July 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The first lady of South Dakota is holding her third annual book walk for children at the governor’s mansion this week. Children and adults will join First Lady Linda Daugaard on Wednesday evening to read portions of “One Duck Stuck” and “The Little Engine That Could.” Children in junior kindergarten through […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, like many freshmen Republicans in the upper chamber of Congress, has created a political action committee often used to raise a politician’s profile and help get like-minded candidates elected. The South Dakota lawmaker’s team started fundraising with the Peter Norbeck Leadership PAC last month, said Rob Skjonsberg, […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — Codington County in eastern South Dakota has a new state’s attorney. The Watertown Public Opinion ( ) reports that Patrick McCann has been promoted to the position. He will be taking over for current state’s attorney Dawn Elshere on July 30. McCann has served as the county’s deputy state’s attorney. Codington […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds has created a political action committee often used to raise a politician’s profile and help get likeminded candidates elected. Rob Skjonsberg (SHAWNS’-berg) is the committee’s assistant treasurer. He says Rounds’ team started fundraising with the Peter Norbeck Leadership PAC last month. Skjonsberg says the political […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota homeless sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killing of a Sioux Falls woman. The 58-year-old Arthur Lee Brundige was sentenced Tuesday for a manslaughter charge. He pleaded guilty in May to the charge stemming from the strangulation […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has ordered that flags on state property be flown at half-staff to honor the five service members killed last week in Tennessee. Daugaard’s order comes at the request of President Barack Obama. The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset Saturday. Four Marines and a sailor […]

HURON, S.D. (AP) — A group of South Dakota Boy Scouts is heading to Japan for a gathering of more than 30,000 Scouts from around the world. KSFY-TV ( ) reports Troop 222 in Huron is the only South Dakota group headed to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. Boy Scouts from dozens of countries are […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Some in Aberdeen are questioning the cost of a proposed $8 million public library. The American News reports ( ) that the project cost has increased from an initial estimate of $6.9 million. The Alexander Mitchell Public Library Foundation is working to raise $2.1 million, meaning taxpayers would be responsible for […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials are predicting roughly $4.6 million in higher revenues for the current budget year than estimates lawmakers adopted during the legislative session. State Economist Jim Terwilliger outlined the projections Tuesday at a legislative hearing. The state anticipates stronger receipts in lottery, construction and insurance taxes, among others. The gains […]