April 2015

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The recently removed president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is fighting to get his job back. The Tribal Council on Tuesday ousted President Cyril “Whitey” Scott from office over alleged ethics violations. The council also banned Scott from running for any tribal office in the future. Scott and his attorney […]

BRANDON, S.D. (AP) — The number of people in Brandon this weekend is expected to increase by one-fourth as thousands turn out for the funeral and burial of a fallen firefighter. Thirty-eight-year-old Steven Ackerman died Sunday while fighting a house fire in Brandon that also killed 47-year-old homeowner David Smith. Ackerman is the 43rd firefighter […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy was arrested on aggravated assault and drug charges after allegedly pointing a BB gun at a girl outside a Sioux Falls middle school. Police say the boy showed the gun to a friend Wednesday afternoon, then pointed it toward the 12-year-old girl and threatened to shoot her. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans who want to weigh in on five-year goose and turkey management plans have a month to submit comments. Game, Fish and Parks is looking for input on the 2010-2014 resident Canada goose management plan prior to drafting the next five-year plan for 2015-2019. GFP is also seeking comments on […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The Aberdeen Police Department and Brown County Sheriff’s Office have been awarded funding to cover the costs of implementing a drug-sniffing canine unit. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the $17,000 comes from the Drug Control Fund, which uses money seized from drug arrests to fund local law enforcement programs aimed at […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that two cases of plaintiffs who say they were abused decades ago by a former staffer at a Catholic mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation should go to trial. The high court reversed a lower court’s ruling this week on the two cases, but affirmed […]