March 2015

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City residents have rejected a proposed $180 million expansion of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Unofficial returns from Tuesday’s election show 61 percent of the 12,902 voters were against the idea. The project would have replaced the facility’s 9,400-seat arena with one that could seat up to 19,000 people. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal health officials say 21,393 South Dakota residents selected health insurance plans during the second enrollment period under a provision of the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the new enrollment numbers Tuesday. The figures are through Feb. 22. Officials had estimated that up […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Until she started at public school in Mobridge, Jo’L Pretends Eagle never really considered going to college. “College opportunities were right in front of me,” Pretends Eagle told the Aberdeen American News ( ). “I never thought I would have college opportunities.” Pretends Eagle went to tribal schools until her grandmother, […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Senate has voted to phase in the amount of funding available to college students who receive the state’s Opportunity Scholarship. Senators voted to amend the bill Tuesday to allow incoming South Dakota students to receive up to $1,300 for their first three years of college and up to $2,600 for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Stacie Schroder’s search for a home began the day she regained her freedom. Finding an apartment can be a complicated, time-consuming process for anyone. Schroder didn’t expect her search to be easy, but she also wasn’t prepared for the months of dead ends, denials and desperation that would come to […]

FREEMAN, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Montana man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in southeastern South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says 55-year-old Keith Stockard of Superior, Montana, died in the accident on Tuesday afternoon. The department says his vehicle was struck by a garbage truck after he attempted to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Economic development leaders in part of western South Dakota have been recognized for coming up with a plan that helps the entire Badlands/Bad River region of Haakon, Jackson and eastern Pennington counties. The U.S. Agriculture Department says the area’s Stronger Economies Together long-range plan passed a High Quality Plan review, and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An artifact belonging to South Dakota’s Cultural Heritage Center is now on display at a world-renowned museum in New York City. South Dakota’s Sioux Horse Effigy is being showcased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of an exhibition of Plains Indian masterworks. “The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Game, Fish and Parks Department says South Dakota residents who want to have a say in how the state manages its elk population can still share their input. The department’s Division of Wildlife released a draft of its five-year elk management plan to the public in December. The department […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday: