July 2015

DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (AP) — The community of Dell Rapids is coming together after three people including two children were killed in a car crash near Flandreau. The Highway Patrol says 38-year-old Joshua Krempges was driving a car that failed to yield at a rural intersection southeast of Flandreau on Monday morning and collided with […]

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of shooting another man in Wagner earlier this month. The Daily Republic newspaper reports ( ) that 23-year-old Joseph Bruguier is wanted on an aggravated assault charge. He’s accused of shooting 22-year-old Donovan Patterson in a July 1 altercation on Wagner’s […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 39-year-old man is being treated at a Sioux Falls hospital after being shot at a residence. Police say the shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. They did not immediately identify the man who was shot, and his condition was not released. Police say they do not believe there is […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources says irrigators must remember to only spray water on land authorized for irrigation under their water permit. The department reminded irrigators Thursday that they can’t waste water or spray it on land not covered by their permit. Department Secretary Steve Pirner says that irrigation […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A jury in Sioux Falls has convicted a rural Garretson man of sexually abusing a woman for nearly 14 years. Jurors issued their verdict against 52-year-old Ronald Neels on Thursday. He was charged with multiple felony sex offenses, including eight counts of rape. He was found guilty on all counts. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Hot Lotto ticket sold in Rapid City is worth $9,000 in the Wednesday drawing. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket holder matched four of five white ball numbers and the Hot Ball to pick up the game’s $3,000 third prize. The prize was tripled to $9,000 because the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State and local officials who have spent years planning for what could be a record-setting 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally say they’re as prepared as possible for the onslaught of bikers next month. Gov. Dennis Daugaard urged the public Thursday to be careful on the road and to be watchful for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A paramedic who law enforcement authorities accuse of stealing about $44 from a dead woman’s home in Sioux Falls has been arrested on a petty theft charge. Also, if you have been accused of charges for theft of a vehicle in LA, or anywhere in the world, you ought to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A woman with 25 years of higher education experience in Texas is the new president of Western Dakota Tech in South Dakota. Ann Bolman succeeds Mark Wilson, who left the Rapid City school in June to become president of Mitchell Technical Institute in eastern South Dakota. She begins her duties […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey suggests modest economic growth ahead in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but the predicted decline in farm income this year remains a concern. The overall Rural Mainstreet economic index inched into positive territory in July at 53.4. In June the index registered a neutral score […]