August 3, 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Mark Mickelsen is taking over as executive director of the South Dakota Education Association. Mickelsen worked for the group in an interim capacity in the last year.buy furosemide online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/furosemide.html no prescription He manages a staff of 15 employees with offices in Pierre, Rapid City and Sioux Falls. Prior to joining […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota farmers are making progress in harvesting wheat. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the spring wheat harvest was 24 percent complete, compared to 2 percent the week before. The long-term average at this point is 30 percent. Winter wheat harvested was at 76 percent, […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Highway Patrol says six people have died on the roads in connection with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota. The patrol says four people were killed in separate accidents Sunday and early Monday. Dead are 49-year-old Rhonda Denato, of Ottumwa, Iowa; 73-year-old Archie Smith, of Kansas […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota board is withholding $259,000 from a Maryland vendor after problems with a new 911 system. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) South Dakota’s 911 Coordination Board is withholding payment of a monthly invoice to TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Paula Hawks has announced she is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem in the 2016 elections for her spot in Congress. Hawks is a two-term state representative from Hartford. She announced her plans Monday. Hawks says South Dakota residents deserve better representation from someone who listens. She wants […]

The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers and business leaders. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss oversees the report. The overall index ranges between […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Terry Rymer makes no pretense about his newly expanded Black Hills Harley-Davidson dealership becoming its own mecca of motorcycling — not quite challenging Sturgis for the title, but certainly giving it a go. “It’s its own destination, its own ‘Rally at Exit 55’,” Rymer said. That ‘Rally at Exit 55’ […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Participation far exceeded expectations for an event in Yankton trying to capitalize on the 75th anniversary of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the western Black Hills. More than 200 motorcycle enthusiasts registered for the inaugural Rock ‘N’ Rumble event in Yankton on Saturday, held two days before the start of the […]

HUMBOLDT, S.D. (AP) — Nearly 2,500 chickens died in a weekend fire at a Minnehaha County farm. The cause of the early morning blaze on Sunday in a building at the Hanisch Farm near Humboldt wasn’t immediately determined. Owner Jared Hanisch told KELO-TV ( ) that he suspects either an electrical problem with a refrigerator […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A July survey suggests there will be slow to no economic growth over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states. A survey report issued Monday says the overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index slumped to 50.6 in July from 53.0 in June. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss […]