August 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Sioux Falls man was mentally ill when he set a vacant house on fire in January 2014. Twenty-three-year-old Jeremy Larsen pleaded guilty earlier this year to reckless burning, but the plea was vacated amid questions about his mental health. The Argus Leader reports ( […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A $20 million expansion of a senior living community in Sioux Falls can move forward after the Sioux Falls City Council overrode the disapproval of historic preservation groups. Touchmark at All Saints has a former 130-year-old boarding school as its main feature. It plans a 110,000-square-foot addition to include 31 […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Pennington County Commission will support placing a South Dakota site sacred to the Great Sioux Nation into a federal trust. In 2012, Sioux tribes raised $9 million with the help of celebrities including P. Diddy and Bette Midler to buy a 3-quare-mile tract in the Black Hills known as […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A $20 million expansion of a senior living community in Sioux Falls could begin this year after the Sioux Falls City Council overrode the disapproval of historic preservation groups. Touchmark at All Saints has a former 130-year-old boarding school as its main feature. It plans a 110,000-square-foot addition to include […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Department of Health is reminding South Dakotans that vaccination is important to protect adults from diseases that can cause serious health problems. The agency said Tuesday that residents need to remember that vaccinations aren’t just for children. The department says its reminder is part of recognizing August as National Immunization […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Eight of the state’s national guard soldiers have been commissioned as second lieutenants. The South Dakota Army National Guard says the eight lieutenants recently completed officer candidate school. They took the oath of office and were commissioned during a ceremony Aug. 15 at Mount Rushmore National Park. In order to […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State University Extension staff and ag experts will be hosting several soil health and cover crop field tours next month in the eastern part of the state. Anthony Bly is an SDSU Extension soils field specialist. He says the tours provide growers with first-hand knowledge on management practices […]

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

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Harrold woman who lived for more than a decade with an outstanding arrest warrant has pleaded guilty to a felony for violating election law. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday that 54-year-old Janice Howe is scheduled to be sentenced in October. Jackley says Howe was arrested in July […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in western South Dakota say a Good Samaritan rescued a 1-year-old baby who fell into a creek as the child’s mother lay unconscious nearby. The rescue happened around 8 p.m. Monday at Rapid Creek. The Rapid City Police Department says the person who reported the incident was […]