May 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 13-15-19-20-29 (thirteen, fifteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-nine)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The state of South Dakota will have to pay about $9,000 in fees to the attorney who successfully represented an independent candidate for governor in a lawsuit against a former secretary of state. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol has ordered the state to pay for the dozens of hours that […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The number of crash and fatalities recorded this year in South Dakota highways has significantly declined compared to the same period in 2014. The Argus Leader ( ) reports the state in 2015 has seen 32 highway crashes and 34 fatalities, down from 50 crashes and 57 fatalities during the […]

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Crazy Horse Memorial is commemorating the 67th anniversary of the dedication of the monument with various activities in June. Wednesday marks the 67th anniversary of the dedication of the Crazy Horse Memorial and the first mountain blast. In celebration, a blast has been scheduled for that day at 11:33 […]

DELMONT, S.D. (AP) — Officials in tornado-stricken Delmont are asking the public’s help to continue the city’s recovery. Officials say volunteers are needed Saturday to help pick up debris from the twister that hit the town May 10. Donations of clothing and cleaning supplies are also being sought. The twister damaged or destroyed 84 structures […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Bond for a man charged in a fatal shooting during Memorial Day in Rapid City has been set at $1million. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports Seventh Circuit Magistrate Judge Todd Hyronimus set the bond for 20-year-old Sean Marshall after considering his flight risk and current unemployment. The Rapid […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The man tapped last year to be the next director of Mitchell’s Corn Palace has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and its mayor. Steve Koch was in line to become the next director in October when Mayor Ken Tracy announced that Koch was withdrawing his name from […]

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

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Another turkey farm in South Dakota has tested positive for bird flu. South Dakota State Veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven says a Moody County operation of about 50,000 birds has a presumptive positive test for avian influenza. This latest farm brings to 10 the number of affected operations in South Dakota. In […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A western South Dakota man convicted of recruiting others to distribute methamphetamine in the state has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Forty-three-year-old Luis Olivares, of Rapid City, was found guilty of multiple charges including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in December after an eight-day federal […]