July 2015

WAUBAY, S.D. (AP) — Residents of the Waubay region are working to recover from heavy storm damage. Storm that blew through late Friday brought straight-line winds and one confirmed tornado. Day County Emergency Manager Wes Williams tells the American News that some people suffered cuts and one person suffered a possible broken finger, but there […]

INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have scaled back the search for a Nebraska man missing in Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota. Officials were notified last Thursday that 39-year old Joshua Jacobsen, of Laurel, Nebraska, was missing. Park rangers found his vehicle in a campground Friday, and a team of more than 50 officials […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — An inmate at the minimum-security state prison in Yankton has been placed on escape status. Corrections officials say 35-year-old Jack Williams failed to return to the prison Sunday following his work-release shift at a local business. Williams is serving time on forgery- and drug-related convictions in Union County.buy amitriptyline online https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/amitriptyline.html […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota U.S. Senate candidate Clayton Walker is going on trial for alleged election law violations. KCCR radio reports jury selection is Monday at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. The 33-year-old Walker faces felony charges for submitting nominating petitions that investigators allege included names of dead people, fictitious people […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old boy was stabbed at a Sioux Falls home that he entered during a home invasion. Sgt. Michael Olson said in a news release that police got a call around 4 a.m. Sunday that several masked people armed with handguns were breaking into the home. Olson said […]

DE SMET, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old girl has drowned in a lake in eastern South Dakota. The Kingsbury County sheriff’s office says the girl drowned Saturday night in Lake Thompson. KSFY-TV ( ) reports the sheriff’s office says no one else was hurt, but did not release further details. Elsewhere in the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials say 40 high school graduates have received scholarships from a program that encourages people to pursue careers in critically needed occupations. The Dakota Corps scholarship program is financed by private donations. Students get money to cover tuition and fees as they study to become accountants or auditors, registered […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Linnea Bodenhamer of Sioux Falls gives people her address, she pauses to see how long it takes before they get the joke. It usually doesn’t take long. “Every time I give somebody instructions, I laugh, then I wait to see how long it takes them to figure it out,” […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Building birdhouses may be more well-known, but building a bat house is not only a cool twist on a classic hobby, it can also help preserve the dwindling bat population in South Dakota. Shirley Frederick is one of the members of the Rapid City Urban Wildlife Committee, a subcommittee of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota inmate walked away from a minimum-security unit in Sioux Falls last week and allegedly went on to commit a string of crimes across Minnesota, but state corrections officials say they still believe their system of classifying inmates is working. Clint Eldeen, a 46-year-old inmate serving 20 years […]