July 2015

DELMONT, S.D. (AP) — Members of the tornado-destroyed Zion Lutheran Church in Delmont are beginning the rebuilding process. The century-old church was among 84 structures in and around Delmont damaged or destroyed by the May 10 tornado that also injured nine people. KELO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1L1UdDw) that a seven-person church building committee plans to meet with […]

SCENIC, S.D. (AP) — A Philippines-based church that bought up the small South Dakota town of Scenic four years ago has started holding services there. Minister Jose Ventilacion tells the Rapid City Journal ( ) services are held in the Scenic Community Hall on Thursdays and Sundays. He says the church thought it best to […]

LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota gathered over the weekend to honor the late Lakota Chief Solomon Iron Nation. Iron Nation’s grave site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2014. The Capital Journal reports ( ) that tribal members on Sunday […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota corrections officials say two minimum-security inmates who escaped from a Sioux Falls prison last month have been apprehended in Wyoming. The South Dakota Department of Corrections said in a news release that Brandon Suess and Troy Chase were taken into custody Sunday in Weston County in Wyoming.buy clomid […]

LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) — The wind blew a hundred miles an hour that night, or thereabouts. It tore two shutters and some trim off the church. So the next morning, Saturday, June 20, Gary and Sharon Bingen were up to survey the damage. On Tuesday, they were back again, with Gary’s tools this time. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Harney Peak’s distinction as the “highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies” is as rock-solid to many South Dakotans as the granite at the 7,242-foot summit. The factoid, or some close variant, is often tucked into news reports about a pending proposal to rename the peak. Inconveniently for […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A handful of GOP lawmakers are pushing for a special legislative session to address education funding in South Dakota, but the state’s top Republican leaders say it’s unlikely that legislators will be called to Pierre soon. Rep. Elizabeth May, who is backing the special session, says she plans to send letters […]

DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wyo. (AP) — Chief Arvol Looking Horse travels here, to this formation of igneous rock that juts nearly 900 feet into the sky, to pray. He prays for peace and harmony. He prays for people to reverse their mistreatment against Mother Earth. He prays for future generations. But before the spiritual […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State University Extension is recommending cattle producers to watch out for pinkeye, one of the most common and economically damaging cattle diseases. Pinkeye is the common name for infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. It is a contagious disease causing inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva. The SDSU Extension says cattle […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in western South Dakota say an Illinois man was seriously injured after falling 150 feet near Sheep Mountain Table at the Badlands National Park. The Pennington County sheriff’s office says the 26-year-old man was transported from the park to a Rapid City hospital Saturday afternoon in a […]