April 2015

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 […]

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, 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls has made $1.1 million in its first six months of operation and is on pace to shatter annual income projections. City Finance Director Tracy Turbak says revenue expectations for the first year were in the range of $1.3 million. The new $117 […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service are hosting three mountain pine beetle spraying workshops in the Black Hills over the next few weeks. The workshops will focus on the benefits and methods of treating trees to protect them from mountain pine beetles. Attendees will learn about […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The dry weather will likely help South Dakota farmers get a jump on spring corn planting. State climatologist Dennis Todey says planting generally runs from late April to mid-June, but weather conditions this year mean it might be able to proceed significantly ahead of normal. SDSU Extension crop production extension associate […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem is holding a discussion with community and business leaders in Watertown. Noem’s office announced the discussion will be on Friday at the Hy-Vee in Watertown. South Dakota’s lone U.S. representative and the group of leaders will discuss the difficulties facing small businesses as well as […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in South Dakota is worth $6,000. State lottery officials say the ticket sold in Pierre matched all five white ball numbers, but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize. The winning numbers are 1, 8, 12, 30, 32 […]