June 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The largest industrial park in South Dakota’s history will span more than 800 acres in the northwest area of Sioux Falls and has already attracted a roughly $70 million business facility, officials involved in the project said Tuesday when they announced the development. The roughly 820-acre industrial park, in its […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The death of a 29-year-old Iowa woman whose body was found in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota is being investigated as a homicide. Alicia Hummel, of Sioux City, Iowa, was found dead Monday in Vermillion near the Myron Grove boat launch, which also is known as the Highline Area […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch that’s expected to last until 10 p.m. Tuesday for several counties in North Dakota and three in South Dakota. The watch in North Dakota extends from Sioux, Grant, Morton and Mercer counties in the west to Griggs, Barnes, Ransom and Sargent counties […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The state of South Dakota is providing $11.5 million for a proposed industrial park northwest of Sioux Falls as part of an economic development initiative. A state economic development board on Tuesday approved an $8.5 million loan for the industrial complex that will be located near Interstate 29 and Interstate […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A new canine influenza that has sickened dogs throughout the Midwest has been confirmed in South Dakota. State Veterinarian Dr. Dustin Oedekoven says laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the H3N2 strain of the virus. He says multiple cases of dog flu were reported by veterinarians in the Rapid […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Over 19,000 South Dakota residents have signed up for subsidized private health insurance this year under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Federal health officials say the sign-ups represent consumers who enrolled in a plan and followed through by paying their first month’s premiums. The numbers cover the healthcare.gov […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Animal control officers in Sioux Falls are asking for the public’s help in locating a dog that bit a jogger in the forearm. Officers say a white cocker spaniel with brown spots bit a man in his mid-twenties Monday. The incident happened when the jogger passed a woman who was […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are looking into the death of a 29-year-old Iowa woman whose body was found near a boat dock in southeastern South Dakota. Alicia Hummel, of Sioux City, Iowa, was found dead in Vermillion near the Myron Grove boat launch, which also is known as the Highline Area in Clay County. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s two largest public universities are now part of a nine-university collaborative expanding an early-childhood education initiative initially funded by philanthropist T. Denny Sanford. The University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University are among the schools that will train teachers on a program targeting the social and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Experts say the recent resurgence of methamphetamine in South Dakota is at least partly caused by a reduction in programs teaching students about the dangers of the drug. The Argus Leader ( ) reports that meth-related arrests have more than tripled since funding for youth education programs like “Meth Makes […]