June 2015

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service have dropped their opposition to a religious group’s request to double the amount of water it can use at its remote Black Hills compound. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) the two agencies earlier this month came to an agreement with […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a crew to the University of South Dakota next month to evaluate a building that a former employee says has caused health problems for students, faculty and staff. USD asked for a review of its response to complaints about mold in […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy died and three other youths were killed in a vehicle crash that authorities say involved a drunken driver. The boy was a front-seat passenger in a sport utility vehicle that rolled in the ditch off a gravel road west of Mitchell mid-day Thursday. Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Hanson […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man who has been convicted of assaulting his romantic partner and knocking out another man who intervened in one of their arguments has been sentenced to seven months in custody. Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler announced Thursday that Julius Titus III’s time in custody will also be […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Ground has been broken for a project that will complete an entire rural water system in Meade County. The new project involves installing 110 miles of pipeline, storage reservoirs and pumping stations. The nonprofit Bear Butte Valley Water, Inc. last year drilled a deep well as the first step in developing […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A buffalo ranch near Fort Pierre that once served as the setting for the western epic “Dances With Wolves” is being sold. Owner Kaye Ingle tells KCCR-AM ( ) the Houck Triple U Buffalo Ranch in Stanley County is being sold to pay off debts. Ingle’s parents bought the ranch […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Government attorneys are defending federal protections for Utah prairie dogs after 10 states stepped into the case in favor of a ruling that animal activists say could undermine the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers want a federal appeals court to overturn the unusual decision striking down prairie […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In 2010, Bob Wendland and his partner had a wedding. There was a church, and a ceremony — but not a marriage certificate. Nearly five years later, the two men from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, are still not legally married, even though they since could have crossed the border and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gay couples and state officials in North Dakota and South Dakota are preparing a highly anticipated opinion from the U.buy diflucan online https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/diflucan.html no prescription S. Supreme Court that could legalize same-sex marriage across the country. The nation’s highest court could rule Friday or Monday on whether same-sex couples in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota consumers who get subsidized health coverage through the federal insurance marketplace said Thursday they’re relieved the U.S. Supreme Court upheld tax credits that help cover the premiums by thousands of dollars on average per year. The high court maintained a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that […]