ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — An annual report from the Aberdeen Police Department shows officers responded to 35 percent more mental health calls in 2014 compared to the previous year. The Aberdeen American News ( ) reports the department responded to 278 mental health calls last year, up from 206 calls in 2013. Officers went to […]

WALL, S.D. (AP) — Rural libraries in western South Dakota’s Pennington County could see a major cut to their funding. County Auditor Julie Pearson tells the Rapid City Journal ( ) that county library services have had a yearly deficit as high as $40,000. She says the deficit has been made up through library cash […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears. The National Music Museum in Vermilion, which acquired the instrument in 2009, worked with Chilean-born musician Catalina Vicens, who specializes historical keyboards […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State Historical Society has a new book out and it focuses on the only Native American leader who defeated the U.S. Army in a war. The biography of Red Cloud examines the Oglala leader’s rise to prominence, his struggle against cultural domination and the victory that closed the […]

WEBSTER, S.D. (AP) — After walking out of Perfect Pickins Boutique & Bistro on a recent summer day, California resident Katrina Eszlinger surveyed the town in which her grandmother grew up. “I’ll definitely be living in South Dakota sometime soon,” said the 20-year-old. “People are so friendly here. I think I’ll either be in Webster […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Al and Brenda Lewis’ home contains enough books to fill a library. That’s not an exaggeration. The average branch library in Sioux Falls displays 30,000 to 35,000 items on the shelves at any one time, said library director Mary Johns, and that’s everything from children’s picture books to dictionaries. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 07-19-22-33-34 (seven, nineteen, twenty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four)

ARLINGTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 71-year-old woman from eastern South Dakota who crashed her car Friday night died because of a medical issue and not the crash itself. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Arlington resident Barbara Hudy was driving a 2000 Dodge Stratus near the intersection of U.S. Highway 81 and Main […]

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — After almost of a week, smoke from Canadian wildfires continued to blanket parts of North Dakota on Saturday and some residents said they’re growing tired of the hazy skies. Smoke from wildfires in northern Saskatchewan has been blowing as far south as Tennessee, with a thick haze extending through much of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court this week agreed with conviction and prison sentence of a Sioux Falls broker accused of scamming more than 100 investors for over $20 million. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed all 26 felony fraud convictions and the nine-year prison sentence of 67-year-old Randal Hansen, according […]