April 17, 2015
Understanding attraction, sexual and romantic orientations
University of South Dakota students are celebrating LGBTQ+ communities during this year’s Pride Week. USD’s LGBTQ+ group on campus, Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance, is hosting the events all throughout the week. The Volante compiled a quick guide about terminology and the different types of attraction and orientations. This is by no means an exhaustive […]
Highway Patrol Using Motorcycles To Crack Down On DUIs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — For the first time in 30 years, state troopers are going to police the highways on motorcycle in an attempt to crack down on drunken driving in the state. The South Dakota Highway Patrol unveiled three new Harley Davidson motorcycles at the state capitol on Friday. The funding for the […]
No. 1 Egg-producing State Aims To Keep Bird Flu Out
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The discovery of bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the poultry-killing virus could find its way into chicken barns in the nation’s top egg-producing state and rapidly decimate flocks that provide the U.S. with its breakfast staple. Iowa is home to roughly 50 million […]
Florida Man Arrested, Charged With 1989 South Dakota Slaying
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Florida man was arrested Friday on a first-degree murder charge in connection with a slaying more than 25 years ago in South Dakota. Kim Aune, a 57-year-old man from Lee County, Florida, was indicted Thursday in South Dakota and arrested in Florida early Friday. Authorities are working to bring […]
USDA Confirms Bird Flu At 5th South Dakota Turkey Farm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Five commercial turkey farms in South Dakota have now been infected with a bird flu strain that’s led to the deaths of more than 250,000 turkeys in the state and over 2.5 million birds in the Midwest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the […]
Climatologist Says January-March In SD Was Driest On Record
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota state climatologist says dry conditions will likely stick around in the near future, but there’s hope for more rain in the long-term outlook put out this week by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Dennis Todey says that statewide, January through March was the driest on record, and the […]
Florida Man Arrested For 1989 Slaying In South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Florida man has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge in connection with a slaying more than 25 years ago in South Dakota’s Minnehaha County. Fifty-seven-year-old Kim Aune, of Lee County, Florida, was indicted earlier this week in South Dakota and arrested in Florida. Authorities are working to bring […]
USDA Confirms Fifth South Dakota Turkey Farm Has Bird Flu
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A bird flu strain that’s led to the deaths of more than 2.5 million birds in the Midwest has been confirmed at a fifth commercial turkey farm in South Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the H5N2 strain of avian influenza in a […]
LA Man Ordered To Pay Back Wages At South Dakota Businesses
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Los Angeles man has been ordered to pay more than $8,000 in back wages and overtime pay to former employees at his businesses in the South Dakota city of Custer. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the federal Labor Department recently secured a state court judgment against Jan Gray. South […]
Mid-August Trial Set For Rapid City Man Accused Of Murder
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man accused of killing another man last summer is due to stand trial in mid-August. KEVN-TV reports ( ) that Judge Craig Pfeifle (FY’-flee) during a status hearing on Thursday found 19-year-old Michael Hand to be competent to stand trial based on mental health evaluations. Hand has […]