August 2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley has released an explanation for a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with elections. The amendment would establish nonpartisan elections in South Dakota. Candidates would not be identified by party affiliation on either the primary or general election ballot. It would not apply to elections for U.S. president. The […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota-based company has received permission to test for a potential wind farm between Mitchell and Mount Vernon in southeastern South Dakota’s Davison County. The Daily Republic reports ( ) that the county commission on Tuesday approved a permit for Juhl Energy Inc. to put up a 198-foot test tower. The […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Dakotas-based Sanford Health is considering expanding in Minot and possibly building a hospital there. Sanford acquired a clinic in Minot when it bought Bismarck-based Medcenter One in 2012. The health system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Fargo, North Dakota, now is looking to offer more services in Minot, and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Dozens of people are opposing Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s plan to change the look of Hilger’s Gulch park in South Dakota’s capital. Daugaard late last month announced the initiative to change the vegetation at the park that has a mile-long lighted walking trail, flower gardens and a scenic view of the Capitol […]

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) — An estimated 1,200 people turned out in Wagner to say goodbye to members of a South Dakota Army National Guard unit that will serve a year in Kuwait. The Wagner soldiers are among 162 members of the Rapid City-based 155th Engineer Company. The unit is mobilizing in support of Operations Enduring […]

RIDGEVIEW, S.D. (AP) — Three Dewey County men are accused of burning down a church that had stood for nearly a century. Twenty-seven-year-old Cody Yellow, 28-year-old Robert Grindstone and 28-year-old Ake Kyle Eagle Hunter are charged in federal court with third-degree burglary and arson. Each faces 30 years in federal prison if convicted. Their attorneys […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The City of Pierre says it’s putting together a student internship program and a local workforce development council to fight worker shortage concerns.buy zovirax online https://cpff.ca/wp-content/languages/new/canadaa/zovirax.html no prescription Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill says it’s time to take action on the shortage. The student internship program is expected to align students from […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The office of U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds is hosting an informational seminar in Rapid City next month so students can learn more about enrolling in the nation’s military academies. Rounds says his office will host a Military Academy Day on Sept. 12 on the campus of the South Dakota School […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday: 03-08-29-57-68, Mega Ball: 8 (three, eight, twenty-nine, fifty-seven, sixty-eight; Mega Ball: eight) 4 (four) Estimated jackpot: $60 million

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Health Department hasn’t received any reports or evidence that the sale of fetal tissue has occurred in South Dakota since the agency started regulating abortion facilities in 2006, the department confirmed Tuesday amid a national furor over Planned Parenthood. A spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, […]