July 2015

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Producers across the state will now be able to insure their winter wheat crop for 2016. State Agriculture Secretary Lucas Lentsch says the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently decided to expand crop insurance coverage for winter wheat in all South Dakota counties for the next year’s crop. Lentsch says producers in […]

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Scientists say that three fish larvae captured from the Missouri River last year have been confirmed as those of the endangered pallid sturgeon. A U.S. Geological Survey news release issued Thursday says the 1- to 3-day-old larvae were among hundreds of larval shovelnose sturgeon and paddlefish collected near Bellevue on May […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of murdering his uncle in Yankton last year has been sentenced to serve 50 years in prison. Joshua Hudson was accused of using a hammer to kill 46-year-old Todd Hudson in March 2014. He pleaded guilty earlier this month to manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors. The Daily […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man serving life in prison for killing a woman in Sioux Falls 45 years ago has died. Corrections officials say 69-year-old Dale Aschmeller died Thursday morning at a Sioux Falls hospital, following a lengthy illness. Aschmeller was given a life prison term in 1971 for killing Stella Van Broeke […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Citibank will not be able to reclaim $30 million in overpaid bank taxes to the state because it didn’t request a refund until after the three-year legal window had passed, the South Dakota Supreme Court said in an opinion released on Thursday. The high court upheld lower rulings and rejected Citibank’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined counterparts and other officials in 30 other states in asking the Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementing a new federal water rule. Jackley signed a letter that was sent to the EPA and the Corps of Engineers. In June, several states including South […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The former U.S. attorney in North Dakota decided to take on his former employer by filing a motion Thursday to lift an 11-year-old federal injunction that prevents a man from growing industrial hemp on a South Dakota reservation. Timothy Purdon, who now works for a Minneapolis-based law firm, contacted the U.S. […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S. attorney from North Dakota Timothy Purdon is taking on his previous boss. Purdon filed a motion in federal court Thursday asking a judge to lift an 11-year-old injunction that prevents Alex White Plume from producing industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Purdon contacted the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court says Citibank won’t be able to reclaim $30 million in overpaid bank taxes to the state. The high court said in a ruling released Thursday that the bank didn’t request a refund until after the three-year legal window passed.buy lasix generic gaetzpharmacy.com/lasix.html no prescription Citibank didn’t […]