PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Animal Industry Board has rescinded an order that suspended poultry shows statewide. The order was implemented in May due to an outbreak of bird flu, and affected such exhibitions as the State Fair. It was rescinded Thursday. The Animal Industry Board says avian influenza was last detected in the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a retired Rapid City dentist must stop selling laser devices with the claim that they treat a large number of serious diseases and disorders. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken has issued a permanent injunction against Robert “Larry” Lytle, who has been selling the QLaser […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a woman considered a person of interest in a suspicious Mitchell home fire led officers on a chase that ended when she crashed her vehicle. The Daily Republic newspaper reports ( ) that the 37-year-old woman was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Thursday afternoon. Authorities began looking […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — The federal government is sending temporary housing to South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where residents are still recovering from severe storms last spring. Crews are delivering 50 Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers to the Oglala Sioux tribe to help tribal members affected by storms, straight-line winds and flooding in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A fatherhood program for outgoing inmates in South Dakota has lost its federal grant funding. Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota learned this week that it lost its bid for continued funding of the Fatherhood and Families program, which it ran in a partnership with the state Department of Corrections. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man is charged with animal cruelty after the Humane Society alerted police to a Facebook post allegedly showing him slamming and strangling two dogs. The Argus Leader reports ( ) that a grand jury has indicted Nicholas Snowden on four counts, each of which carries a maximum […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is seeking two interns for his office’s spring 2016 program in Pierre. The governor announced Thursday that his office is accepting applications until Nov. 1. The paid intern positions would run from early January through May. The governor’s office says duties could include helping his general counsel, doing […]

PLATTE, S.D. (AP) — Education officials have selected a business manager to replace a staff member at an educational services organization who police suspect killed his family in a murder-suicide. Platte-based Mid-Central Educational Cooperative’s board on Thursday held its first regular meeting since the deaths. The board conducted routine business before entering a lengthy private […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A pain management physician who practiced in South Dakota for several years has been indicted after authorities accused her of falsely reporting at least $56,000 of wedding-related and other expenses as business costs. An indictment filed in U.S. District Court in South Dakota charges Heloise Westbrook with impeding the administration of […]