PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Board of Regents has named a new system director of human resources. The board announced Wednesday that Kayla Bastian’s appointment is effective this week. Bastian has served in the Board of Regents’ central office since 2009. She will report to Mike Rush, regents’ executive director and CEO. Bastian […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Department of Transportation workers will be repairing the bridge deck in the westbound lanes of the Interstate 90 bridge over I-29 for the next three days. The DOT will be reducing westbound I-90 to one lane through the interchange during construction, and the speed limit is being lowered […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 17-26-28-31-33 (seventeen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-three)

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota regulators approved a secretive polygamist group’s request to draw water more quickly at its remote Black Hills compound even though the sect declined to provide many details about the number of people living there. The state Water Management Board on Wednesday approved the application, which faced opposition from nearby […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota took a new seat in the courtroom to testify over allegations he promised a Bismarck attorney “a favor” if he agreed to defend a man convicted of gunning down another man 10 years ago. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson in 2008 sentenced Gabriel Martinez to […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has planned trips to mines in South Dakota and Michigan as his administration prepares for a major decision on whether to advance copper and nickel mining on the Iron Range. Dayton spokesman Matt Swenson told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the governor will tour the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota regulators have approved a secretive polygamist group’s request to draw water more quickly at its Black Hills compound even though the sect declined to provide many details about how many people live there. The Water Management Board approved the application Wednesday. It faced opposition from nearby landowners. The same […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The Meade County Commission has set a date for first reading of an ordinance that could complicate the building of Fort Meade Way. KBHB-AM reports that commissioners want to build the controversial road that would connect 131st Avenue at the Buffalo Chip to Cardinal Place at Pleasant Valley. The proposed road […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A secretive polygamist group has declined to reveal more information to South Dakota regulators as part of a request to be able to draw water more quickly at its remote Black Hills compound. The Water Management Board considered the application Wednesday. It faces opposition from nearby landowners. The panel said in […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A firefighter killed by a wildfire in Northern California was apparently trapped by a sudden shift in the direction of the blaze, according to a new U.S. Forest Service report on his death. Rapid City, South Dakota, firefighter Dave Ruhl was found in late July at the scene of the […]