ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A mobile home fire in Aberdeen has left one person dead. Firefighters responded to the home about 10 p.m. Tuesday and found a body. Authorities did not immediately identify the victim. The cause of death and the cause of the fire were not immediately determined. The state fire marshal is helping […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say four men have died in a head-on crash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports a vehicle and a pickup collided north of the community of Pine Ridge around 9 p.m. Saturday. The FBI says brothers Cody and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The city of Pierre says drop sites for debris that were set up after last month’s storm are now closed. The city reminded residents on Tuesday that city crews aren’t picking up debris from curbs anymore. Property owners need to dispose of the remaining detritus properly and trim or remove damaged […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Cadets with the Civil Air Patrol will be getting a taste of military life during a weeklong training camp that begins Friday in South Dakota. Cadets with the Patrol’s South Dakota and North Dakota Wings will participate in the training camp that will take place at South Dakota Army National […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge is allowing the operator of a proposed oil pipeline to survey the properties of nearly 20 residents who oppose the project. Judge Mark Salter on Tuesday granted Dakota Access LLC the right to Explore GPR surveying services to check on properties that are along the project’s […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A utility company is proposing a 21 percent electricity rate increase for residents and businesses in dozens of eastern Montana communities, and state regulators said Tuesday they’ll carefully review the case to make sure customers don’t get gouged. The proposal from Montana-Dakota Utilities would increase residential electricity bills on average by […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man will spend six months in jail for his eighth DWI conviction. Circuit Court Judge Joni Cutler on Tuesday sentenced 42-year-old David Wells to 180 days in jail with work release and suspended a five-year prison term. Wells was ordered to spend five years on probation and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A polygamous sect seeking more water for its South Dakota compound wants to block discussion of its faith and member’s personal details during a hearing with regulators. An attorney for the group argues the information isn’t relevant to the application to the South Dakota Water Management Board. The request that evidence […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota authorities are using 3-D technology in an effort to get the public to help them identify the victim of a homicide. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the FBI’s technology has been used to develop a three-dimensional headshot of the victim. In February 2000, skeletal remains of an unidentified man […]