August 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey suggests that the economic outlook for 10 Midwest and Plains states us weaker than in previous months.buy levaquin online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/levaquin.html no prescription The Rural Mainstreet Index sank to growth neutral 50.0 in August from 53.4 in July. The survey indexes range from 0 to 100. Any score below […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A former Brookings pastor convicted of having sexual contact with a child is heading to prison. The Brookings Register reports ( ) that 38-year-old Timothy Bariteau has been sentenced to eight years behind bars. He had faced up to 15 years. Bariteau was indicted last November and arrested in California, where […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed the attempted fetal homicide conviction of a man accused of spiking his girlfriend’s beverages with an herb to try to induce an abortion. The justices ruled the circuit court made mistakes in the case by giving incorrect instructions to the jury and letting jurors […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A man shot at a hotel in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen has been released from a hospital. The mother of Curtis Paysen tells the American News ( ) that he was released from a Sioux Falls hospital on Wednesday, four days after he suffered a head injury in […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A rural Hot Springs resident has shot video of what appears to a rare gray wolf in the Black Hills. Lance Verhulst isn’t saying where he shot the video because he doesn’t want people in his elk-hunting spot. But South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Regional Wildlife Manager John Kanta […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether is taking some heat for cutting funding for the city’s botanical garden from his proposed 2016 budget. Last year, Huether’s five-year spending plan called for $136,000 in 2016 and another $425,000 in 2017 for improvements to the Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum. But Huether’s 2016 budget […]

LEAD, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the victim in what they say is a homicide in Lead. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says preliminary results from an autopsy indicate 27-year-old Caitlin Walsh, of Lead, died of stab wounds sometime before her body was discovered Monday evening. Forty-four-year-old James Rogers Jr. was arrested Monday and […]

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities searching for a 19-year-old man who went missing in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota have recovered a body. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the body was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the river about 2 1/2 miles from where the man was reported missing while swimming with […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Board game enthusiasts rejoice: The new version of Monopoly featuring South Dakota’s capital will be unveiled this week in Pierre. Prairie Pages Booksellers in Pierre is hosting an unveiling party for the new game Friday. Owner Peggy Stout says the party is an opportunity for the public to take a look […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The value of farm real estate in South Dakota has risen 12 percent in the past year. Farm real estate value is a measurement of all land and buildings on farms. The Agriculture Department says the value in South Dakota averages $2,320 per acre, up $250 per acre from last […]