June 2015

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 will plead guilty to the charges against her, according to her lawyer. Michelle Wounded Face, 25, a member of the Rosebud Sioux […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Five men have been charged in federal court in South Dakota with attempted commercial sex trafficking. Authorities say the charges relate to responses to online advertisements during an undercover operation. Those indicted are 25-year-old Benjamin Iverson and 29-year-old Scott Larson of Sioux Falls; 27-year-old Nathanuel Downs of Sioux City, Iowa; […]

DELMONT, S.D. (AP) — An information session and dinner is being held in Delmont for residents cleaning up from last month’s tornado. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the meeting on long-term disaster recovery is being held Thursday night at the Delmont Community Center. The discussion will focus […]

HILL CITY, S.D. (AP) — Residents of a small city in western South Dakota have cleaned up after flash flooding that followed heavy rains Saturday. KELO-TV reports some people in Hill City were forced out their homes because of the flooding Saturday. KEVN-TV reports the city got three inches of rain in less than an […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Denver man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison on a federal drug charge. Thirty-two-year-old Vincent Rios pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Authorities say Rios conspired with others to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — More rain across South Dakota in the past week boosted field and livestock moisture supplies. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop progress report that topsoil moisture totals were rated 6 percent very short, 14 percent short, 74 percent adequate and 6 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture rated 7 percent […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Key state lawmakers and Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s administration don’t plan to push for a statewide measure to regulate intoxication among firefighters when they’re responding to emergency calls, officials said Monday. An autopsy last week found a volunteer firefighter for Valley Springs Fire and Rescue who died fighting a house fire in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Key state lawmakers and Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s administration say they don’t plan to push for a statewide measure to regulate intoxication among firefighters when they’re responding to emergency calls. A recently released autopsy determined that a volunteer firefighter for Valley Springs Fire and Rescue who died fighting a house fire in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of forcing a woman into prostitution in Sioux Falls has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. Authorities say 31-year-old David Nance and a co-defendant drove a 33-year-old woman from Minnesota to Sioux Falls in August 2014. The operation allegedly involved an ad […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is starting the search for a new president. Current president Narayana Kocherlakota announced in December he will step down when his current term ends. Kocherlakota has accepted a position with the University of Rochester and will start there in early 2016. The Minneapolis Fed said Monday […]