May 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth said Friday shortly before testimony ended in her trial that it wasn’t her intention to mislead anyone when she attested to signatures on campaign documents that she didn’t actually witness. Bosworth is seeking to avoid conviction on charges of violating South Dakota election law. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Testimony in the trial of former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth has ended, and the jury will reconvene next week to hear closing arguments. Bosworth’s defense team finished calling witnesses Friday afternoon before the jury was sent home for the long weekend. The proceedings will begin again Wednesday. The Sioux Falls […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — A Sturgis man has claimed a Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Deadwood worth $6,000. Lottery officials have confirmed that Gary Elton is the fortunate individual who secured the winning ticket, matching all five white ball numbers in the lottery draw. While his luck was evident, Gary narrowly missed out on […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City are seeking the help of the public in finding a woman who’s been missing since Monday and is possibly in danger. Twenty-two-year-old Jessica Rehfeld was last seen with two unknown men in the 3400 block of Hemlock Street on Monday night. Rehfeld is 5 feet 10 […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth testified Friday that she never intended to mislead anyone when she attested to signatures on her candidate petitions that she didn’t actually witness. Bosworth, seeking to avoid conviction at her trial on charges of violating South Dakota election law, has acknowledged she was out of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former Sioux Falls middle school teacher who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Drueppel was charged in a five-count indictment last year. She pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual contact with a child younger […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota political candidate Annette Bosworth has defended herself during her trial for election law violations by saying she didn’t intend to mislead anyone. Bosworth took the stand on Friday. Her defense team says she made a mistake by listening to the advice of her former attorney Joel Arends. Bosworth […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Philip man accused of subjecting American Indian children to racial slurs and spraying them with beer during a late-January minor league hockey game in Rapid City is now being represented by a new attorney. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Mike Butler of Sioux Falls takes over […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Testimony continues in former South Dakota political candidate Annette Bosworth’s election law violation trial, with jurors expected to hear from Bosworth directly. The trial continued on Friday with the questioning of Italia Federici, who was briefly involved in Bosworth’s bid in the 2014 Republican U.S. Senate primary. Bosworth is in part […]