May 2015

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A fifth generation is taking over a family-owned furniture store in Brookings that has been open for 134 years. Husband-and-wife team Alfred and Deanna Rude are paring back their involvement with Rude’s Home Furnishings, the Brookings Register ( ) reported. Her nephew, Nick Hanson, is stepping in. Nick “has been assisting […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — The president of a South Dakota technical school was stealthily handed a special medallion by President Barack Obama during a visit to the state earlier this month. Lake Area Technical Institute President Mark Cartney received a “challenge coin” from Obama while shaking his hand, the Watertown Public Opinion ( ) reported. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, a blockbuster for the South Dakota State Historical Society Press, is expected to jump to about 145,000 copies in print by mid-summer. The press’ director, Nancy Tystad Koupal, said the small state-owned publishing house is ordering two more print runs of the […]

KEYSTONE, S.D. (AP) — Mount Rushmore National Memorial will serve as the backdrop Thursday when about 185 people become United States citizens. Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken will preside and be the keynote speaker at the naturalization ceremony that will take place in the amphitheater. Viken has served as the chief judge of the […]

VEBLEN, S.D. (AP) — A congregate dining facility for senior citizens in northeast South Dakota is closing because of lack of participation. The Aberdeen American News reports the Senior Meals program in Veblen will stop serving meals June 12 as participation has dropped to 10 people per day. Rick Pesek with the Senior Nutrition Program […]

HAZEN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota farmer has seeded part of his land with grass and flowering plants in hopes to feed bees and butterflies. Bill Wagner of Hazen is taking part in a program to help form a new pollinator habitat for bees and monarch butterflies since both species are in trouble, The […]

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Madison has hired a new police chief following the retirement of the department’s former leader.buy xenical online https://pharmacohealthcare.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/engl/xenical.html no prescription The Daily Leader reports the top post at the Madison Police Department now belongs to Justin Meyer, who had served as a detective sergeant before earning the title of chief. Meyer’s […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The police department in Vermillion is seeking a Justice Department grant to continue to have a school resource officer. Police Chief Matt Betzen tells The Equalizer the department hopes to be awarded the money in October. Betzen says the department doesn’t have a full-time school resource officer. Instead, it sends an […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — As a disease that has ravaged the population of the northern long-eared bat continues to spread throughout most of its habitat, scientists are looking at the Black Hills as the last bastion of hope for the species’ continued survival. “In my view, the Black Hills could serve a very important […]

BRANDON, S.D. (AP) — She’s just completed the eighth grade at Brandon Valley Middle School and has months to go before she’s a licensed driver. But those two obstacles aren’t keeping 14-year-old Kjerstin “Ragin’ Kjin” Klockman from getting behind the wheel of a 1993 Plymouth Sundance on Saturday nights at I-90 Speedway. At 14, she’s […]