August 20, 2015
LIVE BLOG: Move-in Day 2015
The Volante has team coverage of Move-In Day 2015 in a live blog below. In addition, reporters are tweeting with the hashtag #USDmove. #USDmove Tweets Photo Gallery
Rapid City Police Investigating Another Casino Robbery
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City say they’re investigating the city’s fourth casino robbery in two weeks. Officers were called to a casino on Mount Rushmore Road about 9 a.m. Thursday after a suspect wearing a black hooded sweat shirt entered through a back door, demanded money and fled with cash. He […]
USD student drowns in Missouri River
ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a University of South Dakota student who drowned Sunday in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says Brant Joseph Blaha, 19, of Dante, S.D., went swimming with friends near Elk Point on Sunday and decided to cross the Missouri River. The friends made […]
Autopsy Results Released In Pactola Boat Crash
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Rapid City woman killed in a boat crash on Pactola Reservoir died of “multiple blunt force trauma.” The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office released the autopsy results Thursday as part of its investigation into the death of 33-year-old Gabrielle Fisher. Fisher was one of two people on a […]
Teen Charged In Killing Will Be Tried As Adult
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls teenager accused of killing another teen after a car chase will be tried as an adult. Conner Hanson was 17 years old when he was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the January killing of 18-year-old Anthony Gabriel. Hanson pleaded not guilty. KELO-TV reports […]
Survey: Weak Economic Growth Seen For 10 States’ Rural Areas
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey suggests that the economic outlook for 10 Midwest and Plains states us weaker than in previous months.buy levaquin online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/levaquin.html no prescription The Rural Mainstreet Index sank to growth neutral 50.0 in August from 53.4 in July. The survey indexes range from 0 to 100. Any score below […]
Former Brookings Pastor Going To Prison For Child Sex Crime
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A former Brookings pastor convicted of having sexual contact with a child is heading to prison. The Brookings Register reports ( ) that 38-year-old Timothy Bariteau has been sentenced to eight years behind bars. He had faced up to 15 years. Bariteau was indicted last November and arrested in California, where […]
Supreme Court Reverses Attempted Fetal Homicide Conviction
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed the attempted fetal homicide conviction of a man accused of spiking his girlfriend’s beverages with an herb to try to induce an abortion. The justices ruled the circuit court made mistakes in the case by giving incorrect instructions to the jury and letting jurors […]
Man Injured In Aberdeen Hotel Shooting Is Out Of Hospital
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A man shot at a hotel in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen has been released from a hospital. The mother of Curtis Paysen tells the American News ( ) that he was released from a Sioux Falls hospital on Wednesday, four days after he suffered a head injury in […]
Video Shows What Appears To Be Rare Gray Wolf In Black Hills
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A rural Hot Springs resident has shot video of what appears to a rare gray wolf in the Black Hills. Lance Verhulst isn’t saying where he shot the video because he doesn’t want people in his elk-hunting spot. But South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Regional Wildlife Manager John Kanta […]