PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students is meeting to discuss problems in South Dakota’s education system. The task force is set to meet on Tuesday in Pierre, beginning with a welcome from Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Daugaard and Republican legislative leaders in February announced the creation of the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction’s second Indian Education Summit is slated at the state Capitol in Bismarck. The two-day event begins Tuesday. Superintendent Kirsten Baesler says the summit will feature students from a Lakota language immersion class and keynote speeches from top federal Indian education officials. A group of […]

EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a man on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Federal authorities are accusing Corbyn Big Eagle, of Eagle Butte, of stabbing Austin Miner on June 16. Federal court records show tribal officers found Miner lying on […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is hearing from the public about the Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The hearing at the state Capitol in Pierre on Monday is expected to last three hours. PUC Chairman Chris Nelson says the input will help the panel formulate questions during the pipeline project […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a female prisoner who was found unconscious and not breathing in a Brown County holding cell died at a local hospital. The Aberdeen American News reports ( ) 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear died Sunday, the same day she was found unconscious in her cell. Brown County coroner Mike […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Highway Patrol is offering a $3,000 bonus to current certified law enforcement officers who choose to become troopers. The Highway Patrol is in the process of adding troopers to its force and is hoping the bonus attracts current officers from in and outside South Dakota. Those who […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A woman who started the South Dakota custom of bringing Christmas trees to the state Capitol in Pierre has died. The Isburg Funeral Chapel says Dorothy “Dottie” Howe died Friday at her home in Pierre. She was 86. In 2013, Howe told the Capital Journal ( ) that the Christmas tree […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission plans to hold a public hearing Monday on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would run through the state on its way to the Gulf Coast. The hearing is slated for 5:30 p.m. at the state Capitol in Pierre for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL project, […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are searching for a suspect in two armed robberies. The Argus Leader reports ( ) that the robberies occurred at two Get N Go stores early Monday morning. Police say the robber left a handgun at the store following the second robbery. Sgt. Michael Olson says the […]

HIGHMORE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota centenarian taking part in this year’s National Senior Games is playing to win. KSFY-TV ( ) reports John Zilverberg of Highmore is the oldest athlete in the competition that’s being held through July 15 in the Minneapolis area. The South Dakota Senior Games association says Zliverberg will be […]