June 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man and woman who are first cousins have been sentenced in federal court on incest charges stemming from a relationship they had while living on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has sentenced the 28-year-old man to one year in prison and the 22-year-old […]

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

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the woman whose body was found in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota suffered blunt force trauma to the head. Jackley on Tuesday said autopsy findings also indicate that 29-year-old Alicia Hummel, of Sioux City, Iowa, also had incision wounds to the neck. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A firefighter who died battling a house fire in Brandon when he was legally drunk responded to the emergency, even though the department has a policy against going out on a call while intoxicated, Valley Springs Fire and Rescue Chief Don Johnson said Tuesday. Johnson said volunteer firefighter Steven Ackerman, 38, […]

VALLEY SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Valley Springs Fire and Rescue Chief Don Johnson says a firefighter who died fighting a house fire in Brandon when he was legally drunk responded to the emergency even though the department has a policy against doing so while intoxicated. Johnson on Tuesday said volunteer firefighter Steve Ackerman didn’t drive […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota is among nine states that are stepping into a lawsuit over the Utah prairie dog. The attorneys general are asking an appeals court to uphold a ruling striking down federal protections for the Utah prairie dog on private property. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says federal regulation of […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Josh Olson is the state’s trooper of the year. The Highway Patrol on Tuesday announced the award, which is sponsored by AAA. Olson is a 13-year veteran of the force. Col. Craig Price is the superintendent of the Highway Patrol. He says Olson is a strong […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman accused of leaving her two young daughters to die in an unheated car during a frigid winter day on a North Dakota American Indian reservation has pleaded guilty to child abuse, saying she was under the influence of drugs. Twenty-five-year-old Michelle Wounded Face entered pleas Tuesday in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley has released an explanation for an initiated measure to allow South Dakotans with serious medical conditions to use marijuana. Jackley’s filing with the secretary of state’s office is another step in the process for proposal supporters to get it on the November 2016 ballot for a public […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s sweeping plan to address climate change, saying it’s too early to challenge a proposed rule that isn’t yet final. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a […]