June 2015

FAIRMOUNT, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified two men killed in a rollover crash in Richland County, near the South Dakota border. The Highway Patrol identified the victims as 33-year-old Dustin Krause of Wahpeton and 37-year-old Ryan Ginsbach of Lidgerwood. KFGO-AM reports it happened Sunday on a county road, nine miles southwest of Fairmount. The […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls teenager is accused of hurling objects at a car that crashed and burst into flames, severely burning the vehicle’s two occupants. The Argus Leader reports ( ) 18-year-old Bailey Alexander Moulton was arrested Friday and appeared in court on Monday. Moulton is charged with two counts of […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State officials and residents in Pierre have re-enacted the original dedication of a civil war monument on the grounds of the state capitol 95 years after it was first christened. Officials rededicated the Civil War Monument on Monday. The Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission also approved various upgrades to the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen (FEE’-gihn) says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fiegen tells KCCR-AM that a team of medical providers in Sioux Falls is working with her to develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Fiegen says she expects a full recovery.buy temovate online https://taxmama.com/wp-content/forum/styles/new/engl/temovate.html no prescription Fiegen […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Fire officials in southeastern South Dakota say a dog saved a woman from a house fire by waking her up. The Vermillion Rural Fire Department says the woman told officials that her dog woke her up twice Saturday morning in her bedroom on the second floor of the Vermillion home. She […]

PIEDMONT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say motorists were stranded on Interstate 90 north of Rapid City as flooding from a storm shut down the highway. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports a 20-mile stretch of I-90 was closed for a time Monday night. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the interstate was covered by […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has awarded more than $2.8 million in grant funding to aid six projects in communities throughout the state. The governor says the Community Development Block Grants will help complete the projects totaling more than $15.3 million. The funding will go to Brown County, Dewey County, Florence, Hosmer, Montrose […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A South Dakota man who killed a 33-year-old bicyclist on a road in southwestern Minnesota last summer is warning others of the dangers of distracted driving. Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Weber of Brandon, South Dakota, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide for the crash that killed Andrea Boeve on June 30, 2014. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The FBI announced Monday it has closed its investigation into South Dakota’s investment-for-visa program and the state’s U.S. Attorney would not pursue any prosecution. The program to recruit investment dollars from wealthy immigrants in exchange for easier entry into the U.S. came under scrutiny after the death of a former […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Bond has been set at $250,000 for a 54-year-old Aberdeen man accused of fatally assaulting another man. Bradley Quist appeared in court for the first time Monday afternoon. He’s charged with felony manslaughter for allegedly assaulting 61-year-old Ronald Witchey, who died early Sunday. The American News reports (http://bit.ly/1dHL2u7) police in Aberdeen […]