June 2015

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A former coroner for Minnehaha County says South Dakota’s system of elected coroners can lead to potential conflicts of interest. Brad Randall retired from his position in the southeastern South Dakota county in 2010. He tells the Aberdeen American News ( ) that the system can lead to funeral directors being […]

MILBANK, S.D. (AP) — Milbank is the next South Dakota city set to step in for Pierre in the governor’s Capital for a Day program. Activities in the northeaster South Dakota community on Thursday will include a main street walk, tours around town, a roundtable meeting and coffee time with Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Residents are […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Yankton is hosting bicycle-friendly activities throughout June in an effort to promote healthy and environmentally conscious lifestyles. The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reports the city has proclaimed June as “Bike to Work Bike to Play Month.” A 10-mile community ride that will highlight some of Yankton’s parks and historic landmarks […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service is beginning to excavate the mouth of an unexplored cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and researchers believe it could help broaden our understanding of how the region’s climate has changed over thousands of years. A park service worker found Persistence Cave in 2004 […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Two South Dakota men convicted of assaulting another man on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have been sentenced in federal court. Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken has sentenced 28-year-old Wesley Running Shield and 33-year-old Michael Alford to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. A […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The Children’s Museum of South Dakota has reached a milestone by welcoming its 500,000th guest. Visitors from all 50 states and countries around the world have walked around the museum since it opened in September 2010 in Brookings. The Olseth-Sterling family of Lennox became the facility’s 500,000th guest. The honor has […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Ryan Sullivan is a member of the South Dakota Air National Guard in Sioux Falls. When he’s not deployed with his unit, the Mitchell-native is working to build his small-scale farm in eastern Wisconsin. The business has become a family endeavor and a way of life. Having put in 19 […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — When it comes to his highway career, Ron Peterson has gone the extra mile, so to speak. Peterson retires June 8 as area engineer in the Yankton office of the South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT). He has spent his entire 43-year career with the DOT, serving at the Yankton office […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 03-05-16-30-34 (three, five, sixteen, thirty, thirty-four)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A tornado watch has been issued for a large portion of southeastern South Dakota. The National Weather Service issued the watch Saturday afternoon. It’s in effect until 9 p.m. Central Time. Meteorologist Philip Schumacher says they’re expecting thunder storms to develop and rapidly become severe Saturday evening. He says storms […]