August 2015

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — After raising more than 250 foals and overcoming significant obstacles, an Aberdeen businesswoman is looking back fondly on her 43-year career with Arabian horses. The American News reports Marg Forseth this spring sold El Jo Mar Arabians, the business she started on 50 acres of land back in 1973. Forseth grew […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Brookings residents looking to get a first-hand lesson on all things beer now have a certified expert to go to. Angela Yahne is the manager of Wooden Legs Brewing Company in Brookings. She recently passed an exam to become the first person in South Dakota to earn the title of Certified […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Never-before-seen crowds are expected to ride into the craggy, evergreen-dotted Black Hills of western South Dakota this week, all headed to the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The rally is famous for bawdy behavior, with police busting hundreds each year for drunken driving and drugs, but authorities and bikers alike say there’s […]

KYLE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman who authorities accuse of causing the death of her five-week old baby has been arrested for an apparent violation of her pretrial release conditions. Federal court records show Jeannie Janis was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in July on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Authorities […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — A nonprofit trying to improve Vermillion’s downtown cultural attractions has acquired two historic movie theaters with help from the University of South Dakota and other groups. The Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association has bought the theaters from March Films, Inc., which owned them for over 40 years. Group board president Bill Anderson […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Brookings County will soon have a new emergency alert system capable of sending messages to smartphones and other cellphones. The system the county is pursuing would send the messages to phones physically located in the identified alert area. The Brookings Register reports that thanks to state approval, the Integrated Public Alert […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State Historical Society is accepting applications for grants to fund large-scale restoration or rehabilitation projects of historic properties. The Deadwood Fund grant program will award amounts ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 for projects scheduled to begin Jan. 1. Funding for the program comes from Deadwood’s gaming revenue.buy Ventolin […]

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter, burned two dozen homes and forced thousands of people to flee as crews continue to battle the flames from the air and the ground. Twenty-one large fires, many sparked by lightning strikes, were burning across […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A photograph outlining the silhouettes of Sabreena Brakke and her son, MarcJon, watching the Fourth of July fireworks over Lake Mitchell captures a moment that doctors said the family wouldn’t share. In his first week of life, medical personnel told Brakke and her husband, Sheldon, that MarcJon — better known as […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Maru Genemo’s kids are readers. They love chapter books and picture books, the Hardy Boys and Nate the Great. The 40-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia reads with them because he wants the best for their future, the Argus Leader ( ) reported. “I want to see them have a better life,” […]