildlife officials to round […]

ROSEBUD, S.D. (AP) — Stray dogs are being rounded up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation after an attack that killed a woman. Authorities say 49-year-old Julie Charging Whirlwind died Saturday after being surrounded by a pack of dogs and mauled. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Tribal Council members on Monday authorized tribal […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A college on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation will receive about $1 million in federal funding for a $2 million renewable energy project. The grant will be used to help install 636 kilowatts of solar power at five buildings at Sitting Bull College. Officials say the project should decrease short-term energy […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A parolee from the South Dakota State Penitentiary was arrested after he abandoned his car in a Rapid City construction area. Twenty-three-year-old Lawrence Theberge, of Rapid City, is charged with ingestion of a controlled substance, first offense driving under the influence, and no proof of insurance. Theberge’s parole was also […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — People and places that impacted rock and roll music in the state will be honored next month at the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Induction Ceremony and Concert in Sioux Falls. This year’s inductees include bands, DJs, ballrooms and dance halls, music stores, booking agents and promoters and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democrats are urging Republican lawmakers and Gov. Dennis Daugaard to take on education funding and teacher pay as a key focus for the next legislative session. Assistant House Minority Leader Julie Bartling pressed her colleagues on Friday to recognize the issues as necessities like the road and bridge funding […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Board of Education has approved a slight tuition increase that will go into effect in the next school year. Tuition and fees will go up by $8 per credit, to a $145 per credit. That includes a $2 increase in facility fees and $1 bump in maintenance and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has appointed a Sioux Falls prosecutor as the new magistrate judge for Lincoln and Minnehaha counties. Presiding Judge Lawrence Long says Crystal Johnson will fill the seat vacated by Judge Joni Cutler’s recent election to the Circuit Court. Johnson is a Viborg native who graduated […]