August 2015

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota inmate must serve an additional 20 years in prison for strangling his cellmate to death with a homemade rope last year at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Twenty-nine-year-old Douglas Ipsen was sentenced Monday on a first-degree manslaughter charge in the death of inmate Kent Davidson. Judge […]

HOWARD, S.D. (AP) — As a nurse, Elizabeth Blankenfeld has made a professional commitment to helping people. Now, she’s made a personal vow to do the same. Blankenfeld has been deemed a match to donate a kidney to her former high school principal and former Howard School Superintendent Mike Cullen, who has been undergoing dialysis […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Economic development officials in Spearfish say plenty of job openings exist for Kmart employees who will soon be out of work. The retailer announced earlier this month that it plans to close the Kmart store in Spearfish, putting 51 employees out of work. The store will begin a liquidation sale on […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who became unemployed due to severe storms on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in May are eligible for disaster assistance. South Dakota’s Department of Labor and Regulation announced the availability of disaster unemployment assistance on Monday for tribal members whose employment, self-employment or prospective employment […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Anglers are catching salmon fever on Lake Oahe in the Dakotas. Anglers are driving hundreds of miles to the Pierre-Fort Pierre area as reports of whopper chinook salmon roll in. The Capital Journal reports ( ) that Gordy Samson of Highmore recently hauled in a 24-pound, 5-ounce monster that appears to […]

FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The tribal college on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is getting a federal grant to continue an academic support program that serves a large percentage of its students. The Bismarck Tribune reports ( ) that Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates is receiving $220,000 from the U.S. Department of Education […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An alert dispatcher is being credited with helping nab a man suspected of robbing a Sioux Falls taxi cab driver at gunpoint. Police say a dispatcher at Yellow Cab Taxi late Saturday recognized the phone number of a potential fare as the same number used by a man who robbed […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Rapid City woman missing in Pactola Reservoir after a boat crash. Thirty-three-year-old Gabrielle Fisher was one of two people on a boat that collided with a personal watercraft on Friday night. The search for her was unsuccessful over the weekend. It was to resume Monday. Authorities […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Rapid City man who died in a one-vehicle crash near the Angustora Reservoir. The Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Scott Brost died Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his Suburban. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled. Brost was thrown from the Suburban and pronounced […]

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say they are searching for a 19-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the man went missing around 3 p.m. Sunday near Elk Point. Authorities assisting in the search included crews from South […]