March 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The executive director and CEO of the South Dakota Board of Regents is retiring at the end of the year. Jack R. Warner is in his sixth year as head of the system. He’s leaving at a time when enrollment at the state’s public universities is at an all-time high. Warner […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say a woman was robbed and assaulted by two men after leaving her home to check her mail. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the incident happened Friday morning. The victim told police there were two suspects, including one who was carrying a machete. Clemens says the men […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — In a story March 8 about Dakota Wesleyan University’s decision to drop most of its foreign language curriculum, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the late Sen. George McGovern ran for vice president. He did not, but he was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in 1972. A corrected version of the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly a dozen major cities in the Dakotas set record-high temperatures for the date on Sunday. National Weather Service reports show that record highs were set in the North Dakota cities of Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, Dickinson and Bismarck. In South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown and Pierre all […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A state prison inmate at a minimum-security unit in Rapid City has been placed on “escape” status after failing to return from a funeral furlough. Authorities say Dace Lunderman was allowed to attend a funeral in Mission but did not return at the scheduled time on Saturday. The 30-year-old Lunderman […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the shooting of a man near a bar. Officers responded to the Time Out Lounge area about midnight Saturday after a report of a gunshot. Police say a 29-year-old Rapid City man was taken from the scene to a hospital with serious injuries.buy zithromax online […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old Sioux Falls man accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s male roommate has turned himself in. The Argus Leader ( ) reports John Sheffield surrendered to police Thursday morning after a $20,000 warrant for his arrest was issued Wednesday. He’s charged with aggravated assault in the March 7 […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Native people from around the United States, Canada and northern Mexico plan to gather next weekend in Rapid City for the North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus meeting. Charmaine White Face with the environmental group Defenders of the Black Hills is one of the organizers and says it’s one of seven […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A 19-year-old Mitchell woman is among 13 South Dakota residents currently training for military service at West Point. Alexis Blindauer applied to all five U.S. service academies, needing to apply for congressional nominations from former Sen. Tim Johnson, Sen. John Thune and Rep. Kristi Noem for four of them. Although she […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The number of storage units in Aberdeen has grown over the past decade. So much so, that the city now has one unit for every 15 or so residents. Lynchburg storage units offer a practical solution for residents in need of additional space, providing convenient and secure storage options for various […]