2015

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed the last week of February as Bald Eagle Awareness Week in South Dakota. Various events have been scheduled between Feb. 23 and 28 that will allow individuals across the state to learn more about bald eagles and other birds of prey. Educators from the Raptor Center […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Young South Dakotans can now go online to finish much of the state’s hunter safety certification course. The Game, Fish and Parks Department approved the new HuntSAFE program as an alternative to in-person classroom instruction. The online part of the course costs $15, while the classroom instruction is free. After passing […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota professor is taking what he has learned about Missouri River management to Mongolia, where he’s working with the government and other organizations to increase water supplies. Engineering professor Scott Kenner of the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City is helping to design dams for power, […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City native and his fellow ensemble members have won a Grammy award for their musical endeavors. Nicholas Terry is a longtime member of the Los Angeles-based percussion quartet Partch Ensemble. The group earlier this month earned the recognition for Best Classical Compendium for their album “Harry Partch: Plectra […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota wildlife officials are reminding hunters and ice anglers of looming deadlines to remove tree stands and fish houses. Officials say all tree stands and climbing devices must be removed by Sunday from lands owned, leased or controlled by the state’s Game, Fish and Parks Department. Fish houses, shelters and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota residents who don’t have health insurance have until Sunday to sign up before the end of the Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period. Those who sign up by Sunday will avoid a penalty on their taxes when they file in early 2016. The second enrollment season for President […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Two University of South Dakota students will be among a number of undergraduates from South Dakota colleges and universities who will present their research work during an annual event at the state Capitol. Breanna Helland, a senior from Frederick and Nate Vinzant, a junior from Sioux Falls, were selected by USD […]

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — Tribal leaders in the Dakotas are working together to build a monument to honor Native American code talkers. The code talkers were a group of American Indians who used their native languages to outwit the enemy and protect U.S. battlefield communications during World Wars I and II. The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two South Dakota school districts are among those receiving federal funding toward new less-polluting buses. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded more than $3 million in rebates to replace 210 older diesel school buses with vehicles that are more than 90 percent cleaner. Seventy-six school bus fleets in 30 states will receive […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 04-08-13-20-26 (four, eight, thirteen, twenty, twenty-six)