August 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting a record corn yield in South Dakota this year. USDA’s latest production report forecasts the average corn yield in the state at 160 bushels per acre, 6 percent above the record of 151 bushels set in 2009. Randy Hascall with the South Dakota Corn […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It starts with designing and selling video games, but Aiden Worshek’s end game is building an all-powerful robot. First, he needs to know how to program computers. And the whole video game design thing has proven to be tricky. “I haven’t really made one,” said the fourth-grader. “It’s so hard.” […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 24-year-old woman whose family has questioned whether she received adequate medical attention before she was found unresponsive in a South Dakota jail cell died of a meth overdose, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. Attorney General Marty Jackley said an autopsy on Sarah Circle Bear, of Claremont, found acute […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A livestock disease that’s spread from southern states to as far north as South Dakota has officials concerned in North Dakota, where vesicular stomatitis hasn’t been diagnosed for eight decades. Infected horses and cattle have been found this year in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and South Dakota. South […]

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — The police chief in Belle Fourche (foosh) says he would rather have fewer but better-paid officers on the force. Chief Scott Jones this week offered to surrender one of 11 officer positions to allow for higher salaries for the remaining officers. The Black Hills Pioneer reports ( ) that the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A hearing is underway in Sioux Falls to determine whether a teenager charged with murder should be tried as a juvenile. Conner Hanson is charged in adult court despite being 17 years old in January, when 18-year-old Anthony Gabriel was shot and killed after a fight over a woman. Prosecutors […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of one of two men accused of conspiring to murder a South Dakota man in North Dakota. The Bismarck Tribune reports that justices ruled there was enough evidence to support the guilty verdict against Joshua Clark. Clark is serving life in prison for […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A judge says a Black Hawk woman violated federal regulations last spring while gathering petition signatures at a Rapid City post office. Sixty-nine-year-old Roberta Helmerick was ordered to pay $225 in fines and fees but will not serve any jail time. U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollman found Helmerick not guilty […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Yankton police are looking for three people allegedly involved in a home invasion robbery. Authorities say two males armed with semi-automatic handguns entered the residence late Wednesday and demanded money, before assaulting a person inside and fleeing with cash in a vehicle driven by a female. Police say one of the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Madison’s chance to be the honorary South Dakota Capital for a Day this month is approaching quickly. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s office said Thursday that activities for the Aug. 19 celebration will include a community social gathering with the governor. Community members who attend can to speak with the governor. The activities […]