April 2015
Inmate Reported Missing Last Year Now Back In Custody
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Corrections says an inmate reported missing last year is back in custody. Authorities say Bridget Franzen went missing after failing to report to a work release job site in Pierre in August. The department says she turned herself in to the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office […]
Reservations Seek Answers, Action After Fatal Dog Attacks
WHITE RIVER, S.D. (AP) — If there was quiet in those dark, pre-dawn moments on March 14, it ended savagely. A solitary figure, 49-year-old Julia Charging Whirlwind, after a night out shuffled home along the single street that comprises the Lower Swift Bear community at the west edge of White River. The horror came suddenly. […]
Man Talks Picking Up Hitchhiking ‘Into The Wild’ Subject
ELGIN, N.D. (AP) — Wayne Westerberg stopped to give a ride to a young man standing on a lonely South Dakota highway and that random act of kindness changed Westerberg’s life forever. The young man was Chris McCandless, whose personal quest led him to leave his family and his identity behind, burn the money in […]
Davison County Sheriff’s Office To Buy Body Cameras
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The Davison County Sheriff’s Office plans to spend $6,000 to buy body cameras for its deputies. Chief Deputy Steve Harr tells The Daily Republic in Mitchell ( ) that the cameras that will be purchased can be attached to a deputy’s hat or head. Harr says the county chose those cameras […]
SD’s Environment Focus Of Historical Society Conference
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State Historical Society’s annual history conference May 29-30 in Pierre will focus on the state’s environment. The moderator will be David Wolff, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. His research focuses on natural resources and Black Hills history. Speakers on […]
USD football players create relationships with local Sanford residents through WHOGA program
In addition to the University of South Dakota football team, Ryan Saeger and Ryan Hillier spend time with a different age group — a weekly yoga team at the Sanford Care Center in Vermillion. What started out as a community service fulfillment for a long-term health care class has turned into a friendship with residents […]
Safety concerns brought to light on campus
Residence Hall Director Lindsey Swartout wants better lights on the University of South Dakota campus. She wants to see the classic style of lights replaced with more modern and brighter LED lights like the ones found on this web link. “The lighting is typically, that it has that orange undertone, which really doesn’t light very […]
USD grad student traveling to Romania to study orphanages
Like any other morning, around 8 a.m. on March 24, University of South Dakota graduate student Holly Baker checked her email. It was then she got the news of a lifetime. She had been selected for a Fulbright study and research grant in Romania. “It was new in my inbox and I just kind of sat bolt-right […]
Volante editor-in-chief suspended for remainder of semester
Volante Editor-in-Chief Trent Opstedahl was suspended for the remainder of the semester by the Student Media Board at its regular meeting Tuesday morning. Opstedahl was found to have used a Coyote News video clip in the April 10 episode of The Volante’s web show “The Daily Verb” without giving proper credit, which is a violation […]