April 2015

GROTON, S.D. (AP) — At least four public schools in northeastern South Dakota are seeking music teachers to fill positions left vacant by retirements and resignations.buy xifaxan online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/xifaxan.html no prescription The Aberdeen American News ( ) reports that schools in Groton, Warner, Ipswich and Faulkton have five music positions open. Groton Area School District […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will visit South Dakota later this year. Albright will speak at South Dakota State University as part of the second annual Daschle Dialogues, whose intent is to bring nationally relevant figures to the school’s campus in Brookings. Albright will be joined on stage by SDSU […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — The speaker who was originally chosen to deliver the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute before President Barack Obama announced he will be doing so himself will get a chance to talk to the school’s graduates next year. The Watertown school had asked instructor Dolores Stemwedel to be the speaker […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Avera Health has closed a hospitality house in Mitchell due to declining usage. The house was anonymously donated to Avera Queen of Peace Foundation in 2002 and served as temporary housing for patients traveling to Mitchell to undergo same-day surgery, as well as patients receiving ongoing medical treatment and their families. […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Master Gardener training classes start May 4 and this year will include mostly online training for South Dakotans who want to learn how to promote and teach gardening. SDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist David Graper says the training concludes with four days of required, hands-on learning that teach planting, pruning, plant propagation, […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 02-18-30-32-33 (two, eighteen, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three)

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 […]

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, 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 […]