July 2015

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a Deadwood man found by workers at a cemetery in the city. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that the body of 23-year-old Jeremy Addington was found Tuesday by contractors working at the cemetery. Police say no foul play is suspected. ___ Information from: […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation says speed limits on some Black Hills highways will be lowered during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Officials say the speed limits are being lowered for safety reasons. The weeklong event begins Aug.3 and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists. The rally is […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sentencing has been set for a Sioux Falls man who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in town. The Argus Leader reports ( ) 45-year-old Rickey Starks will be sentenced Oct. 5 for the March robbery. Starks pleaded guilty to bank robbery last week in federal court. He faces up […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Pierre man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into an apartment and stabbing a woman. KCCR radio reports 38-year-old Lester Brown was sentenced Tuesday in Hughes County. Authorities say Brown broke into an apartment in April and stabbed a 43-year-old woman. The woman was treated at […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 12-15-25-31-35 (twelve, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-one, thirty-five)

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Native Americans and activists packed into a high school theater doubling as a courtroom on Wednesday in part to protest what they view as lenient treatment of a South Dakota man accused of harassing American Indian children with racial slurs and spilling beer on them at a hockey game. Protesters […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Native Americans and activists packed into a high school theater doubling as a courtroom on Wednesday in part to protest what they view as lenient treatment of a South Dakota man accused of harassing American Indian children with racial slurs and spilling beer on them at a hockey game. Protesters […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman will spend three years in prison after tallying eight DUIs. Fifty-six-year-old Cynthia Goeman was sentenced Wednesday on charges of driving under the influence and careless driving. Goeman was arrested in July 2014 after she pulled out in front of 25-year-old Quintin McMartin’s motorcycle. The crash left […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota U.S. Senate candidate Clayton Walker has pleaded guilty to election law violations. Clayton’s plea came Wednesday, two days after his trial on multiple felony charges began in Pierre. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the 33-year-old Walker pleaded guilty to one count of offering false or forged instrument for […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined counterparts in over four dozen states in calling on major phone companies to offer call-blocking technology. The attorneys general have sent a letter to the companies’ chief executives saying that a recent rule clarification by the Federal Communications Commission shows federal law doesn’t […]