October 19, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska landowners who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline are still trying to overturn a state law that allowed the governor to approve the project route, even though pipeline developer TransCanada is no longer relying on it. Pipeline opponents said Monday they’re concerned that companies could use the law in the future […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two defendants who pleaded guilty in 2013 of defrauding investors by promoting investment in nonexistent wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota continue to seek to overturn their convictions. Lauren Elizabeth Scott, of Morgan, Utah, is serving a prison sentence of nearly five years on her guilty pleas to charges of […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota driver is dead after he lost control of his sport utility vehicle and hit a tree Sunday night. The South Dakota Highway Patrol on Monday said the 33-year-old man was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban eastbound on Milwaukee Avenue in Aberdeen, when he lost control while negotiating a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man is facing a sex trafficking charge after authorities accused him of attempting to solicit sex from a person he believed to be a minor. The office of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 34-year-old Joseph Raleigh, of Miller, has been charged with one count of attempted […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A delegation of attorneys general from across the U.S. led by South Dakota’s top prosecutor recently traveled to Taiwan to discuss various criminal justice issues. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is the president of the National Association of Attorneys General. He says the U.S. and Taiwan face similar challenges in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state official says the federal government has approved South Dakota’s request to have the Board of Regents manage a college-readiness grant under scrutiny after an apparent murder-suicide. Tony Venhuizen is chief of staff to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Venhuizen says the U.S. Department of Education has notified the state of the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The federal government intends to terminate South Dakota’s participation in a program designed to recruit wealthy foreign investors for projects because of administrative problems. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has determined that South Dakota’s regional center for the so-called EB-5 program isn’t promoting economic growth. The wealthy participants are promised […]