August 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Historical Society Foundation is having a fundraiser in Brookings with craft beer and coffee. The South Dakota State Historical Society says the fundraiser will take place on Aug. 26 at Wooden Legs Brewing Company. The foundation is a nonprofit fundraising arm of the historical society. Foundation President Michael […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When it comes to cabinet making, automation and robotics could potentially do all the sanding for his business in the future, John Swedeen says. It could handle all the staining, too, all the glazing and other different techniques that give his customers the worm holes and cut marks and other […]

OGLALA, S.D. (AP) — When the rescue boat flipped, the collective gasp from the water’s edge was audible even over the rushing current and the idling hum of the emergency vehicles. For Pennington County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Stalder, the situation went suddenly quiet, the Rapid City Journal ( ) reported. The crying baby in his […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man involved in a crash on Lake Pectola that left one woman missing is accused of driving a jet ski while intoxicated. Twenty-nine-year-old Jody Kreycik is charged with boating while intoxicated. Authorities were called to the lake shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday after a boat and […]

ONIDA, S.D. (AP) — The school year is starting about a week later than usual at a central South Dakota school district as crews work to complete roughly $9 million in construction. The Pierre Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1hBJeEr) reports classes are scheduled to begin Aug. 27 at Agar-Blunt-Onida School District amid the construction. Work includes a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials and a state retailer group are making a push for businesses to hire people with disabilities. The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1h9oa8v) reports officials with the state Department of Human Services and the South Dakota Retailers Association see people with disabilities as being an untapped labor market. Association director […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls City Council is assessing about 100 landowners a total of roughly $12,800 for landscaping costs from cleaning up unkempt lawns. The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1hee0TY) reports that the city last year found about 1,600 properties that had low-hanging trees and overgrown grass. About 235 people were cited. The […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Fort Pierre City Council has voted to settle a lawsuit against a resident over long-lived odor complaints from cats living at his former home.buy neurontin online https://cpff.ca/wp-content/languages/new/canadaa/neurontin.html no prescription The Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1MqAk8l) reports that the council voted to approve the settlement about a week before trial in the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks says information gathered to monitor migratory waterfowl numbers shows North America’s duck population is soaring. The Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1MqtGyK) reports that the continent’s duck population is up about 1 percent over last year at about 49.5 million birds The Game, Fish and Parks Commission set […]

MILLER, S.D. (AP) — It’s never a bad year to raise your best corn crop ever, but it’s especially fitting for Reno Brueggeman this year. The Miller-area farmer is in his third year on the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council and in his first year as president of the council. And his corn this year […]