July 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials are considering reviving a state council that focused on coordinating services for the homeless. The Interagency Council on Homelessness was created by Gov. Mike Rounds in 2003, but it went dormant after a handful of meetings. South Dakota Housing Authority executive director Mark Lauseng says serious talks […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City officials are considering requiring homebuilders to test soil conditions at building sites after homeowners complained of severe damage caused by expansive soils. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports the proposed change would require a home be designed to withstand destructive soil movement if testing finds conditions are […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michaels has joined peers in other states in encouraging patients to participate in clinical trials. The National Lieutenant Governors Association has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the need for people of all races to participate in trials searching for cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s treatments. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A central South Dakota man will be spending 11 months in prison for spitting at a law enforcement officer. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Moreno has sentenced 27-year-old Anthony One Star for his conviction on one count assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer. The Rosebud man pleaded guilty to the charge […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A southeast South Dakota museum is offering homeowners the chance to research their properties’ history. The Old Courthouse Museum in Sioux Falls wants to help homeowners find out the year their homes were built, who built them and any changes they have undergone throughout the years. The museum has scheduled […]

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — Two Indian tribes in North Dakota have received more than $48,000 each for economic development efforts. The state’s congressional delegation says the funds from the U.S. Economic Development Administration have been awarded to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Sioux Tribe and the Three Affiliated Tribes. U.S. John Hoeven says the grants will […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Civil Air Patrol cadet from South Dakota is attending a prestigious national training camp at an Air Force Base in Alabama. Nicole Schneider, of Sioux Falls, is among the 120 cadets from 36 states attending the Civil Air Patrol National Cadet Officers School at Maxwell Air Force Base in […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — It was Aug. 2, 2011, and 20-year-old Mackenzie Armstrong was just finishing his shift as a wildland firefighter at Wind Cave National Park when he received a text message. “It was from my dad,” Armstrong said Friday, his face blanching at the memory. “He said a shooting had taken place, […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A historian turned the looking glass around to create a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about North Dakota’s Mandan Indians. Elizabeth Fenn tells their long and rich story from the inside looking out, rather than from the outside looking in — a tribal point of view, the Bismarck Tribune ( ) reported. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 04-13-17-21-24 (four, thirteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-four)