September 2015

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The principal of a South Dakota high school has been wounded in a shooting, but the suspected shooter is in custody and students are reported safe. The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, says the principal suffered a flesh wound. Superintendent James Holbeck tells media […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police say an officer responding to a domestic assault call fatally shot a man who lunged at him with a “blunt object.” Authorities say officers Tuesday night responded to a report of a domestic assault at a residence with a man and a woman inside, and forced their […]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The principal of a South Dakota high school has been wounded in a shooting at the school. School officials say a suspected shooter is in custody and students are reported safe. The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, says the principal suffered a flesh wound. […]

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Thomas Mitzel has been named president of Dickinson State University. The 48-year-old native of Aberdeen, South Dakota, has spent the last two years as vice president and faculty dean at Trinity College in Connecticut. He became the lone finalist for the DSU position after Peru State College President Daniel Hanson withdrew […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The body of former South Dakota Gov. Walter Dale Miller will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol building in Pierre on Monday morning. Gov. Dennis Daugaard says public viewing will be allowed from 7-11 a.m. Central time on Monday, with a memorial ceremony to begin at 1 p.m. […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The volunteer fire department in Spearfish is dissolving after 134 years of service to the Black Hills community. The department’s members voted 24-11 earlier this month to dissolve the nonprofit. President Janette Hettick tells the Black Hills Pioneer ( ) that there’s a lack of firefighters willing to take on leadership […]

PARKER, S.D. (AP) — A judge has struck down Turner County’s zoning ordinance, providing at least a temporary victory for opponents of a large egg-laying operation planned near Parker. Sioux Falls-based Sonstegard Foods plans to put 6 million birds on a farm 2½ miles from Parker. Opponents who believe that’s too close and will cause […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Box Elder man convicted of assaulting a police officer with his car has been sentenced to serve 30 years in prison. Authorities say officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for a parole violation on 26-year-old John Root Jr. on New Year’s Day in 2014. They say Box […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the armed robbery of another casino. Authorities say a man wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and ski mask entered Brewsters Discount Liquor Casino with a handgun shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The casino employee wasn’t hurt. […]

CENTER, Neb. (AP) — A 44-year-old man is scheduled to be sentenced in November for stealing cattle from a feedlot in northeast Nebraska. Norfolk radio station KNEN reports ( ) that Timothy Ketelsen, of Bloomfield, pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of tax evasion, theft and illegal sale of livestock. Prosecutors dropped five other […]