July 2015

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — The people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are no strangers to hardship or to the risk of lives being cut short. But a string of seven suicides by adolescents in recent months has shaken this impoverished community and sent school and tribal leaders on an urgent mission to stop […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A judge has refused to lower bond for a man charged in the fatal Memorial Day shooting of his cousin in Rapid City. The attorney for 20-year-old Sean Marshall had asked that Judge Heidi Linngren reduce bond from $1 million to $20,000, but she denied the request on Wednesday. Marshall […]

More than 875 Native American youths from across the nation are gathering Thursday in Washington, D.C., for a first-of-its-kind summit called by the White House. The teens, who represent 230 tribes, will meet with First Lady Michelle Obama and cabinet members to discuss a range of topics, including economic opportunity, education and cultural issues. It’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Water Management Board is set to consider a polygamist group’s application to access more water at its remote South Dakota compound. The board is scheduled Thursday to take up the application, which has faced opposition from nearby landowners. Attorneys for the group and a concerned landowner are sparring […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Students from the University of Exeter in England will be excavating at the Prehistoric Indian Village in Mitchell this week to raise awareness about archaeology. The village is hosting its annual Archaeology Awareness Days Saturday and Sunday. Archaeologists and primitive technologists will give presentations during the event. The Prehistoric Indian […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 02-15-18-20-21 (two, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one)

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The attorney for a western South Dakota woman attempting to stop a polygamous sect from using more water at its compound says evidence about the secretive group’s faith and background is relevant to whether regulators should grant the request. Michael Hickey, the attorney for nearby landowner Linda Van Dyke Kilcoin, is […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The attorney for a western South Dakota woman attempting to stop a polygamous sect from using more water at its compound says evidence about the group’s faith and background is relevant to whether regulators should grant the request. Attorney Michael Hickey says the group’s practices are relevant to see whether it’s […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of people who provide education to farmers across the nation will be gathering in southeast South Dakota this month. The National Association of County Agricultural Agents is hosting its annual meeting from Sunday through Thursday in Sioux Falls. Association president Mike Hogan says the event will focus on ways […]

GREAT BEND, N.D. (AP) — Fire has destroyed a motor home on Interstate 29 in North Dakota, causing traffic to back up for miles. The blaze started around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday near the Great Bend exit south of Wahpeton. Traffic was shut down on the southbound lane near mile marker 18. KFGO-AM reports two unidentified […]