August 2015

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A group that represents businesses and landowners wants Rapid City to spend $1 million more on a project to upgrade the road considered the gateway to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The city already has approved spending about $5 million to spruce up Mount Rushmore Road as […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $50,000 cash for a Colorado man facing charges in a shooting at a hotel in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen. Nineteen-year-old Jordan Mercure, of Fort Collins, Colorado, faces a felony aggravated assault charge and several misdemeanors in the early Saturday shooting at the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a Rapid City woman who went missing after a boat crash on Pactola Reservoir. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says searchers on Monday used a remotely operated underwater vehicle to locate the body of 33-year-old Gabrielle Fisher. The Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation says Highway 11 is closed south of Sioux Falls. The agency says work on the highway between Cody Road and Julie Drive is expected to be completed by the middle of September. Local access to residences will be maintained, but through traffic must find […]

JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.D. (AP) — Jewel Cave National Monument in western South Dakota is hosting a Junior Ranger Day this weekend as part of a series of events in celebration of the 99th anniversary of the National Park Service. Saturday’s Junior Ranger Day will focus on bats and some of their unique characteristics. […]

OLIVET, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota nurse is showing how far trust can go with her work to improve health care in the state’s Hutterite communities. Kerri Lutjens (LOOT’-jens) has spent years serving eight colonies of the Hutterites, a deeply religious people with ancestral ties to the Amish who mainly live in farming communities […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State prosecutors have dropped the most serious charges against a woman whose boyfriend was killed during a botched robbery in Sioux Falls in December 2013. The Argus Leader ( ) reports the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office is no longer prosecuting Faith Rasmussen on first-degree burglary and robbery charges stemming […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new study suggests that nitrates may play a key role in increasing uranium contamination in groundwater. The researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln estimate that nearly 2 million people in California and the Great Plains live over groundwater that has been contaminated with uranium, which can cause health problems. The […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in western South Dakota say first responders from North Dakota will assist in the recovery of the body of a woman who went missing in a reservoir after a boat crash. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says the North Dakota first responders are bringing an underwater inspection system with […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — New rules for Powerball in South Dakota mean players have a better chance of winning a prize at the expense of a longer shot at the jackpot. The Legislative Rules Review Committee approved changes to the game Monday. The rules were first authorized by the state Lottery Commission and are set […]