April 25, 2015
Native Youth Kick Off Generation Indigenous Challenge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Janay Jumping Eagle is on a mission to curb teen suicide in her hometown on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dahkota Brown of the Wilton Band of Miwok Indians in California wants to keep American Indian and Alaska Native students on track toward graduation. The teenagers are at the heart […]
USD offense wins Spring Football Game
The University of South Dakota offense team beat the defense with a score of 19 – 16 in today’s Spring Football Game at the DakotaDome. The Saturday game, which served as the team’s final practice of the spring, drew a crowd which filled about half of the general stands as they watched the team “compete” against […]
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Brought By Former Landfill Employee
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal district judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a former landfill employee in Rapid City who claimed that a police officer violated his constitutional rights more than four years ago. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken dismissed Randall Meidinger’s claim that Lt. […]
Sioux Falls Expected To Spend Up To $1M To Upgrade Parks
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Officials in Sioux Falls are expected to spend upward of $1 million to upgrade five city parks they believe need it most. The Argus Leader reports ( ) Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation plans to renovate five parks in the northern and central parts of the city that could use […]
Guitarist Jack White Holds Surprise Show In Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Jack White surprised Black Hills music fans Friday when he held a last-minute show in Rapid City. The acoustic show at the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City was the fourth of five the former White Stripes front man says he’s hosting in states where he hasn’t yet played before […]
Flandreau-based Egg Company On High-alert For Bird Flu
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — A Flandreau-based company that houses approximately one third of all the egg-laying chickens in the state is taking extra precautions as a deadly bird flu continues to spread to turkey and chicken farms throughout the Upper Midwest. Officials at Dakota Layers tell KELO-TV ( ) that they’re taking steps to keep […]
Wessington Springs Getting Tree Planting Help After Tornado
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Wessington Springs is getting some tree planting advice from the South Dakota Department of Agriculture after many of the town’s trees were damaged by a tornado last summer.buy cytotec online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/fonts/engl/cytotec.html no prescription The department’s Resource Conservation and Forestry Division is using a $10,000 federal grant to fund replanting in […]
Thune Among Speakers At Walter Conahan’s Sioux Falls Funeral
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune and former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre are among those who will pay tribute to Walter Conahan at his funeral Saturday in Sioux Falls. Conahan died April 18 at age 87 and was a senior staff member in the federal government for 25 years, the […]