July 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A tornado watch has been issued for much of central South Dakota until 11 p.m. The watch stretches from Lymann County in the south to the North Dakota border and from Corson County in the west to Marshall County in the east. It includes Pierre, Huron, Aberdeen and Mobridge. The National […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The Sturgis City Council has reversed its previous decision and voted to allow a promoter to serve beer in a city park during this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The council denied the request from John Oakes, of Sturgis Racing and Entertainment, earlier this month because Oakes couldn’t show where he would […]

POLO, S.D. (AP) — Parishioners in the unincorporated community of Polo are asking Catholic church officials for permission to raze a historic church and school complex that was built in a Spanish Mission-style more than a century ago. South Dakota Public Broadcasting reports ( ) that most of the Saint Liborius Church and School is […]

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AP) — Three hundred and fifty airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base are deploying to southwest Asia to provide support to forces in Afghanistan. A portion of the 28th Bomb Wing’s B-1 bomber fleet shipped out from the base in western South Dakota on Friday. Officials say the airmen are […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 230,000 cattle on feed on July 1, up 18 percent from last year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its latest report that placements in feedlots during June totaled 28,000 head, down 10 percent from 2014. Marketings of […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — City officials in Deadwood have approved an ordinance that prohibits wild, dangerous and exotic animals from being kept as pets within city limits. The ordinance was proposed in June a month after state regulators ruled a Minnesota woman could house wolf pups and fox kits at a wildlife education center in […]

INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in western South Dakota are again seeking the public’s help in trying to find a Nebraska man whose vehicle was found in Badlands National Park. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Joshua Jacobsen, of Laurel, Nebraska, is believed to have entered the park on July 12. His vehicle was […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A politically influential and secretive Christian church involved in a legal dispute with American R&B singer Chris Brown has been caught in a rising tide of its own troubles, including allegations of abductions and misuse of funds. The Philippine government on Friday opened an investigation into allegations that the advisory Council […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in southeastern South Dakota say they’ve located 51-year-old woman who was reported missing. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says Ontibile Blumer has been found alive. Law enforcement was looking for the Harrisburg woman after she was reported missing. She is being evaluated by medical personnel.