April 24, 2015
Investigators Examining Lower Brule Sioux Financial Deal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Department of the Interior’s Office of Inspector General is investigating circumstances surrounding the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s purchase of a New York-based brokerage firm Aktien App Vergleich that ultimately went bankrupt. An OIG official said Friday the investigation related to the tribe’s purchase of Westrock Advisors Inc. began in […]
Deputies Rescue Brookings County Woman From Burning Home
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A Brookings County woman is being treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters rescued her from a burning home Friday morning. The Brookings Fire Department and County Sheriff’s Office responded to the rural home where the 78-year-old woman was trapped inside just before 8:30 a.m. Deputies broke a window and found the […]
Midwest Pheasant Producers Are Nervous As Bird Flu Spreads
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Game bird producers in the Midwest are ramping up disease prevention measures in an effort to shield their multi-billion-dollar industry from the highly contagious avian influenza outbreak sweeping the region’s poultry producers. The deadly H5N2 strain of avian influenza has cost turkey and chicken producers millions of birds but the […]
Lower Brule Sioux Leader Asks Feds To Freeze Funds To Tribe
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Lower Brule Sioux tribal official acting as chairman says he has asked the Department of the Interior to freeze transfers of federal funds to the tribe and investigate previous allegations of misdirected federal money. Acting Chairman Kevin Wright said Friday he had sent a letter this week making the […]
Senator: Design Changes Might Be Behind VA Hospital Costs
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Multiple design changes may be the reason a veterans hospital under construction near Denver soared more than $1 billion over budget, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee told reporters after touring the half-finished complex Friday. “When you have a lot of changes, you have a lot of costs,” […]
Senators In Colorado To Scrutinize Over-budget VA Hospital
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Leaders of the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee toured the pricey VA hospital under construction in suburban Denver on Friday, asking why the project is more than $1 billion over budget. The committee’s Republican chairman, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, and its top-ranking Democrat, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, were to hold a […]
State To Mull Dropping 80 Mph Speed Limit West Of Rapid City
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Travelers on a roughly 55-mile stretch of I-90 west of Rapid City to the Wyoming border may not be able to drive the new 80 mph speed limit for much longer. The state Transportation Commission will take public comment during a hearing at the end of May on a proposal […]
Spearfish Taking Control Of Airport, Adding Crosswind Runway
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The city of Spearfish is taking ownership of the local airport from Lawrence County and planning to add a paved crosswind runway. City Administrator Joe Neeb says all of the necessary paperwork for the transfer has been filed with the Federal Aviation Administration, and he anticipates approval by the fall. The […]
Car Crash In Southeast North Dakota Injures At Least 3 Teens
KULM, N.D. (AP) — At least three teenagers from Kulm were injured in a single-car crash near the southeastern North Dakota town. The Highway Patrol says the car driven by a 15-year-old girl went out of control on a gravel road in LaMoure County about 4 p.m. Thursday, entered the ditch and struck a tree. […]
University Of South Dakota Law School Dealing With Bad Odors
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The University of South Dakota has found the cause of one odor that has permeated the university’s law school but is still seeking the source of another bad smell. Officials say a fluid used in a coolant system is leaking from pipes underground and releasing a rotting onions-type odor as it […]